Is ErmChat safe?

A Twitch chat app for Android and iOS, inspired by DankChat. - Twitch, BTTV, FFZ and 7TV emotes, novel emote cache system - Saveable threads that don't decay hard - Multiple channels in swipeable tabs, multiple accounts - Pinned messages, polls, predictions and hype trains above chat - Custom highlights and mention notifications - (Almost) full mod view - Experimental liquid glass - Features you'…

Developer: banan
Category: Internet
Earliest archived version: 04 Oct 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDio.github.bananguh.ErmChat

Latest APK SHA-2566dd2b7d86b98d3b02764c0ccddb13db6ba330aaa3d05a38cb73397b065ec4d54

Signing certificateE1:3E:88:F0:C0:B6:6E:E0:F5:29:98:12:14:5C:F5:8E:3A:06:E0:36:26:B5:AE:B0:36:69:65:76:96:35:DB:28

MIN ANDROID24TARGET36ARCHITECTUREx86_64

03 / History

Archive history

5 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 0.9.5 (04 Oct 2026), latest 0.9.10 (15 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 0.9.9 and 0.9.10.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

5 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.9.1015 Oct 202624+x86_64→0.9.912 Oct 202624+x86_64→0.9.706 Oct 202624+x86_64→0.9.605 Oct 202624+x86_64→0.9.504 Oct 202624+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

SourceBinary repo · fdroid

Permissions9 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeNet

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.WAKE_LOCK io.github.bananguh.ErmChat.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↗