Shizuku

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29367 stars · 2946 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Shizuku lets normal Android apps call system APIs with elevated ADB or root privileges by running a server process via app_process and proxying binder IPC calls. It includes an API library developers integrate to access privileged operations without shelling out to su commands.

Use cases

• call android system apis with adb privileges from a normal app
• enable or disable app components without root shell commands
• grant my app elevated permissions via adb
• replace slow su shell command execution with direct binder calls
• build an android app that needs root-level operations but works with adb only
• access hidden android system services from a third-party app

When to choose

• your Android app needs privileged system API access and you want to avoid parsing su command output
• you want apps to work with either ADB or root, whichever the user has
• you need fast, reliable IPC to system services with shell-level permissions

When to avoid

• your app only needs standard SDK permissions available to normal apps
• you cannot require the user to start a server via ADB or root first
• you target use cases where ADB's limited permissions are insufficient and root is unavailable

Facets

library · maturity active

developer-tools security sdk plugin-system android-tools developer-tools operating-systems jvm cli android adb root binder system-apis privilege-escalation app_process

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