Is Palimpsest safe?

Palimpsest is an encrypted diary and notes app with deniable vaults : one password field, any number of vaults, and no way to tell from the file how many there are. Every password opens its own vault. A decoy password shows a believable diary; another shows the real one. Experimental, not audited. It protects against a curious partner, a thief and a quick border check. It does not protect against…

Developer: tetraga
Category: Note
Earliest archived version: 16 Oct 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

16 Oct 2026

0.2.4

Two unused permissions that a library added (network state, foreground service) are removed.

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDapp.palimpsest

Latest APK SHA-2567746f1070fe3b53741c7556396192cd059376e022ae88a9eaa502a1dac9fddf0

Signing certificate4E:79:C9:36:0B:A7:E8:AB:24:49:AD:24:3A:0E:AA:22:96:BD:74:D7:22:44:12:FF:8E:49:E5:07:E4:D3:7B:8B

MIN ANDROID26TARGET34ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86_64

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.2.416 Oct 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86_64→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions5 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessCAMERARECORD_AUDIO

Declared permissions

android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO android.permission.WAKE_LOCK app.palimpsest.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗