Repo:	F-Droid Main
AppID:	com.pgpony.android
Author:	NorseHorse
License:	Apache-2.0
Donation:
InRepoSince:	2026-06-26
LastRepoUpdate:	2026-09-17
LastAppUpdate:	Unknown
LastVersion:	4.5.0
Categories:	Password & 2FA, Text Encryption
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PGPony is an OpenPGP app for Android. Encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify messages and files, manage your keyring, and use a hardware security key over NFC, all on device.

Features:

- Encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify text and files
- Post-quantum encryption: ML-KEM-768 + X25519 (Kyber) composite keys, in both the IETF draft (v6) and LibrePGP / GnuPG 2.5 (v5) formats
- OpenPGP provider service: use PGPony as the crypto engine for Thunderbird for Android, K-9 Mail, and Password Store (OpenKeychain-compatible API)
- Generate modern keys, including RFC 9580 (OpenPGP v6) Ed25519 and X25519, with Argon2id passphrase protection
- Hardware security keys over NFC, including YubiKey 5 NFC and Token2, with on-card key generation, decrypt, sign, PIN management, and factory reset
- Read your password-store (pass) entries, including those protected by a hardware key
- Encrypted keyring backup and restore, including OpenKeychain backup import
- PGP/MIME email: decrypt messages with attachments, compose encrypted .eml
- Key discovery through WKD and the keys.openpgp.org verifying keyserver; optional Tor routing via Orbot
- Optional contact integration for choosing recipients
- QR import and scanning for keys
- Default signing key, biometric lock, and secure-screen protection

Post-quantum limitations:

Post-quantum OpenPGP is still being standardized, so cross-tool support is limited:

- LibrePGP-format (v5) keys interoperate with GnuPG 2.5+ today: messages encrypt and decrypt in both directions, and public keys import cleanly. GnuPG cannot yet import post-quantum PRIVATE keys from any app — it stores them in a proprietary internal format.
- IETF-format (v6) keys implement draft-ietf-openpgp-pqc and are verified against the draft's official test vectors, but current Sequoia (sq) preview builds implement a different draft revision and cannot read them yet, and GnuPG does not support this format at all.
- Classical keys (RSA, Ed25519, v4 and v6) are unaffected.

PGPony does not use accounts, ads, analytics, or tracking. The F-Droid build contains no Google services and runs fully on de-Googled devices.

The cryptographic core is published separately as open source (PGPonyCore-Kotlin), and the full app source is available under the Apache-2.0 license.