Introduction

DroidVM is a virtual machine manager that runs on Android devices, with support for multiple hypervisors. It lets you create and manage lightweight virtual machines directly on your phone and enjoy near-native performance.

Supported hypervisors:

• Qualcomm Gunyah (/dev/gunyah)
• MediaTek GenieZone (/dev/gzvm)
• Linux KVM (/dev/kvm)

📷 Screenshot placeholder: App main interface (virtual machine list)

What It Can Do

With DroidVM, you can do the following on your phone:

• Boot a full Linux desktop (such as Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, and other distributions)
• Run Windows on ARM (with modified VirtIO drivers)
• Set up a development / testing environment with a graphical interface
• Use your phone as a portable host with an external screen + Bluetooth keyboard and mouse

Core Features

Feature	Description
Multiple VM Backends	crosvm and QEMU
UEFI Boot	Boot Linux or Windows
GPU Acceleration	VirGL, GfxStream, and 2D software rendering
Multiple Display Methods	Built-in VNC client, native display (Surface passthrough), external screen casting
Terminal Console	Full ANSI/xterm emulation (based on the Termux terminal library)
Disk Management	raw, qcow2, vhdx, vdi, vmdk; resize / convert / clone / optimize / snapshot
Image Acquisition	URL download, distribution image download, LXC image import
Virtual Bridge Network	NAT, DHCP, STP, VLAN, IPv4/IPv6, port forwarding
Shared Directory	VirtFS (9p / virtiofs)
Windows Support	With modified VirtIO drivers
Linux Agent	Offline modification of VM passwords and more
VM Packages	Export / import .vmpkg to migrate a VM together with its disks

Interface Layout

The app has five bottom tabs:

Tab	Contents
Home	Daemon status, VM / disk / network overview, VM import, help and feedback, new-version notice, kernel and SoC info
VMs	VM list; long-press to edit / export as package / delete
Disks	Disk image management
Networks	Virtual bridge network management
Settings	App settings, backup & restore, about and updates

📷 Screenshot placeholder: Home tab (daemon status card + overview cards)

The daemon card on the Home tab is tappable: a popup menu lets you start / stop / restart the daemon, and the card colour reflects its running state.

How It Works

DroidVM leverages whichever hypervisor is available on the device (Qualcomm Gunyah, MediaTek GenieZone, or Linux KVM) to provide hardware virtualization. The app uses Root access to start a background daemon (process name droidvmd), which invokes crosvm / QEMU to create and run virtual machines; the front-end app handles configuration management, display, and interaction.

┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│            DroidVM App (Front-end UI)        │
│  Config · Display(VNC/Native) · Console · Disk/Net │
└───────────────────┬────────────────────────┘
                    │ IPC
┌───────────────────▼────────────────────────┐
│               daemon (root)                  │
│      crosvm / QEMU  ·  Virtual Bridge  ·  Disk │
└───────────────────┬────────────────────────┘
                    │
┌───────────────────▼────────────────────────┐
│   Gunyah / KVM / GenieZone  Hypervisor       │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Next Steps

• First, check whether your device meets the Requirements
• Then install or build DroidVM
• After completing the Initial Setup, you can move on to the Quick Start