Is AppShelf safe?

AppShelf keeps a list of the apps installed on your phone — name, package, version, where each one came from and when it was installed — so you can get them all back after a factory reset or on a new phone. The list All installed apps sorted by name, with letter headers and search by name, package or your notes Source of every app: Google Play, F-Droid, Aurora Store, Obtainium, RuStore, GetApps,…

Developer: Xtratter
Category: App Manager
Earliest archived version: 15 Oct 2026
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

15 Oct 2026

1.38.3

The link catalog is now asked about on first launch; no network requests until you turn it on.

Full notes →

03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDio.github.xtratter.appshelf

Latest APK SHA-256755caa9ea46f2364313a604e9793e2856421454d08e4012b5c9776468a3442a9

Signing certificate9A:D3:97:FA:05:9A:FB:10:3B:3A:BE:23:5B:94:A1:9A:F4:68:8C:41:08:9A:8B:6F:9B:96:24:9E:DA:F7:7B:1D

MIN ANDROID26TARGET35ARCHITECTURE

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.38.315 Oct 202626+→

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 · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessQUERY_ALL_PACKAGESREQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES android.permission.UPDATE_PACKAGES_WITHOUT_USER_ACTION android.permission.VIBRATE

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↗