Is Openshelf safe?

Openshelf is a free, open-source personal library manager. It functions as a comprehensive reading tracker, organizer (by category, collection, imprint, or any combination), and book archival tool. Everything stays on your device—no account required, and no data ever leaves your phone. Features: - Dynamic Views: Instant toggle between List and Grid layouts. - Reading Status: Track Want to read, R…

Developer: ftena
Category: Reading
Earliest archived version: 26 Aug 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDorg.ftena.openshelf

Latest APK SHA-256a2162d6b57fde6eaef895dddfe9465a36538ef0761ebbeb78d374dedced5e87e

Signing certificate69:71:95:43:30:26:35:0E:BC:AA:37:F0:7B:20:8B:38:1E:96:91:0F:D5:FB:F5:DA:7D:56:FB:4F:9A:84:12:85

MIN ANDROID24TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a

03 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.2.2 (26 Aug 2026), latest 1.3.0 (11 Sept 2026).

Permissions changed between 1.2.2 and 1.3.0: added android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.3.011 Sept 202624+arm64-v8a→1.2.226 Aug 202624+arm64-v8a→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

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

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · fdroid

Permissions9 declared · 5 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeNet

Sensitive accessCAMERAMANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_MEDIA_IMAGESWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE org.ftena.openshelf.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↗