star is an application that lets you play PC games on Android with the best performance possible. It lets you access your Steam, Amazon, GOG and Epic Games library on the go.
- Package:
com.winlator.star - Version:
v1.2-REVAMPED(build identifier7.1.4x-cmod, versionCode20) - Android SDK:
compileSdk 34,targetSdk 28,minSdk 26(Android 8.0+) - Upstream lineage: Winlator → cmod → Bionic Nightly → Star → Star Bionic (Compose)
This project is built via GitHub Actions only. Local builds are not supported.
Artifacts are published as workflow artifacts; tagged stable builds are also published as GitHub Releases.
This fork stands on a long chain of prior work. Credit, in lineage order:
| Contributor | Contribution |
|---|---|
| brunodev85 | Original Winlator — Wine + Box64 + Turnip on Android. Foundation of every fork below. Also serves the input_controls profiles consumed by this fork: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brunodev85/winlator/main/input_controls/ |
| coffincolors | cmod Winlator fork — package com.winlator.cmod and the customization layer this codebase is built on. |
| Pipetto-crypto | Winlator Bionic fork (the "Bionic" half of Star Bionic) and the upstream Box64 fix branch. Co-credited on cmod. |
| jacojayy | Maintainer of the Star line. SDK36 patches in the bundled Turnip driver for newer DXVK compatibility. |
| vivsi | Controller support contributions. |
| The412Banner | Full Jetpack Compose UI migration, in-game overlay rewrite, controller-support restore (SDL2 SoName fix + four event files), Box64 edit-dialog fix, theme system, and CI/release infrastructure. Also maintains the Nightlies WCP Hub and Banners-Turnip. |
- StevenMXZ — Winlator-Ludashi: Bionic-based fork with
dev-vanilla,ludashi(renamed package for Xiaomi performance-mode detection), andredmagic(Genshin Impact package name for RedMagic frame-gen) build variants.
The Wine/translation stack this app bundles or downloads:
- Wine — WineHQ
- Box64 / Box86 — ptitSeb
- FEXCore — FEX-Emu
- DXVK — doitsujin / Philip Rebohle
- DXVK-GPLAsync patch — Ph42oN
- DXVK-Sarek — pythonlover02
- VKD3D-Proton — Hans-Kristian Arntzen
- Turnip / Mesa — Freedreno team @ Mesa
- Proton layers (bionic) — GameNative
Credits surfaced in the Star Bionic REVAMPED release (star.bionic-revamp):
- @The412Banner — Converting the UI to Jetpack Compose and rewriting the controller implementation.
- @jacojayy — SDK36 patches in Turnip.
If you have contributed and are not listed, open an issue or PR — this list is intended to be complete.
Winlator and its forks are unofficial community projects. They are not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft, Wine, the Mesa project, Qualcomm, or any game publisher. Compatibility varies by device GPU, Android version, and individual game.
Inherits the license of the upstream Winlator project (GPL-3.0). See LICENSE for the full text.