Is Launch Chat safe?

Features Avoid granting WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram access to your contacts Start a one-off conversation with a phone number without cluttering up your contacts Click on a phone number in any app or website and share it with "Launch Chat" to start a WhatsApp/Signal/Telegram conversation.

Developer: Vinay Gopinath
Category: Internet
First release: 10 Feb 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDorg.vinaygopinath.launchchat

Latest APK SHA-2565dfe18498375d68aa2f2eef1d7cb2ff565c235d031230fd8eae730a0df795f26

Signing certificateA0:13:C1:57:90:9F:FD:F7:CF:26:03:72:16:AC:7C:BE:66:1F:AF:EA:A1:B3:E4:64:51:81:E1:4E:06:BB:EF:E3

MIN ANDROID23TARGET36ARCHITECTURE

03 / History

Project timeline

10 Feb 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.6.010 Feb 202623+→

05 / 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

Permissions3 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeDepNonFreeNet

Sensitive accessREAD_CONTACTSWRITE_CONTACTS

Declared permissions

android.permission.READ_CONTACTS android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS org.vinaygopinath.launchchat.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↗