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Phylax

com.asksakis.freegate

Viewer for Frigate NVR with smart URL switching and notifications

Latest documented release2.1312 Sept 2026 · 15.5 MB→
⬇ Download APK2.13 · 15.5 MBPublisher site ↗

01 / Overview

Is Phylax safe?

Phylax is an Android viewer for the self-hosted Frigate NVR . Unofficial and not affiliated with the Frigate project. Auto URL switching between internal (LAN) and external Frigate based on Wi-Fi SSID. Background notifications with snapshot thumbnails. Alerts open the Review timeline; detections open the Explore view. Per-camera, per-zone and severity filters. One notification per tracked event.…

Developer
sfortis
Category
Internet
Earliest archived version
09 Sept 2026
License
MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

2.13

Turning on notifications now asks for the permissions it needs one at a time, instead of stacking dialogs on top of each other Alert notifications come back on their own after the app updates, not only after a reboot The background health check that restarts a dropped listener can no longer be…

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2.12

Notifications with a client certificate recover on their own when the certificate was not readable yet as the app started

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.asksakis.freegate
Latest APK SHA-2565c47667dcbb591014cecea0b69b2c48233fce58bbd7ab832f7f65fc06c67366a
Signing certificate3B:F1:A6:F7:4A:92:28:AA:0F:59:0E:84:54:3A:5A:8F:C9:C8:C9:C3:0C:49:8C:A1:F3:3B:E3:5A:DA:9E:BB:A6
MIN ANDROID29TARGET35ARCHITECTURE

04 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 2.12 (09 Sept 2026), latest 2.13 (12 Sept 2026).

Permissions changed between 2.12 and 2.13: added android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL
VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture
2.1329+→2.1229+→

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
Permissions18 declared · 5 sensitive
Signaturepresent
Anti-featuresNo known anti-features
Sensitive accessACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGERECORD_AUDIOWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICYandroid.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USEandroid.permission.INTERNETandroid.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGSandroid.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGEandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETEDandroid.permission.RECORD_AUDIOandroid.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONSandroid.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARMandroid.permission.WAKE_LOCKandroid.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGEcom.asksakis.freegate.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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↗