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> The question is how trustworthy you consider the guy who made termux.

Termux is open source. I fully agree with you on the one that provides the rooting mechanism, as I believe that's normally closed source.



> Termux is open source

Good luck on reading and vetting all that code.

And then installing Android Studio (It is a beast!) to compile the code into an APK.

And don't forget to repeat the two steps every time there is an update.




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