Is Bosun safe?

Bosun is the Android companion for the PaintAudio MIDI Captain (10-switch, and experimentally the 6-switch Mini 6) running the open-source Bosun firmware. Configure the pedal from your phone and use Stage at a gig. Features: - Configure footswitches, banks, rigs, LEDs and expression pedals, then save them to the pedal - Profiles for Kemper Player, Head, Rack and Stage, plus Generic MIDI - Stage s…

Developer: Danilo Migliarino
Category: Multimedia
Earliest archived version: 16 Oct 2026
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.bosun.app

Latest APK SHA-256873a3aef3dc1f038f447d85ea0326f814ee92fc22b0fd54f16a7923ac92f5724

Signing certificate53:FD:21:DB:1E:97:51:95:C7:F6:FA:F4:5F:9C:3F:3A:3F:DC:B3:10:73:87:62:A6:13:97:BE:17:5E:13:6E:93

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

03 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.8.416 Oct 202629+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

04 / 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

Permissions4 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE android.permission.INTERNET com.bosun.app.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

05 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗