Is SocksTun safe?

A simple and lightweight VPN over socks5 proxy for Android. It is based on a high-performance and low-overhead tun2socks. Features Redirect TCP connections. Redirect UDP packets. (Fullcone NAT, UDP in UDP/TCP) Simple username/password authentication. Specifying DNS addresses. IPv4/IPv6 dual stack. Global/per-App modes.

Developer: hev
Category: Connectivity
First release: 20 Jul 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDhev.sockstun

Latest APK SHA-256c0d76c042974e9ca1333d135562d759604b62a4ae2adedc177aaf1f38a8e4d25

Signing certificate43:1A:B1:44:85:93:0F:A7:CC:0C:B5:B6:43:C9:C9:C9:92:45:AD:65:54:D1:AF:95:33:1A:6D:31:BB:29:B2:57

MIN ANDROID24TARGET34ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

03 / History

Project timeline

20 Jul 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

8.020 Jul 202624+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

Permissions7 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessQUERY_ALL_PACKAGES

Declared permissions

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED hev.sockstun.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↗