Is Binary Eye safe?

Works in portrait and landscape orientation, can read inverted codes, is Material Design and can also generate barcodes. Uses the ZXing-C++ ("Zebra Crossing") barcode scanning library. Supported barcode formats are: AZTEC, CODABAR, CODE 39, CODE 93, CODE 128, DATA MATRIX, EAN 8, EAN 13, ITF, PDF417, QR CODE, RSS 14, RSS EXPANDED, Telepen, UPC A, UPC E and UPC EAN EXTENSION. This is open source: h…

Developer: Markus Fisch
Category: Multimedia
Earliest archived version: 27 Aug 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

12 Sept 2026

1.75.4

Fix persisting custom intents Add otpauth to default list of ignored codes Update Italian language Update vdstools

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27 Aug 2026

1.75.3

Show scan count in history Offer copy and open actions for tracking links Prevent false IDL detection Fix tooltip for saving binary data Update ZXingCpp

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDde.markusfisch.android.binaryeye

Latest APK SHA-256568cec6598dbf42fbde9071af8747071ffea798473016a3d77b6ddb3bff944f1

Signing certificate9E:CD:BF:06:77:DD:50:60:9C:76:C2:BA:05:DB:E3:62:23:23:27:B1:0A:1C:37:CD:58:72:29:93:D9:FE:5D:57

MIN ANDROID21TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

3 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.75.3 (27 Aug 2026), latest 1.75.5 (12 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.75.4 and 1.75.5.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

3 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.75.512 Oct 202621+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.75.412 Sept 202621+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.75.327 Aug 202621+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

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions12 declared · 4 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE android.permission.BLUETOOTH android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE de.markusfisch.android.binaryeye.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↗