Is HexDroid IRC safe?

HexDroid is a clean, fast, open-source IRC client for modern Android. Connect to your favourite networks, chat with friends and communities, and never miss a mention—all from a Material Design interface built for mobile. Connect anywhere - Always Connected for persistent sessions and automatic reconnection - Multiple network profiles with independent settings - Auto-connect, auto-join and optiona…

Developer: boxlabs
Category: Messaging
Earliest archived version: 06 Sept 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per IzzyOnDroid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from IzzyOnDroid

26 Sept 2026

1.7.6

New: - Select text to make it bold, italic, underlined or coloured - Optional read receipts in PMs (Settings Privacy) - One-page Settings and network editor - Delete messages where the server allows - Regain primary nick option - More script events Improved: - Bans default to!, applied instantly…

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17 Sept 2026

1.7.5

Chat history reworked: replayed messages now appear in order below your scrollback, without duplicates, and rejoining a channel fetches what you missed. Scripting engine reworked: Share images with /img (an example script included) Reactions now appear on the message they belong to. Faster…

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06 Sept 2026

1.7.4

Improvements: Ability to draw over other apps. Tap the menu and "Float" New privacy setting to stop answering CTCP requests. Halt replies to VERSION, TIME, PING and similar. The setting is in Settings Privacy. Higher-quality sampling for network icons and avatars: Remote images are decoded at their…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.boxlabs.hexdroid

Latest APK SHA-2569f9c06c570e20541d3efa21a987c96b202bd51c61d113f8e785156153ffb017b

Signing certificateE1:DE:D9:7F:0C:94:99:58:A9:90:F7:2F:C0:A8:C1:45:33:CC:31:BF:1C:0D:AF:41:92:2F:73:01:E2:53:72:13

MIN ANDROID26TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

4 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.7.4 (06 Sept 2026), latest 1.7.7 (06 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.7.6 and 1.7.7.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

4 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.7.706 Oct 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.7.626 Sept 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.7.517 Sept 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.7.406 Sept 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

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

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · izzyondroid

Permissions11 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessSYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.WAKE_LOCK com.boxlabs.hexdroid.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↗