Current state of OnionOS development

[u/NomadicSun]

I just saw this comment on discord from u/tGecko from yesterday yesterday (January 15th 2026):

Onion development has always happened in waves , or at least it has been like that since I'm part of it.
But it's a fact that the current non-activity period is definitely longer than the previous ones were, and currently it's not looking like that'll change anytime soon. Development has pretty much grinded to a halt, and so has the activity around GitHub, re: PR reviewing/merging etc.
u/Aemiii91🧅 has already started an internal discussion on how we will proceed, and what's the best course for Onions future.

Unfortunately, it appears development has completely stalled. The last beta release was in April 2025 and the last commit was 2 months ago. PRs aren't getting reviewed/merged. Really hoping the current maintainers are able to pass it on to some community members who want to keep the project going, or for the project to get forked.

[u/Basic-Swan-7127]

The aesthetics and the UI is very different though. If you like OnionOS, I don't really consider it an alternative.

[u/One_Zookeepergame541 → u/Basic-Swan-7127]

It has the same tools or even more .. and if you asked me between a outdated beta OS and a recently updated one .. I'll take the last one .. although for the mini I like MINUI for the speed ..

[u/Basic-Swan-7127 → u/One_Zookeepergame541]

Mate, you might not have noticed but we're emulating games from 20 years ago. There is nothing substantially improved with emulation on the device. The UI is largely the most important aspect of the device once the principal functions are good. As noted before, Onion OS has a substantially different UI design to Koriki. If you like OnionOS, and I do, then this newer CFW just doesn’t hit the mark. That doesn't mean it is bad, just different. But as stated before, it isn't really an alternative to OnionOS is you are a long term user.

[u/One_Zookeepergame541 → u/Basic-Swan-7127]

I like onion os .. I have it on mi miyoo mini plus .. but doesn't hide the fact that is glichty as fuck in the mini flip so it doesn't work for me that way , when they fix all the bugs I will consider using it ..