Keybase

6.6.2

Keybase, Inc.

3.17

4,024 reviews

500,000+
Downloads

Free

Start encrypted conversations with anyone in the world

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About Keybase

Keybase is a social app developed by Keybase, Inc..

Download Statistics

Keybase has been downloaded 550 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1.1 thousand times.

User Ratings

Keybase is rated 3.17 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 4 thousand ratings.

App Information

Keybase is FREE to download. The APK download size is 123.42 MB. The latest version available is 6.6.2. The last update was on April 6, 2026.

Technical Requirements

Keybase requires Android 4.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play May 2017.

Description

Keybase is a messaging platform where:

* you can write securely to any twitter, reddit, facebook, github, and hacker news user
* you don't need to know someone's phone number or email address
* all messages are secure, end-to-end encrypted
* multi-device: your messages survive and transfer with encryption to new phones & computers

Keybase is so much more. It is:

* free for everyone, and free of ads
* open source (https://github.com/keybase/client)
* multi-platform, w/apps for macOS, Linux, and Windows (https://keybase.io/download)

By using the Keybase app you agree to the following terms:

* you'll be a nice Internet person

Keybase for mobile is brand new and we yearn for feedback. Inside the app,
click the gear icon and then choose "feedback" to send us a summary of your experience.

Recent changes:
• Fix copy/move menu in KBFS
• Various bug fixes

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More data about Keybase

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	550 thousand
Recent downloads	1.1 thousand
Rating	3.17 based on 4 thousand ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	6.6.2
APK size	123.4 MB
Number of libraries	39
Designed for Android	4.1+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Google Play Rating history and histogram

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Downloads over time

Keybase has been downloaded 550 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 36 downloads per day.

Changelog of Keybase

Apr 6, 2026UpdateVersion 6.6.2
Mar 23, 2026UpdateVersion 6.6.1
Mar 2, 2026UpdateVersion 6.6.0
Jul 21, 2025UpdateVersion 6.5.3
Apr 21, 2025UpdateVersion 6.5.1
Oct 2, 2024Installs500,000+ installs
Aug 16, 2024UpdateVersion 6.4.0
May 30, 2024UpdateVersion 6.3.1
May 24, 2024UpdateVersion 6.3.0
Mar 5, 2024UpdateVersion 6.2.8
Jan 4, 2024UpdateVersion 6.2.6
Sep 27, 2023UpdateVersion 6.2.3
Jul 21, 2023UpdateVersion 6.2.1
Jun 6, 2022UpdateVersion 6.0.1
Dec 17, 2021UpdateVersion 5.9.0
Sep 20, 2021UpdateVersion 5.8.0
Jun 18, 2021UpdateVersion 5.7.0
Jan 15, 2021UpdateVersion 5.6.0
May 18, 2020UpdateVersion 5.5.0
Apr 24, 2020UpdateVersion 5.4.1
Mar 9, 2020UpdateVersion 5.3.0
Jan 28, 2020UpdateVersion 5.2.0
Dec 10, 2019UpdateVersion 5.1.0
Nov 13, 2019UpdateVersion 5.0.0
Oct 28, 2019UpdateVersion 4.7.2
Oct 8, 2019UpdateVersion 4.6.0
Sep 18, 2019UpdateVersion 4.5.0
Sep 12, 2019UpdateVersion 4.4.2
Aug 29, 2019UpdateVersion 4.4.0
Aug 7, 2019UpdateVersion 4.3.0
Jul 25, 2019Installs100,000+ installs
Jun 12, 2019UpdateVersion 4.1.0
May 16, 2019UpdateVersion 4.0.1
May 9, 2019UpdateVersion 4.0.0
Apr 11, 2019UpdateVersion 3.2.2
Mar 11, 2019UpdateVersion 3.1.2
Feb 5, 2019UpdateVersion 3.0.0
Jan 22, 2019UpdateVersion 2.13.2
Jan 15, 2019UpdateVersion 2.13.1
Dec 21, 2018UpdateVersion 2.12.4
Dec 3, 2018UpdateVersion 2.11.0
Nov 20, 2018UpdateVersion 2.10.1
Oct 22, 2018UpdateVersion 2.8.0
Oct 9, 2018UpdateVersion 2.7.4
Sep 20, 2018UpdateVersion 2.6.2
Sep 17, 2018UpdateVersion 2.6.1
Jul 10, 2018UpdateVersion 2.3.0
Jun 26, 2018UpdateVersion 2.2.1
Jun 18, 2018UpdateVersion 2.2.0
Jun 4, 2018UpdateVersion 2.1.0

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Developer information for Keybase, Inc.

Keybase, Inc.

android+developer@keyba.se

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Comments on Keybase for Android

★★★★★ Evan G · Jul 18, 2023

Edit: app has been bought out and abandoned An ecosystem that bridges the gap of secure file sharing and messaging between Twitter, Reddit, GitHub and more.

★★★★☆ Miles Whittaker · Jul 13, 2023

Would be great, but looks like the app freezes whenever it displays "user is typing...". Please fix this.

★★★★☆ Aelius Saionji · Dec 3, 2024

Longtime user. Indefinitely feature frozen, but there are still a few bug fix releases a year. Blame bugs on Google's shoddy android updates for creating bugs in apps. At the moment, keybase can't seem to open a file picker, but you can still share-to keybase. It also sometimes forgets how to clear unread markers. The only bad thing that is kinda keybase's fault is the embedded video player, which is just chrome's video player, and it sucks.

★★★★★ Keith · Sep 30, 2023

This works great for its purpose. The crypto features appear to have been added from the crypto-hype/boom and now seem like unnecessary features likely forced in by an executive who wanted them tacked on for marketing. There's big problems with the Web of Trust and pgp is not good enough crypto anymore. Otherwise, this is a great tool as long as you take these considerations in mind.

★☆☆☆☆ Josh Wallace · Jul 23, 2023

Been buggy as hell since I started using it. Repeated unresolved crashes. Had to uninstall the app and now lost my account because I can't log back in. Do not use this app.

★★☆☆☆ Dan LaFreniere · Jul 7, 2023

Very poor performance on Android after recent update. Lags/crashes when someone is typing. It's unfortunate because keybase is my fave chat app. This is a known issue listed in GitHub that is being ignored. The app appears to be abandonware. Look elsewhere.

★★☆☆☆ Johanness Von Diesel · Feb 12, 2024

UPDATE December 2022: Chat dialog respoce in the App has gotten so laggy on Android 13 (Google Pixel 6) that its almost unusable. Have to constantly quit and reopen the app in order to communicate with people. Lag is also evident on other platforms, but it is not as severe. IOS seems to be the least affected, macOS has some issues lagging. UPDATE FEB 2024: upload photo and sharing integration on Android is now broken. No longer able to upload or share photos from camera roll.

Google Play Rankings for Keybase

This app is not ranked

Technologies used by Keybase

Keybase is requesting 38 permissions and is using 42 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Your personal information

read your contacts

Your location

approximate (network-based) location, precise (GPS) location

Network communication

view network connections, view Wi-Fi connections, full network access, receive data from Internet

Storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Hardware controls

take pictures and videos, record audio, control vibration

System tools

run at startup, prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED, com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT, com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE, com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS, com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT, com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE, com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS, com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS, com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE, com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS, com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS, com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ, com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE, com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE, com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE, io.keybase.ossifrage.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION, me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ, me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE

Ad network libraries

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Social libraries

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Development tools

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Firebase

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AndroidX Loader Android Jetpack Media Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Media Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) Android Library Icon

Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)

Android Transition Support Library

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Kotlin

Android Support VectorDrawable

AndroidX Legacy: Support Library core utils AndroidX Cursor Adapter Android Library Icon

AndroidX Cursor Adapter

AndroidX Local Broadcast Manager

Android Support Library Print

Android Support Library Document File

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Okio

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Glide

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Lottie

Yoga

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MessagePack

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