Is Drift safe?

Drift is a local-first RSS and Atom feed reader. It fetches feeds directly from their source and keeps its own SQLite database on your device, so the app works fully offline and does not depend on any third-party service to function. Drift is free and open source software, licensed under the AGPL-3.0-or-later. Key features: Fetches RSS and Atom feeds directly, with no intermediary server required…

Developer: Jose T. Monagas
Category: News
Earliest archived version: 12 Oct 2026
License: AGPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

12 Oct 2026

1.1.2

First release on F-Droid. Widget toolbar: refresh from the home screen, see when it last updated, and change a widget's settings in place Add feeds without typing — common feed locations are tried automatically Tags created from a feed's settings are assigned to that feed Fixed sync authentication…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.lfjsoftworks.drift

Latest APK SHA-2567c36c0b4fbeadc109f3e3bd04034bab1e8996ad942a0cd5c26db9f24f5b6fc87

Signing certificateA2:49:7D:D3:34:96:FB:14:6C:BF:31:C4:8B:7B:7A:93:BF:E7:1A:66:AE:85:14:9C:A5:AA:BA:F2:66:CC:44:B3

MIN ANDROID24TARGET36ARCHITECTUREx86_64

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.1.212 Oct 202624+x86_64→

05 / 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

Permissions8 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.WAKE_LOCK com.lfjsoftworks.drift.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗