Install

On your phone

1. Check compatibility: GKI 2.0 devices (kernel 5.10+) are officially supported. Older kernels (3.4+) need a manually built kernel — see Compatibility.
2. Get the manager: download the official Manager-release APK matching your ABI from the Releases page (arm64-v8a for most modern phones). Optional: the Spoofed-Manager build installs side-by-side under a randomized package name when the stock one is detected.
3. Get root, pick one:
   • LKM mode (recommended for phones): fastboot boot a matching GKI kernel for temporary root, open the manager and use Install → Direct install / Select a file. The manager patches your stock firmware and flashes it for you.
   • GKI mode: flash the provided boot.img with fastboot flash boot boot.img && fastboot reboot, with a kernel-flasher app (e.g. Kernel Flasher), or via custom recovery (TWRP).
   • Offline patching: no root at all — the manager can patch a boot.img into Downloads/OriginSU/ for you to flash manually.
4. Verify: reopen the manager — Home should report the kernel / LKM status, then finish the setup wizard.

In your kernel source

Run this in the root of your kernel source, just like the other KernelSU-family forks:

# Latest stable tag (recommended)
curl -LSs "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samakshkambxj/OriginSU/main/kernel/setup.sh" | bash -

# Development branch
curl -LSs "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samakshkambxj/OriginSU/main/kernel/setup.sh" | bash -s main

# A specific tag / commit
curl -LSs "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samakshkambxj/OriginSU/main/kernel/setup.sh" | bash -s v4.2.5

Then enable CONFIG_KSU (plus CONFIG_KPM on 64-bit kernels if you want KPM support), rebuild, and flash. Extras:

# Remove a previous integration
curl -LSs "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samakshkambxj/OriginSU/main/kernel/setup.sh" | bash -s --cleanup

# Register the downloaded copy as a git submodule of your kernel tree
# (run from your kernel source root after integrating)
curl -LSs "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samakshkambxj/OriginSU/main/kernel/setup.sh" | bash -s --submodule

Prefer manual integration? See Build the kernel.

Release assets

Each v* tag publishes a GitHub Release with:

Asset	What it is
Manager-release APKs (arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, universal)	The only manager builds the OriginSU kernel trusts. Pick the APK matching your ABI.
Spoofed-Manager-release APK	Same manager with a randomized package name — installs side-by-side, useful when the stock package name is detected.
Manager-debug APK	Debug build for development. The kernel rejects it as unofficial — do not use for daily root.
<arch>-<kmi>-lkm[-tamper]-<kmi>_kernelsu.ko	Loadable kernel modules per KMI and architecture (aarch64-* for phones, x86_64-* for emulator/x86 tablets). Match <kmi> to your kernel (e.g. android14-6.1); the arch- prefix tells the two same-KMI files apart. -tamper- variants use the stealth syscall-table hook instead of the tracepoint default.

Pre-release tags containing -rc are published as GitHub pre-releases.