Official

  • These builds are currently only available on the Murena smartphones

    Murena smartphone are phones purchase through the murena Shop

  • Are built based on source code from the Community build branch which has been released and tested
  • This build undergoes additional and longer testing cycles
  • Builds are made by /e/OS using the /e/OS build infrastructure and signed by /e/OS stable keys
  • Official builds have a maintainer
  • Get regular OTA updates
  • Users can also download the official builds and manually install them if they so desire
  • Builds format are IMG files with a build script to help with the installation.
  • Release Frequency: Monthly or bimonthly
  • Earlier referred to as stable builds
  • Build Naming format: IMG-e-1.20-s-20240220382012-stable-FP4.zip

Naming format explanation:

IMG-e-codeversionnumber-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-stable-devicename.zip

Community

  • Builds are made by /e/OS using the /e/OS build infrastructure and signed by /e/OS dev keys
  • Includes the latest /e/OS development code for the device
  • Is released after testing but may still contain non critical bugs
  • Get regular OTA updates
  • Available for download on /e/OS websites
  • Release Frequency: Monthly if possible
  • Earlier referred to as dev builds
  • Build Naming format: e-1.20-t-20240223382228-dev-mata.zip

Naming format explanation:

e-codeversionnumber-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-dev-devicename.zip

Test

  • Builds are made by /e/OS using the /e/OS build infrastructure and signed by Android test keys
  • Builds are made to test some new features or an upgrade
  • May or may not get regular OTA updates
  • These builds are only accessible to testing team members
  • Are not available for download on /e/OS websites
  • Release Frequency: Depending on testing requirement
  • Build Naming format: e-1.21-rc-r-20240313386629-stable-FP2.zip

Naming format explanation:

e-codeversionnumber-testphasecode-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-dev/stable-devicename.zip

Unofficial

  • Builds are made by /e/OS or external users
  • Builds are not supported by /e/OS
  • Made using /e/OS sources code with no modifications in any form
  • At times may not have a maintainer as in made by a user who does not own the device
  • Do not receive OTA updates
  • Available for download on /e/OS websites and are tagged as “UNOFFICIAL”
  • Release Frequency: Monthly or biMonthly
  • Build Naming format: e-0.7-n-2020021341116-UNOFFICIAL-mata.zip
  • Install these builds at your own risk

Naming format explanation:

e-codeversionnumber-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-UNOFFICIAL-devicename.zip

Custom

  • Builds are made by /e/OS or external users
  • The build may have possible changes to /e/OS sources and include code developed for specific device support
  • Builds are not supported by /e/OS
  • Will not be publicly available for download on /e/OS websites
  • Install these builds at your own risk
  • Release Frequency: Dependent on the client or ROM Builder
  • Build Naming format: Format to be set by client or ROM Builder

Naming format explanation:

Depends on the convention followed by the custom ROM builder