Is Tux Paint safe?

Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). Tux Paint is used in schools around the world as a computer literacy drawing activity. It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.

Developer: tuxpaint
Category: Draw
Earliest archived version: 01 Jun 2025
License: GPL-2.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDorg.tuxpaint

Latest APK SHA-2560834a371444b62be6d7c776a43994f7ab603367eb7d5b55d2847b2de7896ce3f

Signing certificate94:0A:39:91:9D:74:3B:56:56:0E:3B:38:04:6D:F2:2F:24:8F:2D:3D:FA:F3:95:35:87:60:A2:36:8C:65:FC:04

MIN ANDROID21TARGET34ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a

03 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.9.3501 Jun 202521+arm64-v8a→

04 / 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

Permissions6 declared · 3 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_MEDIA_IMAGESWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.BLUETOOTH android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE org.tuxpaint.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

05 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗