Safe Space
Safe Space is a free, open-source security app for Android. A safe space for your digital valuables. It has 309 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
About Safe Space
Safe space is an app that creates a separate place on your android device to store valuable files. This storage location is not visible to other apps and is encrypted by the system by default. Features: * Store files in a secure storage location that is not visible to other apps and is secured by device encryption and system authentication (Biometric and PIN/Pattern/Password) * Open Images, Audio, Video, PDF documents and plain text documents * Create simple text notes without leaving the app * Dark and light mode * ability to copy and move files * Import from and export files to external storage without storage permissions * Completely offline with no telemetry and data collection
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Safe Space 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.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is Safe Space?
Safe Space is a free, open-source security app for Android. A safe space for your digital valuables. It has 309 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is Safe Space free and open source?
Yes. Safe Space's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-only 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 Safe Space?
You can install Safe Space from F-Droid (package org.privacymatters.safespace); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: 2.3.6).
Is Safe Space still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on May 16, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on May 18, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.