Is Gecko safe?

Gecko is a free, open-source time-travelling audio recorder for Android. It keeps a rolling in-memory buffer of microphone audio so you can save something that just happened, then optionally keep recording forward. Features: • Continuous listening into a ring buffer (foreground mic service) • Save the last 1 / 5 / 30 minutes, 2 / 6 hours, or everything held • Press-and-hold a duration chip to sav…

Developer: Anant Patel
Category: Multimedia
Earliest archived version: 15 Oct 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

15 Oct 2026

1.0.3

Add donate heart flow and fix F-Droid RB workflow.

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.anant.gecko

Latest APK SHA-256963d9887b9399deb436b6fdf698fa68742c1a195f33cd8bce7f593e730c9695f

Signing certificateDA:3A:01:75:0A:51:63:7E:37:E8:9C:38:C4:A2:5F:C0:9B:02:E6:91:6E:2E:72:D4:9C:CE:FD:30:3F:76:E8:64

MIN ANDROID29TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.0.315 Oct 202629+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, 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

Permissions6 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessRECORD_AUDIO

Declared permissions

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO com.anant.gecko.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↗