Is Hazel safe?

Hazel is a downloader for video and audio, built on yt-dlp. Paste a link and it works out what is behind it, whether that is one video, a playlist or an entire channel. No account is needed, nothing is tracked, and nothing about what you download is sent anywhere. Downloading Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, SoundCloud and over 1500 other sites Paste one link, several at once, or…

Developer: SibtainOcn
Category: Download
Earliest archived version: 09 Sept 2026
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

15 Oct 2026

1.1.14

Proxy support: HTTP, HTTPS or SOCKS5 for every connection, never bypassed Search your settings from the top of More New search options sheet and a site picker for search Redesigned Temporary Files, language picker and choice dialogs Nothing cut off in long languages or at large font sizes…

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12 Oct 2026

1.1.13

Pause all now holds the whole queue until Resume, even after a restart Tap a paused card to resume it; it shows the real downloaded size Change a queued link's format from its card Failed downloads redesigned, with Retry, Logs and Retry all failed Fixed: Running tab going empty mid-playlist and…

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05 Oct 2026

1.1.12

Fixed: engine updates failing and downloads stopping with an error Engine updates are safer: a bad update is undone automatically, with a notification when one is ready Redesigned Cookies screen: see each saved site, its cookie count and expiry, and turn sites on or off Fixed: the wrong download…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.hazel.android

Latest APK SHA-2563d342f6cedbffabe6825470b24bed43723abadcef3ff2065d3862d50d6be561a

Signing certificate03:77:E9:C8:35:2C:01:7E:42:58:3C:EA:17:15:C4:0C:40:0A:51:C4:04:5C:26:88:25:FF:C9:BA:E1:30:5C:86

MIN ANDROID24TARGET35ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a

04 / History

Archive history

8 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.0.8 (09 Sept 2026), latest 1.1.14 (15 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.1.13 and 1.1.14.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

8 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.1.1415 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a→1.1.1312 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a→1.1.1205 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a→1.1.1104 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a→1.1.1002 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a→1.0.1028 Sept 202624+arm64-v8a→1.0.927 Sept 202624+arm64-v8a→1.0.809 Sept 202624+arm64-v8a→

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 · fdroid

Permissions10 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeNet

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS android.permission.WAKE_LOCK android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE com.hazel.android.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↗