samyk/magspoof
A portable device that can spoof/emulate any magnetic stripe, credit card or hotel card "wirelessly", even on standard magstripe (non-NFC/RFID) readers. It can disable Chip&PIN and predict AMEX card numbers with 100% accuracy. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3935
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1522
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4146 stars · 628 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
MagSpoof is a portable Arduino-based device that spoofs and emulates magnetic stripe cards (credit cards, hotel keys, etc.) wirelessly by generating an electromagnetic field, working even on standard non-NFC magstripe readers. It supports all three magstripe tracks and is designed for security research and personal card storage.
Use cases
- emulate a magstripe credit card on a standard reader wirelessly
- store all my magstripe cards in one portable device
- security research on magstripe readers and electromagnetism
- build a device similar to Samsung MST or Coin
- test hotel key card and parking ticket readers
- learn about microcontrollers and magnetic stripe data encoding
When to choose
- you need to emulate magnetic stripe cards on traditional readers for authorized research
- you want a DIY Arduino hardware project for magstripe security research
- you want to consolidate your own magstripes into a single device
When to avoid
- you need NFC/RFID card emulation
- you want a polished consumer product rather than a DIY build
- you lack authorization over the cards you intend to emulate
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
security embedded security hardware embedded-systems embedded iot magstripe arduino hardware-hacking spoofer security-research electromagnetism hardware
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/samyk/magspoof · fetched 2026-08-28 · 96cb44856ae8
- homepage: https://samy.pl/magspoof/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2a708c96d830
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| samyk/magspoof | main | 32 |
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