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Sailfish OS

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#18 of 42
Score
6.0
Sailfish OS's website

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Sailfish OS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Sailfish OS's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2001.

All about pricing
PlanPriceWhat it gives you
Sailfish OS voluntary subscription€4.90 a monthVoluntary contribution to support Sailfish OS development and community services · Deliver every month; auto-renews, skip or cancel anytime.

The facts

Each one read from Sailfish OS's own pages, with the date it was checked.

What it does

Adaptation
Configurable device policies and extension points support custom apps, cloud accounts, location providers, VPN solutions, and authentication methods.checked 11 Oct 2001
Backup
Sailfish OS supports automatic cloud backups with a service the user trusts or their own backup servers.checked 11 Oct 2001
Community support
Jolla identifies the Sailfish OS forum as a place for developer community support and collaboration.checked 11 Oct 2001
Developer tools
The developer offering includes Docker-based cross-platform builds, a command-line interface, Clang Code Model, 64-bit builds, C++14, and Rust.checked 11 Oct 2001
Intended users
Jolla presents Sailfish OS for corporate and governmental deployments as well as consumer mobile devices and embedded use cases.checked 11 Oct 2001
Licensing
The maker says Sailfish OS offers an exclusive licensing model for local implementations.checked 11 Oct 2001
Open source
The platform is based on Linux and more than 500 open-source projects, and licensees receive full source-code access to the OS, tooling, and infrastructure.checked 11 Oct 2001
Privacy
Jolla says Sailfish OS does not collect or sell personal data, and lets users connect trusted services or set up their own cloud.checked 11 Oct 2001
Product
Sailfish OS is a Linux-based mobile operating system for smartphones and tablets that can be adapted for embedded devices.checked 11 Oct 2001
Security
The maker describes on-device data encryption, Firejail app sandboxing, systemd sandboxing for core services, a firewall, VPN support, and over-the-air updates.checked 11 Oct 2001

Where it runs

Android app support
Sailfish OS can run Android apps through AppSupport, and the maker says its AppSupport has reached Android 13 level.checked 11 Oct 2001
Device management
Its MDM supports remote device setup, settings and policy provisioning, software management, device locking, and multiple-user management.checked 11 Oct 2001
Native apps
The platform supports gesture-based native apps powered by the Qt framework.checked 11 Oct 2001
Supported devices
Jolla officially supports downloadable Sailfish OS for selected devices, while the site says community ports cover nearly a hundred devices.checked 11 Oct 2001

The company

Founded
2013checked 28 Sep 2001
Headquarters
Tampere, Finlandchecked 28 Sep 2001
Maker
Jolla is a Finnish company founded in 2011.checked 11 Oct 2001

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