Is ShelfDroid safe?

ShelfDroid is a third-party Android client for self-hosted Audiobookshelf servers. Use it to browse your audiobook and podcast libraries, stream playback from your server, keep listening offline on your Android device, and handle common server management tasks from the same app. Features - Browse audiobook and podcast libraries from your Audiobookshelf server - Stream audiobooks and podcast episo…

Developer: 100nandoo
Category: Audiobook
Earliest archived version: 16 Aug 2026
License: AGPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

01 Oct 2026

0.6.1

What's new: • Customize the controls shown in your media notification, including playback speed and chapter skipping. • Choose which screen opens when you tap the media notification. • Find and manage books and podcasts more reliably, including when offline or after reinstalling the app.

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12 Sept 2026

0.6.0

What's new: • Home sorting now supports duration, date added, author, and last progress update. • New library administration screens let you browse server folders, create and edit libraries, reorder them, and configure scanning and scheduling. • Add Item Metadata Utils implementation

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDdev.halim.shelfdroid

Latest APK SHA-2562cff054033e77531ecc94c22ad71a97b4a2e3b534008f8257a5b26d03aaa872f

Signing certificate04:30:BE:D0:1A:BB:1C:65:3F:C5:68:83:31:4A:1C:14:F4:92:23:14:F5:AF:16:AF:68:88:5C:73:2D:D2:9B:BD

MIN ANDROID29TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

3 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 0.5.1 (16 Aug 2026), latest 0.6.1 (01 Oct 2026).

Permissions changed between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1: added android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

3 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.6.101 Oct 202629+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.6.012 Sept 202629+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.5.116 Aug 202629+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 · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_MEDIA_AUDIO

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.WAKE_LOCK dev.halim.shelfdroid.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↗