Is ADB Captain safe?

ADB Captain runs ADB commands right on your phone. No computer, no root - it works through Shizuku. What's inside: - Terminal. pm, am, dumpsys, settings, input - anything adb shell takes. Several sessions at once, each with its own output and its own command still running. Autocomplete pulls from your command history, history is grouped by how recent it is, and you can pin the commands you use mo…

Developer: eatenlamp
Category: Development
Earliest archived version: 20 Sept 2026
License: AGPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

22 Oct 2026

1.6

A debugging workspace, built around one idea: stop copying things by hand. Logcat: - Save the filtered view to a file: a Save button writes exactly what you see, with the applied filters listed in the file header - Filter by app: tap the PID label of any entry, combine it with search and level…

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08 Oct 2026

1.5

Wireless ADB: - Full ADB client: pair and connect to any device over Wi-Fi - Run shell commands on the connected device without a computer - Saved devices with one-tap reconnect and optional auto-reconnect - Client ADB key is stored once, so pairing survives app updates Color themes: - 5 accent…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDadb.captain

Latest APK SHA-256245a9b3f827d5a6a01a342681829282d2019527a29c3dc01187b81c0c997c93a

Signing certificate67:49:C6:53:9F:8C:85:01:9A:BF:66:58:96:01:A5:12:FE:7B:B7:61:DB:C6:6F:80:FB:88:F5:4E:06:1C:07:BE

MIN ANDROID24TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

4 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.2 (20 Sept 2026), latest 1.6 (22 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.5 and 1.6.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

4 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.622 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.508 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.401 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.220 Sept 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexReview the flags below before installing

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions12 declared · 5 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessQUERY_ALL_PACKAGESREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_PHONE_STATESYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOWWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

adb.captain.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE moe.shizuku.manager.permission.API_V23

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗