Cwtch

Oct 9, 2026

Older Versions of Cwtch

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All Versions of Cwtch

1.17.2(51)Latest
XAPK
Oct 9, 202628.5 MBAndroid 7.0+
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What's new in the version 1.17.2
Updated on Oct 9, 2026
This release contains fixes for a number of moderate security issues, in addition to stability improvements related to connection handling and the new hybrid group experiment.
1.17.1(50)
XAPK
Sep 3, 202629.2 MBAndroid 7.0+
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What's new in the version 1.17.1
Updated on Sep 3, 2026
- Hybrid Groups allow you to use a trusted cwtch peer as a group host and so are more resource efficient than existing groups based on untrusted infrastructure. They also have more features like member lists and moderation tools.
1.16.1(48)
XAPK
Oct 7, 202528.6 MBAndroid 5.0+
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What's new in the version 1.16.1
Updated on Oct 7, 2025
- New Features:
- New Encrypted Database Backend - Forked and adopted go-sqlcipher, and migrated the C-based crypto backed to new memory-safe one based on standard, and audited go crypto.
- Memory Tagging Extension Safe - Should ensure safe memory reads and no longer result in Cwtch being killed when MTE in enabled on ARM
- Bug Fixes / Improvements:
- Cwtch is now based on Flutter 3.29
- Fixes to retry cooldown to prevent long-delays when an initial connection attempt fails.
1.15.5(46)
XAPK
Feb 28, 202533.0 MBAndroid 5.0+
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What's new in the version 1.15.5
Updated on Feb 28, 2025
Small point release with bug fixes and small improvements.

Improvements:
- Search now searches contacts as well as messages
- Latest Tor (0.4.8.14)

Bugs Fixed:
- Fixed startup crash on some Linux's due to improperly bundled lib in tor (fixed upstream) and changing where we use LD_LIBRARY_DIR in starting Cwtch and Tor
- Fixed adding profiles in Android
- Fixed accessing settings for offline contacts
- Fixed contact list resort on pin/unpin contact
1.15.0(42)
XAPK
Oct 14, 202432.5 MBAndroid 5.0+
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What's new in the version 1.15.0
Updated on Oct 14, 2024
New Features:
- Managed Groups Alpha - This Cwtch release contains the first iteration of managed groups, allowing a dedicated (and trusted) cwtch peer to host a multi-person chat. To volunteer to test out this new feature please join the Release Candidate Testers group and ask for an invite.
- Private Profile Labels - You can now give each of your profiles a local-only descriptive name.

And many bug fixes!
1.14.7(41)
XAPK
Feb 28, 202433.3 MBAndroid 4.4+
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What's new in the version 1.14.7
Updated on Feb 28, 2024
This fix mainly addresses several long standing issues with Android, but also contains an important update to libCwtch which prevented some contacts from exchanging profile images.
1.14.0(40)
APK
Feb 22, 202433.0 MBAndroid 4.4+
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What's new in the version 1.14.0
Updated on Feb 22, 2024
🎨 Theme background images and custom theme support! It is now possible to load new themes into the Cwtch UI and customize it to your liking
🖌️ Additionally, this release contains many small UI fixes and accessibility improvements
🐞 Many small bug fixes including improvements to file sharing on Android, and support for newer versions of Tails.
1.13.2(39)
APK
Jan 26, 202432.6 MBAndroid 4.4+
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What's new in the version 1.13.2
Updated on Jan 26, 2024
Cwtch stable release candidate
1.13.0(38)
APKXAPK
Oct 13, 202331.9 MBAndroid 4.4+
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What's new in the version 1.13.0
Updated on Oct 13, 2023
Cwtch stable release candidate
1.11.0(37)
APKXAPK
May 9, 202340.5 MBAndroid 4.1+
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What's new in the version 1.11.0
Updated on May 9, 2023
Cwtch Beta release series

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