Is DeadHash safe?

DeadHash is an utility to calculate file and text hashes. The following hash calculations are supported: MD5 SHA-1 SHA-224 SHA-256 SHA-3 SHA-384 SHA-512 CRC32

Developer: CodeDead
Category: Security
Earliest archived version: 05 Mar 2025
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

05 Mar 2025

1.8.3

Added ability to share files to DeadHash - Dependency upgrades - Removed twatter link

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.codedead.deadhash

Latest APK SHA-25651fe44012651aa2cbe98b6c1440345f8871ca42405038aebfd56b9e3deeb3f2d

Signing certificate33:46:CF:D5:67:6A:EF:D9:A2:7E:A2:5B:9F:13:A1:20:C2:F6:F6:8E:E2:6E:6F:8B:76:84:5C:EA:27:4E:A7:EE

MIN ANDROID30TARGET35ARCHITECTURE

04 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.8.3 (05 Mar 2025), latest 1.8.4 (03 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.8.3 and 1.8.4.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.8.403 Oct 202630+→1.8.305 Mar 202530+→

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

Permissions5 declared · 4 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_MEDIA_AUDIOREAD_MEDIA_IMAGESREAD_MEDIA_VIDEO

Declared permissions

android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO com.codedead.deadhash.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↗