Is AFWall+ safe?

Firewall (iptables frontend), based on DroidWall which is no longer being developed. A paid "donate"-version with more features it advertised within the app. Import/Export Rules to external storage Search Applications Multiple profiles with custom names Highlights system applications with custom color Notify on new installations VPN Support Device Admin support to protect against being uninstalle…

Developer: portgenix
Category: Firewall
Earliest archived version: 10 Aug 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDdev.ukanth.ufirewall

Latest APK SHA-256612c5fb529b8a4a18386600f075246b87747b5f2b9747dc3bddc8c6f5609ae4d

Signing certificate49:5A:21:DA:7F:3B:C1:5A:AB:88:01:56:42:2B:5A:B2:55:73:8B:59:7E:7D:EF:40:D1:40:76:40:11:6E:01:60

MIN ANDROID23TARGET36ARCHITECTURE

03 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 4.1.0 (10 Aug 2026), latest 5.0.0-BETA_1 (14 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 4.1.0 and 5.0.0-BETA_1.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

5.0.0-BETA_114 Oct 202623+→4.1.010 Aug 202623+→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · fdroid

Permissions15 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeAdd

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

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↗