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De1984

Privacy-focused Firewall and Package Manager for Android devices.

  • Completely free
  • Android
  • Open source

Overview

De1984 is a firewall, available on Android.

Some features rely on the Shizuku app.

Requires a rooted Android device.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Privacy-focused Firewall and Package Manager for Android devices” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Multiple firewall capabilities: iptables (root, or Shizuku in root mode), ConnectivityManager (Shizuku, Android 13+), NetworkPolicyManager (Shizuku, chosen manually), and VPN fallback” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “ConnectivityManager for Android 13+ devices with Shizuku, no root required” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

De1984 is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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