{"slug": "magisk", "name": "Magisk", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 5, "commenters": 7, "warners": 0, "score": 4.987, "rising": 1.02, "first": "2025-11-01", "latest": "2026-10-23", "why": "poor support of Magisk and Xposed in Waydroid, two things I can't imagine using Android apps without", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 5, "neutral": 3, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "poor support of Magisk and Xposed in Waydroid, two things I can't imagine using Android apps without", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": "magisk.dev", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Magisk"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 803424432, "item_id": 50214027, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50214027", "by": "chasil", "date": "2026-10-23", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Magisk is the current and most used rooting tool.", "excerpt": "> I stopped considering such tinkering because I got tired of finding those little tweaks and fixes on forums like xda every time something was updated. Several vendors sell Android devices that allow bootloader unlocking, Pixels being the most known. Once unlocked, Magisk is the current and most used rooting tool. The procedure is quite straightforward. https://github.com/topjohnwu/magisk https://magiskmanager.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "Rooting Android devices", "switched_from": "", "story": "Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone"}, {"id": 787045953, "item_id": 49190372, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49190372", "by": "droserasprout", "date": "2026-08-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "poor support of Magisk and Xposed in Waydroid, two things I can't imagine using Android apps without", "excerpt": "I can confirm this holding OP6 (enchilada) in my hands \u2014 it's a flagship postmarketOS device. It also has other nerd options available \u2014 Sailfish and Windows (Renegade Project) \u2014 but obviously with poor hardware support. I highly recommend keeping an eye on postmarketOS blog. [1] It's a fun reading, and development's been really rapid lately. What stopped me from full migration to pmOS the last time I tried it about ", "context": "", "use_case": "Android root", "switched_from": "", "story": "I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux"}, {"id": 755599424, "item_id": 47224964, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224964", "by": "jauntywundrkind", "date": "2026-03-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I just want magisk!", "excerpt": "I honestly am actually ok with stock! I just want magisk! My use case is pretty silly actually: I just want to be able to read my own Chrome session data! To do some \"quantified self\" exploration of how I use my device. But The War Against General Purpose Computing has marched on and on and on, and that has gotten harder and harder and harder! I can't explore my own device, can't see my own file-system, without root.", "context": "", "use_case": "root access", "switched_from": "", "story": "Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation"}, {"id": 752792657, "item_id": 47049541, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47049541", "by": "notpushkin", "date": "2026-02-17", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "apps just start working", "excerpt": "Wallet app is still impossible to get working, but there\u2019s been some development recently: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/361 Some other apps are often willing to accept my current setup (Lineage for microG [0], plus Magisk, if you don\u2019t need root \u2013 Magisk Hide does some magic I don\u2019t really understand, but even without Play Integrity passing, apps just start working). With more tweaks, you might be able to", "context": "", "use_case": "Root and app compatibility", "switched_from": "", "story": "GrapheneOS \u2013 Break Free from Google and Apple"}, {"id": 739111457, "item_id": 46194466, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46194466", "by": "Zak", "date": "2025-12-08", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I'm still having good results with root, Magisk, and Play Integrity Fix", "excerpt": "I'm still having good results with root, Magisk, and Play Integrity Fix. That does involve some knowledge and effort though, so what I point others to is Mullvad DNS, which is free: https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls Don't forget to give apps that fuck with you in the name of security 1-star reviews!", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "How I block all online ads"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["rooting android devices", "android root", "rooting android", "root access", "root and app compatibility"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47644406", "title": "German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50211474", "title": "Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49188022", "title": "I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47557901", "title": "Google just gave Android power users a sideloading win", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47214645", "title": "Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47045612", "title": "GrapheneOS \u2013 Break Free from Google and Apple", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"neutral": 1}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-04": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 1}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "quotes": [{"id": 803424432, "item_id": 50214027, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50214027", "by": "chasil", "date": "2026-10-23", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Magisk is the current and most used rooting tool.", "excerpt": "> I stopped considering such tinkering because I got tired of finding those little tweaks and fixes on forums like xda every time something was updated. Several vendors sell Android devices that allow bootloader unlocking, Pixels being the most known. Once unlocked, Magisk is the current and most used rooting tool. The procedure is quite straightforward. https://github.com/topjohnwu/magisk https://magiskmanager.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "Rooting Android devices", "switched_from": "", "story": "Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone"}, {"id": 787045953, "item_id": 49190372, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49190372", "by": "droserasprout", "date": "2026-08-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "poor support of Magisk and Xposed in Waydroid, two things I can't imagine using Android apps without", "excerpt": "I can confirm this holding OP6 (enchilada) in my hands \u2014 it's a flagship postmarketOS device. It also has other nerd options available \u2014 Sailfish and Windows (Renegade Project) \u2014 but obviously with poor hardware support. I highly recommend keeping an eye on postmarketOS blog. [1] It's a fun reading, and development's been really rapid lately. What stopped me from full migration to pmOS the last time I tried it about ", "context": "", "use_case": "Android root", "switched_from": "", "story": "I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux"}, {"id": 762551648, "item_id": 47659478, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47659478", "by": "subscribed", "date": "2026-04-06", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "ad with magisk there are many ways to peel the potato", "excerpt": "Oh, you don't say. The above was a link to the source module, but ad with magisk there are many ways to peel the potato. I've see countless users confirming it works for them, for example by using this workflow: https://magiskzip.com/how-to-pass-integrity-with-strong-check-on-rooted-devices/ But as an expert on the mobile security you can assure us its not possible to spoof Google play integrity pass with Magisk - am", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function"}, {"id": 762407200, "item_id": 47650450, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47650450", "by": "subscribed", "date": "2026-04-05", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Rooted, wildly insecure devices can pass the attestation easily", "excerpt": "But you can run modified client already. Rooted, wildly insecure devices can pass the attestation easily: https://magisk.dev/modules/play-integrity-fix-inject/ Safe, updated devices cannot unless they permit Google to run their surveillance services in the privileged, unconstrained mode.", "context": "", "use_case": "rooting Android devices", "switched_from": "", "story": "German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function"}, {"id": 760962273, "item_id": 47560142, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47560142", "by": "opan", "date": "2026-03-28", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I do (re-)root my phone (after each update I have to flash the Magisk-modified boot.img again)", "excerpt": "I do (re-)root my phone (after each update I have to flash the Magisk-modified boot.img again), but FWIW almost nothing needs root on Android, it lets you do way more by default than iOS. I think some people equate jailbreaking and rooting when there's not really a jail to begin with. You can install a custom ROM without having root and I think that's what most people really want to do. Cleaner base system, maybe som", "context": "", "use_case": "Rooting Android", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google just gave Android power users a sideloading win"}, {"id": 755599424, "item_id": 47224964, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224964", "by": "jauntywundrkind", "date": "2026-03-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I just want magisk!", "excerpt": "I honestly am actually ok with stock! I just want magisk! My use case is pretty silly actually: I just want to be able to read my own Chrome session data! To do some \"quantified self\" exploration of how I use my device. But The War Against General Purpose Computing has marched on and on and on, and that has gotten harder and harder and harder! I can't explore my own device, can't see my own file-system, without root.", "context": "", "use_case": "root access", "switched_from": "", "story": "Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation"}, {"id": 752792657, "item_id": 47049541, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47049541", "by": "notpushkin", "date": "2026-02-17", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "apps just start working", "excerpt": "Wallet app is still impossible to get working, but there\u2019s been some development recently: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/361 Some other apps are often willing to accept my current setup (Lineage for microG [0], plus Magisk, if you don\u2019t need root \u2013 Magisk Hide does some magic I don\u2019t really understand, but even without Play Integrity passing, apps just start working). With more tweaks, you might be able to", "context": "", "use_case": "Root and app compatibility", "switched_from": "", "story": "GrapheneOS \u2013 Break Free from Google and Apple"}, {"id": 739111457, "item_id": 46194466, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46194466", "by": "Zak", "date": "2025-12-08", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I'm still having good results with root, Magisk, and Play Integrity Fix", "excerpt": "I'm still having good results with root, Magisk, and Play Integrity Fix. That does involve some knowledge and effort though, so what I point others to is Mullvad DNS, which is free: https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls Don't forget to give apps that fuck with you in the name of security 1-star reviews!", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "How I block all online ads"}, {"id": 732580099, "item_id": 45786256, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45786256", "by": "chasil", "date": "2025-11-01", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I understand that Magisk can be applied to Graphene", "excerpt": "I understand that Magisk can be applied to Graphene if the final device lock step is not applied. I might try that if I elevate it to my daily driver. I'm not comfortable without root. I have the absolute right to have root on my device. I don't know why Graphene didn't just take Trebuchet.", "context": "", "use_case": "Android root", "switched_from": "", "story": "Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking"}]}