Sandes
Sandes Summary
Sandes is a mobile iOS app in Social Networking by NIC. Released in Nov 2021 (4 years ago). It has 7.00 ratings with a 2.14★ (poor) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 10 monthly active users . Store metadata: updated Oct 24, 2025.
Data tracking: SDKs and third-party integrations were last analyzed on Feb 8, 2025.
Store info: Last updated on App Store on Oct 24, 2025 .
2.14★
Ratings: 7.00
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App Description
Sandes is an open source based indigenous instant messaging platform developed by NIC, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India to facilitate instant messaging communication in Government organisations. It is hosted exclusively at Government infrastructure. It supports end to end encrypted messaging and encrypted backup and encrypted OTP service. Its privacy and data policy is governed by rules and regulations of the Government of India. Sandes can be integrated with other Government communications systems for sending encrypted messages without any cost. Currently Sandes is integrated with NIC email, DigiLocker and e-office.
At present, full features of Sandes app are available only to the Government verified users. Employees of Government organisation need to contact the Nodal officer of their Ministry/ Department for verification. For information about Nodal officers write to us at support-sandes[at]nic[dot]in