Google Colab CLI for Android (Termux)

This repository contains a modified version of the official Google Colab CLI that can be installed and used on Android via Termux.

Origin

Original project: https://github.com/googlecolab/google-colab-cli

This version improves Android/Termux compatibility while preserving the original CLI behavior as closely as possible.

All credits for the original project belong to the Google Colab CLI developers.

Installation

1. Extract the archive.

2. Open a terminal and enter the extracted directory.

3. Install:

pip install . --break-system-packages

4. Verify:

colab --help

Test

Run compatibility tests:

colab test

For a live Colab kernel test:

colab new -s android-test
colab test kernel -s android-test

For the live T4 SSH/GPU test:

RUN_GPU_SSH_E2E=1 bash integration/repro_ssh_gpu/test.sh

For colab run regression tests:

bash integration/repro_run_command/test.sh

For runtime-proxy refresh/recovery:

bash integration/repro_runtime_proxy_refresh/test.sh

Notes

• Tested on Termux.
• Python 3.14.
• Live T4 GPU SSH access tested successfully.
• colab run supports both Python scripts and .ipynb notebooks.
• Runtime-proxy credentials are refreshed for long-lived sessions.
• Existing upstream CLI behavior is preserved where possible.

Update

26/9/2026:

• Previous version: 0.7.2.post0+android5.2
• Current version: 0.7.2.post0+android5.3

Fixed

• Fixed T4 GPU libraries not being visible inside SSH sessions.
• Fixed integration test execution on Termux/Python 3.14.
• Added .ipynb support to colab run.
• Preserved notebook cell state and saved executed notebook outputs.
• Fixed stale runtime-proxy credentials in long-lived sessions.
• Prevented live sessions from being pruned when runtime-proxy requests return stale 401/404 responses.
• Added live recovery tests for file access and session credential refresh.