Is Grove safe?

Grove is a native Android Org-mode note-taking app, built as a first-class mobile companion for Emacs org-mode users. Grove edits plain .org files in a folder you choose. There is no account, no proprietary database, and no export step: the files on disk are your notes, byte-for-byte, and they sync to your other machines with whatever tool you already trust (Syncthing is the recommended pairing).…

Developer: Rajath Ramakrishna
Category: Calendar & Agenda
Earliest archived version: 12 Oct 2026
License: Apache-2.0 (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.rrajath.grove

Latest APK SHA-2563e0800ac81acba09ce4ed910b74affb1c5aab7a49ca9e6a98b7eda734e48c7bd

Signing certificate10:DF:57:1D:83:64:8D:28:FF:86:B6:C1:61:6E:F4:1D:D3:EA:45:8C:CC:D3:84:02:88:BB:63:CB:84:B2:A0:06

MIN ANDROID23TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

03 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.9.0 (12 Oct 2026), latest 1.10.0 (18 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.9.0 and 1.10.0.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.10.018 Oct 202623+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.9.012 Oct 202623+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, 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.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM android.permission.WAKE_LOCK com.rrajath.grove.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↗