Marshmallow Cataclysm ROMs exist for Nexus phones but not for tablets, so if you're rocking a Nexus slate you'll have to look elsewhere.Ĭataclysm focuses on performance and battery life improvements for stock Android rather than adding an expansive feature set, and it looks a lot like stock Marshmallow too.Ĭataclysm has one of the best reputations of all Android ROMs. There are individual Chroma threads on XDA for currently supported devices, where you can find the most current builds:Ĭataclysm is a great ROM for Nexus devices, and it has a very good reputation and solid builds. If you're just interested in the debate surrounding the ROM itself then you can hit the Chroma community on Google+ or read this Reddit thread. If that rubs you the wrong way then you might want to skip Chroma.Ĭhroma is a decent ROM marred by the debate surrounding its sources. The improvements in this ROM focus on improving battery life, performance and system stability, but the maker of the ROM has come under fire from the community for "kanging other people's commits" (ie ripping them off). There are also some threads on XDA providing unofficial versions of CM13 for other common devices:Ĭhroma is another ROM based on the Android Marshmallow AOSP (source code) for Nexus devices. Here is the current list of supported devices getting nightly builds of CM 13: You can also theme it heavily courtesy of CyanogenMod's impressive theme engine.ĬyanogenMod is, for many, the gold standard of Android ROMs. For those who don't know, CyanogenMod ROMs look very much like stock Android but fills it to the gills with additional features and settings.
On November 23, Cyanogen dropped CM 13, the Marshmallow version of this insanely popular custom ROM. Cyanogen went corporate a while back, and while that may have put some die-hard ROM fans off, it has endowed the company with all kinds of resources.
No custom ROM list would be complete without CyanogenMod, the granddaddy of popular ROMs.
You'll need an unlocked bootloader, root and a custom recovery for these ROMs. We have tutorials on all of these on the site, so hit that search box and get prepped before trying to flash any of the custom Marshmallow ROMs below. To flash a custom ROM, you're going to need an unlocked bootloader, a custom recovery and a rooted phone.