Is strongSwan VPN Client safe?

Official Android port of the popular strongSwan VPN solution. FEATURES AND LIMITATIONS Uses the VpnService API featured by Android 4+. Devices by some manufacturers seem to lack support for this - strongSwan VPN Client won't work on these devices! Uses the IKEv2 key exchange protocol Uses IPsec for data traffic Full support for changed connectivity and mobility through MOBIKE (or reauthentication…

Developer: strongswan
Category: Connectivity
Earliest archived version: 03 Nov 2025
License: GPL-2.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

03 Nov 2025

2.6.2

Fix edge-to-edge layout issues with settings and app selection 2.6.1 - Update OpenSSL to support ML-KEM (requires explicit configuration in proposals) - Fix vulnerability in eap-mschapv2 plugin - Fix filename when exporting the log 2.6.0 - Allow preselecting a user certificate via alias in managed…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDorg.strongswan.android

Latest APK SHA-256aa94ba159c74d3e665a9bea0a67ddd8d14a09927407c8d7a47e52d4fdf2d716b

Signing certificateFB:ED:B4:83:53:70:C8:0D:55:3C:B4:8E:EC:B3:29:F5:12:72:87:D8:3A:B0:F5:DD:BB:A3:B0:84:C5:FC:DE:91

MIN ANDROID21TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

2.6.203 Nov 202521+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

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

Permissions10 declared · 3 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessQUERY_ALL_PACKAGESREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGESYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW org.strongswan.android.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↗