Is Mage safe?

Mage is an Android GUI for age file encryption, built on kage (a Kotlin/JVM implementation of the age protocol). "Mage" is short for Mobile age. Mage is not officially affiliated with or endorsed by the age project. Encrypt or decrypt files to age recipients or passphrases, including armor, multi-recipient, and encrypt-to-self. SSH keys (ssh-ed25519, ssh-rsa) work as recipients and identities alo…

Developer: Nick Haghiri
Category: File Encryption & Vault
First release: 31 Aug 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDdev.mage.age

Latest APK SHA-256d9ac308e2fb205302041b2774926bee541ea037f722cbbcbec7f6d7769389e89

Signing certificateB7:2B:A7:C9:B6:FE:10:C0:AA:CC:14:1C:DE:5E:B1:FF:E3:E4:7D:74:73:CA:68:B9:CC:33:9D:D0:D4:FD:CF:A3

MIN ANDROID26TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

03 / History

Project timeline

31 Aug 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.1.531 Aug 202626+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

Permissions4 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessCAMERA

Declared permissions

android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT dev.mage.age.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↗