What is termux | termux apk download for android — 2020

Saad Maqsood
3 min readJan 15, 2020

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What is termux?

In every operating system, you can use terminal which enables you to access the true power of the computer and for the desktop operating systems, it comes by default, to access terminal in Android we have to download termux.

termux is an application that enables terminal in android phones and allows you to access various tools available for termux. in this article, we will learn everything in simple Words so we can fully understand the termux.

Do you need to install termux mode apk?

You don’t have to install any mode apk for termux because termux is open source and there is nothing to purchase in. it is completely free and you will get the regular update if you download it with play store.

How to download termux apk for Android KitKat?

If your android version is less then 5.0 Lollypop you can’t use termux in your smartphone.
So, first of all, you can try to find all the termux alternatives on the play store but seriously not single one of them is like termux. there are only few choices available and that also requires root access.

In 2020 if you have a phone which has an android version less then 5.0 and if you are a Tech lover or a Computer or IT student I suggest you try rooting your phone.

Rooting your phone is helpful if you to want to understand the things in android.It allows you to turn your mobile phone into a serious hacking machine. You can install custom ROM and you can download termux as well as other Awesome Apps available on the internet.
You can read more on termux for KitKat version here

why use termux?

imagine if you want to do a Termux is portable: man-in-the-middle-attack at the victim’s house, and you are using a laptop for that, it will be incredibly suspicious and after attack complete, everyone can figure out that it was your doing. On the other hand, using your phone is normal everywhere, you can use termux instead of a noticeable Laptop.

No Root required: For using any good apps that are available on play-store require Root Acess and Termux don’t need root the only requirement is your android version should be more than 5.0.

No Setup Required: You don’t have to do any tedious Setup to install it on your system, just download and you are ready to install your favorite package.

Minimal and Compact: The size of the Termux app is just less than 200Kb and the size increases when you download packages and you can uninstall the packages which are not in use, The look of command-line itself is so satisfactory of termux.

A load of Packages are available: Packages in termux allow you to do the various task, the size of packages are small and you can uninstall them whenever you want so its data + storage efficient.

Consistent Update: Termux is getting updated every day that means new features are added day by day, new packages are also getting added, if you want you can Host your own Termux repository too.
Programming languages: It supports Varius programming language like Golang, Lua, Php, C\C++, python
so you can type and compile all this language on your phone.

Python Support: The best thing about termux is that it supports python, there is a huge amount of libraries available on the internet for python which allow you to do any task by just running a single script of python.
Python projects are available on git hub just copy them and you can do some serious stuff with termux.

Who can use termux?

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Please visit the Source blog to read full blog :https://www.termux.ga/2020/01/What-is-termux-termux-apk-download-for-android-2020.html

Originally published at https://www.termux.ga.

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Saad Maqsood

I am a Blogger, and I love to work on Linux, Since most of us don’t have computers I teach on my Site how you can use Linux tools in your phone.🥰. -saadmaqsood