DeviceFreedom Tab & Pro vs. DIY

devicefreedom-os is designed for DeviceFreedom Tab and DeviceFreedom Phone, where it includes first-class support for all features. On other devices, it's freely available with core functionality, but support and feature availability are best-effort due to hardware differences.

Why the difference?

We build devicefreedom-os around our own hardware so we can:

• Ensure compatibility — features like external storage, Wi-Fi, and FailSafe storage depend on specific hardware and drivers that we can only guarantee on DeviceFreedom Tab and Pro.
• Optimize performance — the software is tuned specifically for our hardware, delivering better speed and reliability.
• Innovate faster — focusing on a single hardware platform lets us ship new features, test thoroughly, and push updates more quickly.

Feature comparison

Which should you choose?

DeviceFreedom Tab or DeviceFreedom Phone — the complete experience, optimized performance, priority support, and everything works out of the box. Recommended for most users.

DIY — ideal if you want to run devicefreedom-os on hardware you already own, or if you enjoy tinkering. You get the core Independent Ownership experience with community support.