Is Tetherbug safe?

When your Mac's Wi-Fi disconnects, Tetherbug turns on your Android phone's hotspot and your Mac joins it, the way Instant Hotspot works with an iPhone. No reaching for your phone, no tapping through settings. How it works • Your Mac and phone stay paired over Bluetooth. When the Mac's Wi-Fi disconnects and no known network is around, it asks the phone for its hotspot. • Tetherbug turns the hotspo…

Developer: xav-ie
Category: Connectivity
Earliest archived version: 18 Oct 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

18 Oct 2026

0.1.1

Android builds carry their own version, so F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid can build and check them

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDie.xav.tetherbug

Latest APK SHA-256cd49c701d26267638e1b1dfca291495d5baec175ca80ef260fdd57192bc2c3bc

Signing certificateE7:AA:04:EF:B2:6F:F7:0B:23:8C:42:FF:2B:59:A7:96:96:4D:71:2B:A0:86:61:5C:8F:E8:69:19:BC:48:8F:7F

MIN ANDROID33TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.1.118 Oct 202633+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

Permissions9 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED ie.xav.tetherbug.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION moe.shizuku.manager.permission.API_V23

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↗