Is ARK-launcher safe?

ARK-launcher is a modern, lightweight Android home-screen launcher built entirely with Jetpack Compose and Material 3. It is available in English, Finnish, German, Spanish, French, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish and Turkish, and works as a standalone launcher for anyone. Features: Paged home screen with free icon placement and smooth drag-and-drop — move icons within a page, across pages, a…

Developer: jrs8205
Category: Launcher
Earliest archived version: 12 Oct 2026
License: Apache-2.0 (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

18 Oct 2026

0.8.7

Added - Polish translation. Corrections from native speakers are welcome.

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16 Oct 2026

0.8.6

Added - Home page marker: the page dots can show a house icon on your home page instead of the ring. Settings Home, under Page dots.

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15 Oct 2026

0.8.5

Fixed - A swipe that starts on a home icon no longer launches that app: a quick swipe up only opens the app list, and a sideways swipe turns the page right away instead of waiting for the finger to leave the icon.

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDorg.arkikeskus.launcher

Latest APK SHA-256db1d2da4c95b7be4b3b286aa9f3cdae400ebdb01248efb217828da6643b5a0c7

Signing certificate75:7D:2E:EE:78:C4:09:C4:31:CA:4A:72:71:65:B7:B1:81:2B:29:B2:F4:78:F6:2E:A7:88:C7:AF:82:C0:1D:75

MIN ANDROID30TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

4 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 0.8.4 (12 Oct 2026), latest 0.8.7 (18 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 0.8.6 and 0.8.7.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

4 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.8.718 Oct 202630+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.8.616 Oct 202630+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.8.515 Oct 202630+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.8.412 Oct 202630+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexReview the flags below before installing

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions12 declared · 5 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONQUERY_ALL_PACKAGESREAD_CALENDARREAD_CONTACTSREAD_PHONE_STATE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE android.permission.BLUETOOTH android.permission.EXPAND_STATUS_BAR android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES android.permission.READ_CALENDAR android.permission.READ_CONTACTS android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE android.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES org.arkikeskus.launcher.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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↗