Shorty is an open-source (GPL-3.0-only) Android app by Bill Farmer. The APK we host is 123 KB, it needs Android 4.0 or newer, and it declares 2 permissions.
The file on this page is Shorty 1.16, 123 KB, and it installs on Android 4.0 and newer.
We compared the signing certificate of this build with the certificate recorded the first time org.billthefarmer.shorty 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 2 permissions, none of which cover contacts, location, SMS, the camera or the microphone.
Its licence is GPL-3.0-only. We took this build from F-Droid, and the source for this exact version is linked below.
The most recent release upstream is from Sep 18, 2022, over 4 years ago. It still installs; it is simply not being updated.
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
- 1.16
- Size
- 123 KB
- Requires Android
- API 14
- Package
- org.billthefarmer.shorty
- Signature checked on
- Sep 21, 2026
- Where this file came from
- F-Droid
- Licence
- GPL-3.0-only
- Source code
- Source for this version
File SHA-256: 0fb027c3b436f0b335d6c7397539fcbf25fd683688c893a9d494ff43e0c1f4b3
Signing certificate (SHA-256): 9bbc63deb6ab8a9b9476ee1b050b3a84a8e648066fc9f3742377a1b28a8a7761
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
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
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