Case study

Cordial: hosting the Roblox Android client on Linux

Cordial hosts the unmodified Roblox Android client on Linux through a ported bionic linker, ELF import resolution and substitutes for Android JNI and framework calls. Its Rust and C++ runtime supports x86-64 and aarch64 builds, with Wayland as the primary display backend.

Targets: App
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 293
Last commit: 2026-11-06
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Linux on x86-64 or aarch64 and a Roblox Android build are required.
Prerequisites: Building from source requires Clang, GTK4 4.12 or later and libadwaita 1.5 or later.
Limits: The project is experimental; aarch64 has not been tested on real ARM64 hardware, and some display setups have known failures.
License: GPL-3.0-or-later.

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BibTeX

@misc{cordial-roblox-linux-case,
  title = {{Cordial: hosting the Roblox Android client on Linux}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/luohoa97/cordial}},
  url = {https://github.com/luohoa97/cordial},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/cordial-roblox-linux-case/}}
}

Plain text

Cordial: hosting the Roblox Android client on Linux. https://github.com/luohoa97/cordial (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/cordial-roblox-linux-case/

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README.md GitHub · luohoa97/cordial · Revision 378c83b