Installation guide

Open up your paper.

Developer mode, one command, and a few minutes. After that, the Store lives on your tablet and the cable is optional.

Before you begin

Developer mode factory-resets the tablet.Sync every notebook to the reMarkable cloud—or back it up—before continuing. This reset is required by reMarkable and remagic cannot skip it.
  • A reMarkable Paper Pro. remagic does not support reMarkable 1 or 2.
  • A Linux, macOS, or Windows computer with internet access.
  • A USB-C data cable and at least 30% tablet battery.
  • About 15 minutes.
Step 1

Enable developer mode

Developer mode gives you root SSH access and allows AppLoad to run community software. The setting is built into the Paper Pro.

Follow our photographed walkthrough from Settings through the reset and first-time setup.

Developer mode walkthrough →
Step 2

Connect the tablet

Finish the tablet's first-time setup, then plug it into your computer over USB. Keep the tablet awake.

Find the one-time password

On the tablet, open Settings → Help → Copyrights and licenses, then find the GPLv3 / SSH section. Leave that password visible; remagic may ask for it once.

No need to configure an IP address.remagic finds the tablet automatically over USB at 10.11.99.1. It can also discover it over Wi-Fi later.
Step 3

Run one command

Linux or macOS

Open Terminal, paste this line, and press Enter:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maximerivest/remagic/main/get.sh | sh

Windows

Open PowerShell, paste this line, and press Enter:

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maximerivest/remagic/main/get.ps1 | iex

The installer downloads the correct remagic CLI, finds your tablet, installs an SSH key, xovi, AppLoad, safe power-button persistence, and the Store.

Keep the tablet awake.Its USB network may briefly disappear while the reMarkable interface restarts. That is expected; setup reconnects automatically.
Step 4

Open the Store

  1. Wake the tablet. The normal home screen is expected.
  2. Open AppLoad from the tablet's main menu.
  3. Inside AppLoad, open Store.
  4. Choose an app and install it. Reload AppLoad to see the new tile.

If the AppLoad button is not visible yet, triple-press the physical power button, wait a few seconds, and look again. The triple-press safely toggles xovi on and off.

You made it.

Try a terminal, browse the web, or write to an enchanted diary—all from the Store.

Explore the apps →

After an OS update

A reMarkable software update can replace parts of the app stack. Your app files remain, but you should reconnect the tablet and run:

remagic setup

Setup is idempotent: it refreshes what is needed without duplicating your installation.

Quick troubleshooting

Nothing is found

Wake the tablet, use a USB data cable, and confirm developer mode is still enabled. Then run remagic find.

Connection reset by peer

Reboot the tablet once, reconnect USB, and run remagic repair-ssh.

No AppLoad button

Triple-press the power button and wait. If it still does not appear, run remagic setup again while the tablet stays awake.

Want to return to stock?

Triple-press to disable xovi temporarily. To leave developer mode entirely, use reMarkable's official recovery application; this performs another reset.