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Tern

io.github.munzzyy.tern

Follow app releases where they are published and check them before they install

Latest documented release0.4.008 Oct 2026 · 6.9 MB→
⬇ Download APK0.4.0 · 6.9 MBPublisher site ↗

01 / Overview

Is Tern safe?

A lot of good Android apps never reach a store, or reach it days late. Their developers put releases on GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, a repository they run, or a plain web page. Tern follows those places for you. Paste a link or share one from the browser and it figures out what it is looking at. Then it checks the file, because a release page can be tampered with and a download can be swapped on the…

Developer
Munzzyy
Earliest archived version
03 Oct 2026
License
GPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

0.4.0

F-Droid apps get the build made for the device's processor. An app a few releases behind shows every release's notes since yours. Checksums are found in more places, a repeating failure alerts once, and install confirmations share one alert. On Android 12 and later a notification's Update and new…

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0.3.0

A file signed with more than one key passes only when every one of its keys is pinned, and an update only when the installed app has exactly the same keys. One matching key used to be enough. On Android 12 and 12L the question that asks to allow installs no longer says Android will close Tern.

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0.2.2

The well known apps show the address each one comes from, and the list says that opening one asks that address for its newest release.

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDio.github.munzzyy.tern
Latest APK SHA-25666e80c86debe0dc2088fafe79ec9533afd6766506cbc950e0145cfbb647faac3
Signing certificateA8:94:D9:99:9C:8E:93:A1:02:A1:D7:AF:E8:60:28:98:0C:25:D7:6E:74:36:DC:3B:14:3C:56:64:C9:5B:70:03
MIN ANDROID28TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

3 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 0.2.2 (03 Oct 2026), latest 0.4.0 (08 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 0.3.0 and 0.4.0.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

3 TOTAL
VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture
0.4.028+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.3.028+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.2.228+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

06 / 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
Permissions14 declared · 2 sensitive
Signaturepresent
Anti-featuresNo known anti-features
Sensitive accessQUERY_ALL_PACKAGESREQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.ENFORCE_UPDATE_OWNERSHIPandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNCandroid.permission.INTERNETandroid.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGESandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETEDandroid.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGESandroid.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGESandroid.permission.UPDATE_PACKAGES_WITHOUT_USER_ACTIONcom.rosan.dhizuku.permission.APIio.github.munzzyy.tern.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSIONmoe.shizuku.manager.permission.API_V23

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗