Name: Libre Contacts Backup
Availability: InStock
Author: Ashkan Rafiee

01 / Overview

Is Libre Contacts Backup safe?

Libre Contacts Backup is a FLOSS native Android app for private, local-first contact backups. No account, no cloud, no tracking — your contacts never leave your device unless you choose to move the backup file yourself. Features: Lossless backup preserving the full Contact → RawContact → Data hierarchy, including contact groups SIM card phonebook captured in every backup; on restore, SIM contacts…

Developer: Ashkan Rafiee
Category: Contact
Earliest archived version: 09 Sept 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

15 Oct 2026

2.7.4

Fixed: - Automatic backups are more reliable: when a schedule is set, the app now offers to turn off battery optimization so the system no longer delays or skips them - The schedule screen warns while battery optimization is on or background activity is restricted, with a button that opens the…

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12 Oct 2026

2.7.3

Fixed: - If the phone stops an automatic backup partway through, the next scheduled backup still runs at the usual time - The schedule now adjusts itself after clock or time-zone changes - If the system restricts background activity, the schedule screen says so - The schedule screen now shows when…

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08 Oct 2026

2.7.2

Fixed: - Contact photos now back up and restore in full quality instead of coming back blurry. Photos are kept exactly as stored on your device (up to 8 MB per photo; a larger photo falls back to its standard thumbnail) Changed: - The manual export section now notes that CSV and VCF are simplified…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.ashkanrafiee.librecontactsbackup

Latest APK SHA-2561ae81c24dcaf2ec59908ba024dae1c11082069ed06ee396431cb5dba36968309

Signing certificateE9:0D:87:8E:33:AB:6F:41:DD:84:1B:42:09:31:1E:C3:FA:81:6A:EE:A7:CA:75:68:73:54:E2:84:01:41:5E:55

MIN ANDROID26TARGET35ARCHITECTURE

04 / History

Archive history

9 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 2.3.2 (09 Sept 2026), latest 2.7.4 (15 Oct 2026).

Permissions changed between 2.7.3 and 2.7.4: added android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

9 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

2.7.415 Oct 202626+→2.7.312 Oct 202626+→2.7.208 Oct 202626+→2.7.102 Oct 202626+→2.6.022 Sept 202626+→2.5.015 Sept 202626+→2.3.412 Sept 202626+→2.3.311 Sept 202626+→2.3.209 Sept 202626+→

06 / 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

Permissions7 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_CONTACTSWRITE_CONTACTS

Declared permissions

android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.READ_CONTACTS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS android.permission.USE_EXACT_ALARM android.permission.WAKE_LOCK android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS

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↗