Sandes

2.2.71

National Informatics Centre.

3.68

19,467 reviews

5,000,000+
Downloads

Free

Sandes - Instant Messaging System

3.68 · 19,467 reviews · 5,000,000+ downloads

Sandes is an open-source, indigenous instant messaging platform developed by NIC to support secure government communication. Hosted on Government infrastructure, it offers end-to-end encrypted messaging, encrypted backups, and encrypted OTP services, with integration to NIC email, DigiLocker, and e-office. Full features are available to government-verified users only.

Pros & Cons

End-to-end encryption and encrypted backups
Open-source, indigenous NIC solution
Hosted on government infrastructure for compliance
Integrations with NIC email, DigiLocker, and e-office

Full features limited to government-verified users, which may limit external adoption
Verification via nodal officers can add onboarding steps

About Sandes

Sandes is a tools app developed by National Informatics Centre..

How many times has Sandes been downloaded?

Sandes has been downloaded 6.1 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 110 thousand times.

What is the rating of Sandes?

Sandes is rated 3.68 out of 5 stars, based on 19 thousand ratings.

Is Sandes free?

Sandes is free to download. The APK download size is 37.59 MB. The latest version available is 2.2.71. The last update was on August 26, 2025.

What are the requirements for Sandes?

Sandes requires Android 7.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play March 2021.

Description

Sandes is an open source based indigenous instant messaging platform developed by NIC, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India to facilitate instant messaging communication in Government organisations. It is hosted exclusively at Government infrastructure. It supports end to end encrypted messaging and encrypted backup and encrypted OTP service. Its privacy and data policy is governed by rules and regulations of the Government of India. Sandes can be integrated with other Government communications systems for sending encrypted messages without any cost. Currently Sandes is integrated with NIC email, DigiLocker and e-office.
At present, full features of Sandes app are available only to the Government verified users. Employees of Government organisation need to contact the Nodal officer of their Ministry/ Department for verification. For information about Nodal officers write to us at support-sandes[at]nic[dot]in

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More data about Sandes

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	6.1 million
Recent downloads	110 thousand
Rating	3.68 based on 19 thousand ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	2.2.71
APK size	37.6 MB
Number of libraries	33
Designed for Android	7.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Sandes has been downloaded 6.1 million times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 3.6 thousand downloads per day.

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Comments on Sandes for Android

★★★★★ Harshit Singh · Apr 27, 2026

It is good for our country's development or privacy

★☆☆☆☆ Rahul Rathore · Jun 20, 2026

Otp not received from ITBP login page. This issue faced from 20 days

★☆☆☆☆ alok kumar · May 13, 2026

This is the worst App, I am a government servant and I don't know how do I become a verified user, no guideline showing is this app, which my contacts showing to use this app I don't send any message to them. Overall in my sense this app is only for govt. servant who are verified from thier department.

★☆☆☆☆ Aman Shukla · Aug 5, 2026

Made up my mind to use indian app to reduce dependency in foreign apps but as soon I enter to profile section where it asked my name and after entering my name I pushed the next button, and it shows invalid name....it's my first experience in my whole life where I used my name and error occurs there in my name...disappointed.please fix this, and I will join you after

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Technologies used by Sandes

32 permissions · 33 libraries

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Trust & Safety: Sandes requests a broad set of permissions (location, camera, contacts, microphone, storage, notifications, etc.) to enable secure, integrated government workflows. Privacy policy is governed by Government of India regulations. Open-source development and government hosting support transparency and security. Access to full features requires government verification via designated nodal officers.

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