Install Ares Channel.

01 / Choose artifact

Use the arm64 build unless you need the universal package.

02 / Install on device

Install on Android 13 or later.

1. Download the APK on the Android device.
2. Open it from the browser or Files application.
3. If Android asks for permission, allow unknown-app installation only for the application that opened this APK.
4. Complete installation, then disable that permission again.
5. Open Ares Channel and create a Channel, scan a QR invitation, or paste an invitation link into Join Channel.

03 / Verify checksum

Confirm that the file matches the public release.

Linux

sha256sum ares-channel-arm64.apk

macOS

shasum -a 256 ares-channel-arm64.apk

Compare the result with this page or the public SHA256SUMS.

04 / Verify signer

Verify the signing certificate.

apksigner verify --verbose --print-certs ares-channel-arm64.apk

The signer certificate SHA-256 digest must exactly match the following value.

Version, source commit, artifact URLs, and hashes are also published in the release manifest.

05 / Troubleshooting

If installation does not complete.

“App not installed”

Recheck the SHA-256, available storage, and whether an existing installation uses a different signer.

Device architecture is unknown

Use the larger Universal APK.

Connectivity is not immediately ready

Embedded Tor may need time to establish a circuit on first launch. Ares does not switch to a public gateway when Tor is unavailable.

The app is not in Google Play

The public AAB does not imply Play Store publication. The signed APK on this site is the current public installation path.