# omnirom/android_bootable_recovery

Repository: https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android_bootable_recovery
Language: C
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-10-28T14:44:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4707, "days_push": 1040, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2089, forks 1726 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:12.265135+00:00)

## What it is
Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP), a custom touch-based recovery image for Android devices, maintained under the OmniROM project. It allows users to install custom ROMs, create full device backups (nandroid), and perform low-level maintenance tasks outside the running OS.

## Use cases
- flash a custom ROM on my android phone
- make a full nandroid backup before rooting
- wipe and format partitions on an android device
- install zip packages from recovery
- repair a bricked android device
- root my phone by flashing magisk from recovery

## When to choose
- you need a touch-based custom recovery for a supported Android device
- you want to flash ROMs, kernels, or mods outside the stock OS
- you need full device backups and partition management on Android

## When to avoid
- your device is not officially supported by TWRP
- you only need standard stock recovery functionality
- you are not comfortable with the risks of unlocking the bootloader and modifying system partitions

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, file-system, backup
- domain: android-tools, developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: embedded, c
- tags: twrp, custom-recovery, android-recovery, bootloader, firmware-flashing, omnirom, android

## Member repositories
- omnirom/android_bootable_recovery (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:12.265135+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:55:39.426595+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:12.265135+00:00, sha 48dc919f66be)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.