/e/ mobile phone operating system
Imagine mobile phones running a desirable operating system, at a reasonable cost. Not running Google or any other « data hungry » services.
And at the same time, mobile phone operating systems where personal and corporate users can install and use the mainstream applications of their choice, if they wish so.
That’s what /e/ is going to provide: attractive mobile phone operating systems with better privacy.
Our mobile phone OS roadmap
Is /e/ mobile phone OS available? Yes! A first beta is now available. You can test it on a selection of devices. A full description of this release is available online in this article.
This year we will begin selling the first mobile phones, which will be « post market » phones, i.e. phones that we buy, flash with the /e/ system and sell to customers.
/e/ is also already seeking hardware partners and resellers that would be interested in preloading /e/ for mass-market release.
2018 Roadmap:
- June 2018: early access to /e/ email for /e/ backers
- July 2018: early access to /e/ drive for /e/ backers
- August 2018: /e/ OS beta (MVP) release with several web services (search, app store)
- September 2018: /e/ OS source code release on /e/ GitLab
- September 2018: /e/ email and drive open to more users
- October 2018: smartphones with /e/ OS start shipping to /e/ backers
- January 2019: smartphones with /e/ OS start selling

Supported devices
At the moment, we’re developing for LeEco Le2, Xiaomi Mi5S and Essential Phone PH1. The list of devices currently supported by /e/ is available here.
It will grow over time, but possibly not all devices from this list will be officially supported if they become obsolete.
Suggest a new device
Want a specific device to be supported? Please fill this form! (works better with Chromium and Firefox)
to be supported by /e/ by typing below:
/e/ is in the public interest – support us!
/e/’s mission is to provide an open-source mobile operating system and associated web-services that:
- respect your data privacy
- that are desirable enough for Mom, Dad and children
Want our mission to succeed?
Want /e/ to become THE main alternative to the mobile OS duopole in place?
Please support us! Contribute, talk about the project, make a donation (and receive a reward)…