Pre-built static libraries for mosh (mobile shell) and all its dependencies, ready for Android NDK integration.

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• mosh-android-libs-v1.0.0.tar.gz - For Linux/macOS
• mosh-android-libs-v1.0.0.zip - For Windows

• libmoshcrypto.a - Cryptographic functions (OCB mode)
• libmoshnetwork.a - UDP transport layer
• libmoshprotos.a - Protocol buffer definitions
• libmoshstatesync.a - State synchronization protocol
• libmoshterminal.a - Terminal emulation
• libmoshutil.a - Utility functions

• OpenSSL 3.2.1 - libssl.a, libcrypto.a
• Protocol Buffers 33.3 - libprotobuf.a + abseil-cpp libraries
• ncurses 6.4 - libncursesw.a

mosh-android/
├── android-libs/           # Packaged libraries ready for use
│   ├── include/            # Header files
│   ├── static/             # Static libraries per architecture
│   │   ├── arm64-v8a/
│   │   ├── armeabi-v7a/
│   │   └── x86_64/
│   └── README.md           # CMake integration guide
├── build-*.sh              # Build scripts (for rebuilding)
└── README.md               # This file

set(MOSH_LIBS_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/path/to/android-libs)

include_directories(${MOSH_LIBS_DIR}/include)

target_link_libraries(your_target
    ${MOSH_LIBS_DIR}/static/${ANDROID_ABI}/libmoshnetwork.a
    ${MOSH_LIBS_DIR}/static/${ANDROID_ABI}/libmoshstatesync.a
    ${MOSH_LIBS_DIR}/static/${ANDROID_ABI}/libmoshterminal.a
    ${MOSH_LIBS_DIR}/static/${ANDROID_ABI}/libmoshcrypto.a
    ${MOSH_LIBS_DIR}/static/${ANDROID_ABI}/libmoshutil.a
    ${MOSH_LIBS_DIR}/static/${ANDROID_ABI}/libmoshprotos.a
    ${MOSH_LIBS_DIR}/static/${ANDROID_ABI}/libprotobuf.a
    ${MOSH_LIBS_DIR}/static/${ANDROID_ABI}/libssl.a
    ${MOSH_LIBS_DIR}/static/${ANDROID_ABI}/libcrypto.a
    ${MOSH_LIBS_DIR}/static/${ANDROID_ABI}/libncursesw.a
    log
    z
)

For React Native integration, you'll need to create a native module that wraps the mosh libraries. See the iOS implementation in MoshClient for reference.

If you need to rebuild the libraries:

# Prerequisites
brew install android-ndk autoconf automake protobuf

# Build everything
./build-openssl.sh
./build-protobuf-android.sh
./build-ncurses-arm.sh
./build-ncurses-x86_64.sh
./build-mosh.sh
./package-android.sh

• macOS with Homebrew
• Android NDK r29+
• autoconf, automake
• protoc (matching version for cross-compile)

The following patches were applied during the build:

1. locale_utils.cc - Added Android fallback for nl_langinfo() since Android's Bionic libc doesn't support it. Returns UTF-8 by default on Android.

• Mosh is licensed under GPLv3
• OpenSSL is dual-licensed under Apache 2.0 and OpenSSL License
• Protocol Buffers is licensed under BSD-3-Clause
• ncurses is licensed under MIT

• mosh - Original mosh project
• Termux - Reference for Android builds