Is Clementine Remote safe?

You need Clementine 1.3 (quite recent) for this to work and to enable the remote Control in Clementine settings first. Control the music player "Clementine" - access your playlists, browse the library, download files, change the volume via hardware buttons, read the lyrics while listening to your favourite song, enjoy the cover art and more. If you receive a call or want to make one, you don't ha…

Developer: qspool
Category: Multimedia
Earliest archived version: 29 Feb 2020
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

15 Oct 2026

13.8

The connection details show how fast data is moving now, rather than the average since connecting. - "Play on" names Clementine's computer instead of saying "This computer". - The top of the screen and the connection details name Clementine's computer as Clementine does. - On a tablet, "Play on"…

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08 Oct 2026

13.7

Fixed playlists with songs Clementine can't read (a missing file, say), which could crash the app or play the wrong song.

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDde.qspool.clementineremote

Latest APK SHA-256d7ec01d234491facecac01725237a0b5edbf0d15495288418cffa7c5def9ca23

Signing certificate7F:DF:63:24:B6:96:23:77:91:E1:A6:F9:0A:77:B0:20:C9:D0:43:39:FE:21:DF:97:5F:76:5F:2B:2C:9F:82:AE

MIN ANDROID15TARGET29ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

5 versions in WIKI archive: earliest v12 (29 Feb 2020), latest 13.8 (15 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 13.7 and 13.8.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

5 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

13.815 Oct 202623+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→13.708 Oct 202623+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→13.403 Oct 202623+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→13.302 Oct 202623+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→v1229 Feb 202015+→

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

Permissions15 declared · 3 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_PHONE_STATEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.WAKE_LOCK android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE de.qspool.clementineremote.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↗