# microg/GmsCore

> A free implementation of Google Play Services that lets apps built for Play Services run on systems where it is unavailable. Aimed at custom Android ROMs and devices without Google services.

- Magnitude: 3.3 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 14,960 total · +15 stars measured 2026-10-20, 10:12–12:28 UTC, ≈ 25 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Apps · Language: Java · License: Apache-2.0 · Created: 2014-04-23 · Last push: 2026-09-29
- GitHub: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore · Homepage: https://microg.org · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/microg/GmsCore

## Useful for

- Run Play Services-dependent apps on a custom ROM without GApps
- Provide push notifications and geolocation without Google services
- Build an Android setup with an open replacement for Play Services for privacy

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-20 (UTC), 10:12–12:28: 14945 → 14960 stars (+15). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +25 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- Hacker News: “MicroG: Free-libre re-implementation of Google's proprietary Android user space” — 132 points, 6 h ago.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 3,268
- Issues and pull requests: 3,779
- Watchers: 262
- Average over the last week: 16 per day
- Usual pace: 12 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 8
- Latest release: v0.3.17.252432 (2026-09-29)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-09-21 … 2026-10-20: 16, 11, 8, 12, 10, 13, 9, 3, 11, 15, 15, 9, 10, 15, 5, 11, 12, 12, 12, 12, 16, 11, 9, 16, 10, 16, 16, 15, 13, 15

## Hacker News

- MicroG: Free-libre re-implementation of Google's proprietary Android user space — 132 points, 11 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50162177

## Spotted in now

- Spotted on Hacker News

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Days are UTC. “So far today” is a fact; “expected by the end of the day” is a forecast.
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Data as of 2026-10-20 12:38 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.