What is termux ? How can we use it in android | legal or illegal ?

TERMUX

Termux is a linux based terminal emulator for android. A terminal emulator is a program that allows the user to access the command line interface (CLI).Termux allows a user to perform certain operations without any computer. It is a very good environment for linux users. Windows users can also work here because command line interface is familiar to them as they have command prompt. They just get to know about some commands and they are ready to rock.

It is a shell command line interface in which you just have to input command and let the operating system work on it and it will return the output of your command. One of the main reason for being popular is that it need not to root device. It works perfectly fine without rooting the device.It is developed by FREDRIK FORNWALL, he is an android developer lives in Stockholm,Sweden.

As we all know that TERMUX is very famous for its hacking capabilities. But there is a correction here , termux is not built for hacking . It is built for performing commands of linux. Linux or kali linux scripts are used for hacking as they can be malicious. So that scripts are performed in termux. That is where termux is used to install such tools on your Android Platform. Our Android is also based on a modified Linux kernel.

INSTALLATION

There is no complicated procedure to install it. Termux can be installed by searching into play store in android. It is absolutely free application. Its size is just of 16 mb which is very normal these days. The alternative way to install termux is to download it form third party website or from their official website. It requires less space while installing. But it requires some space after the installation of packages. The memory space is according to the package size. The packages are installed in the termux application. Actually the packages are the scripts or language support scripts which are downloaded in the termux. You can install hundreds of packages in termux as thier are many packages available in termux.

USAGE

   Termux is used for multiple purposes like network scanning, vulnerabilty scanning, payload creation, steganography etc. There are many things that we can do in termux. All the things can be done with the help of packages which are scripts or coding. This helps us in performing a specfic task or hack. No course is needed for mastering the termux. It is a very easy and interesting interface that attracts he user with its styling add on.

ADD on / Packages

There are many add-ons and packages available in termux. Termux is like a professinal software which has add-ons to improve its functionality and working. These add-ons works amazingly on android platform. Some of the platform are listed below :

1 --> TERMUX:STYLING
2 --> TERMUX:API
3 --> TERMUX:BOOT
4 --> TERMUX:FLOAT
5 --> TERMUX:TASK
6 --> TERMUX:WIDGET 

There are many packages available in termux for performing different kind of tasks in it. Every package is actually a script which is downloaded in termux. The installation of package is very simple. We need to just type a command :

pkg install package_name

 Some of the packages are listed below :

1 -->  msfconsole
2 -->  python 
3 -->  python2
4 -->  quickjs
5 -->  git
6 -->  figlet
7 -->  fish
8 -->  cat
9 -->  libc++
10 -->  nano
11 -->  nmap
12 -->  perl
13 -->  msfconsole