Sandes
Sandes Summary
Sandes is a mobile Android app in Tools by National Informatics Centre.. Released in Nov 2021 (4 years ago). It has about 5.7M+ installs and 19.3K ratings with a 3.65★ (average) average. Store metadata: updated Apr 29, 2026.
Recent activity: -3691216 installs this week (108.4K over 4 weeks) showing steady growth , and 23 new ratings this week View trends →
Data tracking: SDKs and third-party integrations were last analyzed on Oct 18, 2025.
Store info: Last updated on Google Play on Apr 29, 2026 .
Sandes was last scanned for SDKs 2025-10-18. Below is the overview of third party companies detected in the app. The full list of raw SDKs, app permissions and unknown SDKs is available here.
Bumptech
JetBrains
BouncyCastle
Google
Firebase
JourneyApps3.65★
Ratings: 19.3K
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App Description
Sandes - Instant Messaging System
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