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NFCGate

NFCGate is a free, open-source developer tool for Android. An NFC research toolkit application for Android. It has 2,437 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

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About NFCGate

NFCGate is an Android application meant to capture, analyze, or modify NFC traffic. It can be used as a researching tool to reverse engineer protocols or assess the security of protocols against traffic modifications. On-device capture: Captures NFC traffic sent and received by other applications running on the device. Relay: Relays NFC traffic between two devices using a server. One device operates as a "reader" reading an NFC tag, the other device emulates an NFC tag using the Host Card Emulation (HCE). Replay: Replays previously captured NFC traffic in either "reader" or "tag" mode. Clone: Clones the initial tag information (e.g. ID).

Privacy and F-Droid

F-Droid builds NFCGate from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.

No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.

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FAQ

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Is NFCGate free and open source?

Yes. NFCGate's source code is public on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.

How do I install NFCGate?

You can install NFCGate from F-Droid (package de.tu_darmstadt.seemoo.nfcgate); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v2.6.1).

Is NFCGate still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Jul 20, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on May 28, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.