What the heck is Magisk, and where is SuperSU?

[Drashnar]

So, I'm looking around, and I can't find any up to date information on rooting using SuperSU, only this new thing (to me) called Magisk.

So, my questions are:

1. What EXACTLY is Magicsk?
2. What makes it better than SuperSU that's been around, tried & true, for forever?
3. Why does it seem that everyone is so hyped about Magisk?

So basically consider this the ultimate newbie thread on Magisk. To summarize, SuperSU has been around forever, why should I care about this Magisk thing?


Thanks!

 

[loeffler23]

1. Magisk is a superuser app that gives you root obviously, it also has modules you can install kind of like exposed.
2. Chainfire the creator of SuperSu has been retired for a while now, so everyone jumped ship and went to Magisk.
3. Magisk is actually a really good app and has a lot of cool modules on it.
Try it out it's really nice to have and does the same job SuperSu does plus more. I still give my respect to Chainfire as he is one of the greatest.

 

[DR3W5K1]

Magisk let's you hide root also

 

[loeffler23]

Magisk let's you hide root also

SuperSu had SuHide also, so they both could be hidden lol.

 

[DR3W5K1]

SuperSu had SuHide also, so they both could be hidden lol.

So true it works out of the box just like magisk too....

 

[altwu]

supersu 2.82 sr5 is the latest revision of supersu and is incompatible with the pixel xl ever since the january update. when Chainfire retired from supersu development, he handed it over to a company, ccmt, to take over. they've been radio silent; no posts in the supersu forum nor any new updates to supersu. it seems like development on supersu has stalled or is dead, which is sad. Chainfire put a lot of work into supersu.

the only other root option available for the pixel xl is magisk. i was a long time user of supersu, but switched over to magisk. it's been working fine for me.

 

[ithehappy]

Yeah I stayed on the SuperSU camp for as long as I can remember too but since last 3-4 months almost every dev has suggested to switch to Magisk and so I did and I don't regret it for a second. And I don't even use any modules at all.

 

[noidea24]

I was in your exact position, and didn't actually learn what magisk or start using it until 3ish months ago. And I've been around since Motorola Droid.
I say give it a flash and try it, mess around, have fun. They have an uninstaller script you can always return to stock.

Magisk, besides root access, has expandable modules. There's even a subsection in xda dedicated to modules.
My favorite modules are.....
Busybox for Android
Modded pixel 2 launcher
Unified adblock host (if I'm not using adaway)
Hide nav bar (when using lmt for pie controls)
Injected YouTube Vanced
And many more.

Look at it kind of like xposed (please don't bash me, I know it's no where near the same but this is for correlation sake)
You have lists of different modules to install.