# iodéOS

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/iod-os/

7 people recommended iodéOS in Hacker News comments and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free, Google-free Android build that people recommend for privacy and a wide range of phones. Critics say updates lag behind other builds.

Summary written by Claude from 14 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Faster updates than some alternatives (2 comments in the sample): "update latency is much better with other third party distributions like iodéOS or CalyxOS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49773762)) "LineageOS for microg and iodé were much quicker" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47217034))
- Works well in practice (2 comments in the sample): "if you look at e.g. iodéOS's forums most of them work fine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48718598)) "IodéOS is very good at it, in my experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47046399))

## Other mobile operating systems people recommend

- [GrapheneOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grapheneos/): 674 recommend, 150 mixed, 236 criticize
- [Android](https://hackerapproved.com/p/android/): 194 recommend, 120 mixed, 648 criticize
- [Apple iOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ios/): 162 recommend, 102 mixed, 769 criticize
- [LineageOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lineageos/): 137 recommend, 37 mixed, 53 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "iodéOS", https://hackerapproved.com/p/iod-os/ (7 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.