Shadowsocks is an open-source (GPL-3.0-or-later) Android app by shadowsocks. The APK we host is 14 MB, it needs Android 6.0 or newer, and it declares 13 permissions.
The file on this page is Shadowsocks 5.3.5-nightly, 14.11 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 com.github.shadowsocks 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 inside the APK declares 13 permissions, none of which cover contacts, location, SMS, the camera or the microphone.
Its licence is GPL-3.0-or-later. We took this build from F-Droid, and the source for this exact version is linked below.
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
- 5.3.5-nightly
- Size
- 14.11 MB
- Requires Android
- API 23
- Package
- com.github.shadowsocks
- Signature checked on
- Sep 19, 2026
- Where this file came from
- F-Droid
- Licence
- GPL-3.0-or-later
- Source code
- Source for this version
File SHA-256: 037fef062735bd0298221b7b29a7ef7ccd24dc3449fc0fbc2bfccdd8ae13b4ea
Signing certificate (SHA-256): 3ced42093b12aa0d08f745e5a0f01d13cb9ec4ef6cba0b8a0a056dbaecd45b98
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
- QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SYSTEM_EXEMPTED
- INTERNET
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
- WAKE_LOCK
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- com.github.shadowsocks.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
More about this app
Our sister site 2113 Apps has a hand-written guide to Shadowsocks, with a breakdown of what its APK contains. Read about Shadowsocks on 2113 Apps
