Bitmask
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v1.6.2 by LEAP Encryption Access Project
Editor's Review
Bitmask is an EXPERIMENTAL open source application to provide easy and secure encrypted communication. You can choose among several different service providers or start your own. Currently, it supports encrypted internet (VPN) and encrypted email.About Bitmask
Bitmask (Package Name: se.leap.bitmaskclient) is developed by LEAP Encryption Access Project and the latest version of Bitmask 1.6.2 was updated on July 7, 2026. Bitmask is in the category of Communication with the feature Encrypted Connection. You can check all apps from the developer of Bitmask and find 200 alternative apps to Bitmask on Android. Currently this app is for free. This app can be downloaded on Android 7.0+ on APKFab or Google Play. All APK/XAPK files on APKFab.com are original and 100% safe with fast download.
Bitmask is a 100% open source censorship-bypassing VPN from LEAP Encryption Access Project. It is one app that allows you to connect to multiple trusted VPN providers. Bitmask is third-party audited, fast, secure, super easy to use, and free! You just install it and run it—zero configuration, zero registration. Bitmask and our partner providers do not require user accounts, keep logs, or track you in any way.
OUR TRUSTED VPN PROVIDERS
VPNs help protect your privacy and secure your online activity, but it’s super important to use a trusted VPN provider. With Bitmask you can select from our trusted service providers riseup.net and The Calyx Institute. Riseup.net is a longtime provider of online communication tools. Their email and mailing lists are used by hundreds of thousands of users around the world. The Calyx Institute has a long track record of educating users about the threat of online surveillance and providing tools to protect their privacy.
OPEN SOURCE AND THIRD PARTY AUDITED
Like any good VPN, Bitmask helps you to protect your internet traffic against mass surveillance, enhances your online privacy, and can help bypass censorship. Specifically, Bitmask
– is third party audited and uses only open source technology
– encrypts and protects your traffic from the spying eyes of your internet service provider
– secures your browsing traffic on public and private Wi-Fi networks
– hides your IP and your real location from websites and online services
– circumvents censorship and allows you access to blocked content
THIS IS A FREE, DONATION-FUNDED SERVICE
Bitmask is free to use and funded by donations from users like you. We believe everyone should have access to secure communication tools. Your donations keep Bitmask operational. Thank you!
DEVELOPED BY LEAP ENCRYPTION ACCESS PROJECT
Founded in 2012, LEAP is dedicated to giving all internet users access to secure communication. There are many fronts in the fight against the enclosure of the internet and the relentless efforts to surveil and monetize our lives. LEAP is part of the growing effort to expand the use of circumvention technology to protect us from government and corporate incursion into our online lives. LEAP builds and brands RiseupVPN, CalyxVPN, and Bitmask. https://leap.se
MORE TRANSLATIONS!
We want to continue to expand the use of VPNs, and translations are critical to this effort. Contributions to this effort are greatly appreciated and can be done here: Transifex project https://app.transifex.com/otf/bitmask/dashboard/
SOME TECH SPECS
– Built on Android's VPNService
– Uses OpenVPN with WireGuard coming soon
– UDP for fast connections, and TCP for more stability
– Censorship bypassing technology like Obfs4, Snowflake, KCP + Obfs4 and more
– No IPv6 Leaks: Bitmask will not leak IPv6 traffic
– No DNS Leaks: Bitmask is configured on both the client and the server to prevent any leaking of DNS
OUR TRUSTED VPN PROVIDERS
VPNs help protect your privacy and secure your online activity, but it’s super important to use a trusted VPN provider. With Bitmask you can select from our trusted service providers riseup.net and The Calyx Institute. Riseup.net is a longtime provider of online communication tools. Their email and mailing lists are used by hundreds of thousands of users around the world. The Calyx Institute has a long track record of educating users about the threat of online surveillance and providing tools to protect their privacy.
OPEN SOURCE AND THIRD PARTY AUDITED
Like any good VPN, Bitmask helps you to protect your internet traffic against mass surveillance, enhances your online privacy, and can help bypass censorship. Specifically, Bitmask
– is third party audited and uses only open source technology
– encrypts and protects your traffic from the spying eyes of your internet service provider
– secures your browsing traffic on public and private Wi-Fi networks
– hides your IP and your real location from websites and online services
– circumvents censorship and allows you access to blocked content
THIS IS A FREE, DONATION-FUNDED SERVICE
Bitmask is free to use and funded by donations from users like you. We believe everyone should have access to secure communication tools. Your donations keep Bitmask operational. Thank you!
DEVELOPED BY LEAP ENCRYPTION ACCESS PROJECT
Founded in 2012, LEAP is dedicated to giving all internet users access to secure communication. There are many fronts in the fight against the enclosure of the internet and the relentless efforts to surveil and monetize our lives. LEAP is part of the growing effort to expand the use of circumvention technology to protect us from government and corporate incursion into our online lives. LEAP builds and brands RiseupVPN, CalyxVPN, and Bitmask. https://leap.se
MORE TRANSLATIONS!
We want to continue to expand the use of VPNs, and translations are critical to this effort. Contributions to this effort are greatly appreciated and can be done here: Transifex project https://app.transifex.com/otf/bitmask/dashboard/
SOME TECH SPECS
– Built on Android's VPNService
– Uses OpenVPN with WireGuard coming soon
– UDP for fast connections, and TCP for more stability
– Censorship bypassing technology like Obfs4, Snowflake, KCP + Obfs4 and more
– No IPv6 Leaks: Bitmask will not leak IPv6 traffic
– No DNS Leaks: Bitmask is configured on both the client and the server to prevent any leaking of DNS
Bitmask 1.6.2 Update
* Added new VPN provider cooperative - CoopVPN* improved app stability
* fixed flickering notification action buttons
* improved language picker
* updated translations
* updated dependencies
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Bitmask Features
Previous Versions
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Requires Android: Android 7.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: 160-640dpi
SHA1: 9a12fa9daed27660c2719511f90f0c46a77edb8e
Size: 25.84 MB
What's New:
* Added new VPN provider cooperative - CoopVPN
* improved app stability
* fixed flickering notification action buttons
* improved language picker
* updated translations
* updated dependencies
* improved app stability
* fixed flickering notification action buttons
* improved language picker
* updated translations
* updated dependencies
Variant
Arch
Version
DPI
182000
April 16, 2025
Bitmask
1.5.3
(182000)
Requires Android: Android 5.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: 160-640dpi
SHA1: 669406312c28a5604139f6bcfe6a8bc78072600e
Base APK: se.leap.bitmaskclient.apk
Split APKs: config.ar, config.arm64_v8a, config.de, config.en, config.es, config.fr, config.hi, config.in, config.it, config.ja, config.ko, config.my, config.pt, config.ru, config.th, config.tr, config.vi, config.xxhdpi, config.zh
Size: 23.74 MB
What's New:
features:
- provide support for QUIC as obfuscation protocol
- improve bridge hopping mode
bugfixes:
- reduce obfuscated connection failure rates after changing settings
- fix updating expired VPN certificate via new API v5
- improve invite code validation
- fix minor UI bugs in location selection and censorship circumvention settings
- provide support for QUIC as obfuscation protocol
- improve bridge hopping mode
bugfixes:
- reduce obfuscated connection failure rates after changing settings
- fix updating expired VPN certificate via new API v5
- improve invite code validation
- fix minor UI bugs in location selection and censorship circumvention settings
arm64-v8a
Android 5.0+
160-640dpi
182000
July 6, 2026
Bitmask
1.5.3
(182000)
Requires Android: Android 5.0+
Architecture: armeabi-v7a
Screen DPI: 160-640dpi
SHA1: 256b3b8fe503f6fcde1128e682fc44fe1da40d10
Base APK: se.leap.bitmaskclient.apk
Split APKs: config.ar, config.armeabi_v7a, config.de, config.en, config.es, config.fr, config.hi, config.in, config.it, config.ja, config.ko, config.my, config.pt, config.ru, config.th, config.tr, config.vi, config.xxhdpi, config.zh
Size: 23.54 MB
What's New:
features:
- provide support for QUIC as obfuscation protocol
- improve bridge hopping mode
bugfixes:
- reduce obfuscated connection failure rates after changing settings
- fix updating expired VPN certificate via new API v5
- improve invite code validation
- fix minor UI bugs in location selection and censorship circumvention settings
- provide support for QUIC as obfuscation protocol
- improve bridge hopping mode
bugfixes:
- reduce obfuscated connection failure rates after changing settings
- fix updating expired VPN certificate via new API v5
- improve invite code validation
- fix minor UI bugs in location selection and censorship circumvention settings
armeabi-v7a
Android 5.0+
160-640dpi
182000
July 6, 2026
Bitmask
1.5.3
(182000)
Requires Android: Android 5.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: 160-640dpi
SHA1: 5bccb0174dd28b777dc225420fff40400dbea80b
Base APK: se.leap.bitmaskclient.apk
Split APKs: config.ar, config.arm64_v8a, config.de, config.en, config.es, config.fr, config.hi, config.in, config.it, config.ja, config.ko, config.my, config.pt, config.ru, config.th, config.tr, config.vi, config.xxxhdpi, config.zh
Size: 24.03 MB
What's New:
features:
- provide support for QUIC as obfuscation protocol
- improve bridge hopping mode
bugfixes:
- reduce obfuscated connection failure rates after changing settings
- fix updating expired VPN certificate via new API v5
- improve invite code validation
- fix minor UI bugs in location selection and censorship circumvention settings
- provide support for QUIC as obfuscation protocol
- improve bridge hopping mode
bugfixes:
- reduce obfuscated connection failure rates after changing settings
- fix updating expired VPN certificate via new API v5
- improve invite code validation
- fix minor UI bugs in location selection and censorship circumvention settings
arm64-v8a
Android 5.0+
160-640dpi
Variant
Arch
Version
DPI
179000
February 17, 2025
Bitmask
1.5.1
(179000)
Requires Android: Android 5.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: 160-640dpi
SHA1: 7fd3922954a47a3b495fcf0c5068719c172a3b93
Base APK: se.leap.bitmaskclient.apk
Split APKs: config.arm64_v8a, config.en, config.mdpi
Size: 31.63 MB
What's New:
- support new provider config API (beta)
- allow to setup provider using an invite code and via an obfuscated proxy
- scan invite codes via QR code
- new circumvention settings user interface
- in-app language picker
- update openvpn and openssl
- updated translations (<3<3<3 -> translators)
- support for elliptic curve private keys used in VPN setup
- allow to setup provider using an invite code and via an obfuscated proxy
- scan invite codes via QR code
- new circumvention settings user interface
- in-app language picker
- update openvpn and openssl
- updated translations (<3<3<3 -> translators)
- support for elliptic curve private keys used in VPN setup
arm64-v8a
Android 5.0+
160-640dpi
179000
February 17, 2025
Bitmask
1.5.1
(179000)
Requires Android: Android 5.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: 160-640dpi
SHA1: c7807b8c7aacec6243f1447bc664078fd13642f9
Base APK: se.leap.bitmaskclient.apk
Split APKs: config.ar, config.arm64_v8a, config.de, config.en, config.es, config.fr, config.hi, config.in, config.it, config.ja, config.ko, config.my, config.pt, config.ru, config.th, config.tr, config.vi, config.xxhdpi, config.zh
Size: 23.74 MB
What's New:
- support new provider config API (beta)
- allow to setup provider using an invite code and via an obfuscated proxy
- scan invite codes via QR code
- new circumvention settings user interface
- in-app language picker
- update openvpn and openssl
- updated translations (<3<3<3 -> translators)
- support for elliptic curve private keys used in VPN setup
- allow to setup provider using an invite code and via an obfuscated proxy
- scan invite codes via QR code
- new circumvention settings user interface
- in-app language picker
- update openvpn and openssl
- updated translations (<3<3<3 -> translators)
- support for elliptic curve private keys used in VPN setup
arm64-v8a
Android 5.0+
160-640dpi
Requires Android: Android 5.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64
Screen DPI: 120-640dpi
SHA1: 19ba0efaaf5de6bc64e76c9140d6c348d9a753d8
Size: 59.44 MB
What's New:
Fixes an app crash during provider setup in case the app has been moved to the background.
More Information
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Update Date:
2026-07-07
Latest Version:
1.6.2
Need Update:
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Requirements:
Android 7.0+
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