Launch Chat is an open-source (GPL-3.0-only) Android app by Vinay Gopinath. The APK we host is 2.7 MB, it needs Android 6.0 or newer, and it declares 3 permissions.
The file on this page is Launch Chat 1.6.0, 2.68 MB, and it installs on Android 6.0 and newer.
We compared the signing certificate of this build with the certificate recorded the first time org.vinaygopinath.launchchat entered the site, and published both the file's SHA-256 and the certificate's fingerprint above so you can check the download yourself. That comparison says the file was not repackaged by someone else; it is not a review of what the app does.
The manifest declares 3 permissions, including access to your contacts. Android asks you to approve those the first time the app needs them.
Its licence is GPL-3.0-only. We took this build from F-Droid, and the source for this exact version is linked below.
F-Droid, who build and sign this package, flag it: it depends on software that is not open source and relies on a network service that is not open source. We pass that on as they recorded it — we have not tested the app ourselves.
We do not show a star rating or an install count for this page: we have no measured figure for either, and a number we cannot source is worth less than an empty field.
- Version
- 1.6.0
- Size
- 2.68 MB
- Requires Android
- API 23
- Package
- org.vinaygopinath.launchchat
- Signature checked on
- Sep 18, 2026
- Where this file came from
- F-Droid
- Licence
- GPL-3.0-only
- Source code
- Source for this version
File SHA-256: 5dfe18498375d68aa2f2eef1d7cb2ff565c235d031230fd8eae730a0df795f26
Signing certificate (SHA-256): a013c157909ffdf7cf26037216ac7cbe661fafeaa1b3e4645181e14e06bbefe3
We check that this file carries the same signing certificate as earlier releases of the same package. That shows the APK was not repackaged by someone else — it is not a security review of the app.
Declared permissions
- READ_CONTACTS
- org.vinaygopinath.launchchat.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
- WRITE_CONTACTS
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