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F-Droid Privileged Extension

org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged

Services to allow F-Droid to securely install and update apps

Latest documented release0.2.1406 Oct 2026 · 0.0 MB→
⬇ Download APK0.2.14 · 0.0 MBPublisher site ↗

01 / Overview

Is F-Droid Privileged Extension safe?

Note: F-Droid requires root privileges to install Privileged Extension as a system "priv-app". https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid can make use of system privileges or permissions to install, update and remove applications on its own. The only way to obtain those privileges is to become a system app. This is where the Privileged Extension comes in - being a separate app and much smalle…

Developer
F-Droid
Category
System
Earliest archived version
21 Jan 2022
License
Apache-2.0 (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

0.2.14

Fix missing authorization when geting information on installed packages.

Full notes →
0.2.13

new translations: Catalan Croatian Gaelic Italian Tamil

Full notes →

03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDorg.fdroid.fdroid.privileged
Latest APK SHA-2566261445e671bea58fd8d5b7c10140845a44a01940cc2e1ad8c52e3aa4a264e94
Signing certificate43:23:8D:51:2C:1E:5E:B2:D6:56:9F:4A:3A:FB:F5:52:34:18:B8:2E:0A:3E:D1:55:27:70:AB:B9:A9:C9:CC:AB
MIN ANDROID8TARGET25ARCHITECTURE

04 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 0.2.13 (21 Jan 2022), latest 0.2.14 (06 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 0.2.13 and 0.2.14.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL
VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture
0.2.148+→0.2.138+→

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
Permissions2 declared · 0 sensitive
Signaturepresent
Anti-featuresNo known anti-features
Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.DELETE_PACKAGESandroid.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES

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↗