Awesome Android Root v5.0

Release 5.0 restructures how the project is organized and published. The curated database of 600+ apps and modules no longer lives in the README: it now lives in 16 per-topic pages under docs/apps-and-modules/, each with its own URL, SEO metadata, section anchors, and the AppSearch filter bar. The README is back to being a landing page, and the website is built directly from the docs with no content-generation step.

Highlights

• One giant page becomes 16 category pages. Every topic now has a real URL: /apps-and-modules/root-management, /apps-and-modules/privacy, /apps-and-modules/ad-blocking, /apps-and-modules/performance, and the rest. Categories can be linked, shared, bookmarked, and indexed independently.
• No content was lost. All 603 entries were carried over from the old README database byte-for-byte, verified with an automated one-to-one comparison. Only one anchor was intentionally retargeted to its new page.
• README slimmed from ~1,500 lines to ~110. It is now a GitHub-first landing page: project intro, website call-to-action, a 16-row category table, guides table, and contributing links.
• Hub URL unchanged. /apps-and-modules/ still exists as the category hub (16 category cards, Starter Kit, Glossary, Resources), so no redirects are needed for existing bookmarks. The sitemap grew from 30 to 46 URLs to submit the new pages.
• Cross-references fixed. Every guide, FAQ, troubleshooting, and about page that pointed into the old single page was retargeted to the new topic pages (12 files), including the nav, home-page cards, and the per-topic sidebar with section-level deep links.
• Simpler build. docs:build is now a plain vitepress build docs; the custom scripts/build-docs.js content generator was replaced with, scripts/check_links.py, that validates every internal link and anchor using VitePress slug rules.

What changed in the database and guides

• Root Management - new SUSFS section. An explainer of what SUSFS is, entries for SUSFS for KernelSU, RENE (BRENE), and ReSuSFS, plus a BRENE vs ReSuSFS comparison table covering root hiding, mount/path hiding, spoofing, configuration, and code architecture. The ReSuSFS entry description was also updated.
• Temporary root guide (rooting without unlocking the bootloader). Added a one-click root entry for the Nothing Phone (3a) via the Root My Device fork. Also added a note on module compatibility: some modules can cause boot loops that are not recoverable on a locked device, with a link to the XDA list of known working/non-working modules.
• OnePlus guide. Added roms.danielspringer.at as an alternative firmware download source.
• App Modifications. WA Enhancer X entry updated: source link now points to the Xposed Module Repository and licensing is marked proprietary, alongside the FOSS WA Enhancer entry.
• Removed. XposedFluidCloud entry removed from the database as the project is no longer available.

Infrastructure and maintenance

• VitePress updated to 2.0.0-alpha.20.
• PWA migrated to the @vite-pwa/vitepress plugin with simplified registration logic; the update flow was reworked so new versions propagate cleanly (including precaching of HTML pages).
• Permissions-Policy header updated; obsolete redirect rules removed.
• Contributing workflow updated for the new structure: the docs contributing page documents the 16 category slugs, a root CONTRIBUTING.md was added, and issue/PR templates now reference docs/apps-and-modules/ instead of the README. scripts/counter.sh now counts entries across the category pages.
• README cleanup: category index table and contribution links added, troubleshooting navigation fixed.

Numbers

Entry counts by framework tag: entries that carry several framework tags are counted under each, so the per-tag numbers do not add up to the total.

Merged pull requests

• [#149] - Add module list link with brief explanation for temporary root - @DDOneApps
• [#150] - docs: update ReSuSFS description - @ahmed-alnassif
• [#151] - Fix link to module compatibility list - @DDOneApps
• [#153] - Add root method for Nothing Phone 3a - @DDOneApps
• [#155] - Refactor: migrate README database into per-topic docs pages

Additional maintenance commits on main cover the PWA fixes, config cleanup, entry updates, and README polish listed above.

New contributors

• @DDOneApps made their first contributions in #149, #151, and #153.

App Counts

    📃 Apps & Modules Stats (docs)
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    Total Entries         603
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    Root Apps              176
    Magisk Modules        213
    KernelSU Modules      105
    LSPosed Modules       205

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