gforth - GNU Forth for Android

LiveBernd Paysan1 app · 11.7K installsLibraries & DemoFreegnu.gforth

GNU Forth programming language

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Total installs
11,741
exact · Play shows 10,000+
Installs / day
0
7-day avg · last day 0
Rating
3.4★
269 ratings · 30 reviews
Released
20 Aug 2013
13.2y ago
Last update
16 Nov 2025
v0.7.9_20251001 · 11mo ago
Countries
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Install history

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11,66011,68011,70011,72011,74011,76011,78011,80011,82011 Oct12 Oct
02.5K5.0K7.5K10.0K12.5K20 Aug 201311 Oct 202612 Oct 2026

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Daily tracking since 11 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Change timeline

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Country availability

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • No data shared with third parties
  • No data collected

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

13 in 6 groups
8 Sensitive2 Notable3 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networks
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks
  • Use your camera to take photos and record videos
  • Record sound using your phone's microphone
  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
LocationSensitive3

Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networksapproximate location (network-based) · ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networksprecise location (GPS and network-based) · ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
  • Send extra commands to GPS and location services, which could affect how they workaccess extra location provider commands · ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS
Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
CameraSensitive1

Access to your camera to take photos and record video

  • Use your camera to take photos and record videostake pictures and videos · CAMERA
MicrophoneSensitive1

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

  • Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO
OtherNotable4

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Add shortcuts to your home screen without asking youinstall shortcuts · com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
Gforth is the GNU's project implementation of the programming language Forth. This APK is the binary distribution for the Android platform, for ARM and x86-processors. You can find more information and links to source code on http://bernd-paysan.de/gforth.html, and more information about Android-specific features on http://www.forth-ev.de/wiki/doku.php/en:projects:gforth-android:start. For optimum experience when programming, use a soft keyboard made for that task, like Hacker's Keyboard. Gforth is available under GPLv3. Gforth uses GCC to compile a fast direct or indirect threaded Forth; Gforth is fully ANS-Forth and Forth-2012 compliant. Authors of Gforth are Anton Ertl, Bernd Paysan, Jens Wilke, Neal Crook, David Kühling and others. The goal of the Gforth Project is to develop a standard model for ANSI Forth. This can be split into several subgoals: * Gforth should conform to the ANSI/200x Forth standard. * It should be a model, i.e. it should define all the implementation-dependent things. * It should become standard, i.e. widely accepted and used. This goal is the most difficult one. To achieve these goals Gforth should be * Similar to previous models (fig-Forth, F83) * Powerful. It should provide for all the things that are considered necessary today and even some that are not yet considered necessary. * Efficient. It should not get the reputation of being exceptionally slow. * Free. * Available on many machines/easy to port. The Gforth apk installs three icons: One is the fast engine (Gforth fast), one the debug engine (Gforth ITC), where the single step debugger works, and the backtrace is precise even on exceptions, and the third one is the net2o protocol demo app, with the "Nettie" octopus. It's a demo now, so don't expect it to work flawless.

What's new

Removed permission request for photos and videos as Google demanded

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