Is Lichess safe?

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Developer: lichess.org
Category: Board Game
Earliest archived version: 19 Aug 2026
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

12 Oct 2026

0.29.1

We continuously update the application with new features, improvements and bug fixes. Release versions and more informations are available at

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDorg.lichess.mobileV2

Latest APK SHA-25673ada2ca8fa6eb2f765e5f3eeb8ed8f7b4329d98221183870025a1c2cadd39c3

Signing certificate49:6E:D2:C1:54:28:92:A0:94:A2:A6:E2:6D:59:CD:07:FB:7E:8C:71:13:55:87:6D:AD:38:59:EA:82:F8:AF:62

MIN ANDROID26TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a

04 / History

Archive history

3 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 0.26.4 (19 Aug 2026), latest 0.29.1 (12 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 0.28.4 and 0.29.1.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

3 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.29.112 Oct 202626+arm64-v8a→0.28.421 Sept 202626+arm64-v8a→0.26.419 Aug 202626+arm64-v8a→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · fdroid

Permissions8 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeAssetsTetheredNet

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.WAKE_LOCK org.lichess.mobileV2.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↗