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SMS Import / Export

SMS Import / Export is a free, open-source messaging app for Android. Imports and exports SMS and MMS messages and other data. It has 724 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

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About SMS Import / Export

SMS Import / Export imports and exports SMS and MMS messages, call logs, contacts, and blocked numbers from and to (ND)JSON / ZIP files. (Contacts import and export are currently functional but considered experimental.) It does not require root. The primary author of SMS Import / Export is Thomas More. Others have contributed code and translations. The software is copyright 2021-2026, and is released under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later. SMS Import / Export is a sibling project to sms-db, a Linux tool to build an SQLite database out of collections of SMS and MMS messages in various formats.

Privacy and F-Droid

F-Droid builds SMS Import / Export from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.

No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.

Screenshots

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What is SMS Import / Export?

SMS Import / Export is a free, open-source messaging app for Android. Imports and exports SMS and MMS messages and other data. It has 724 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

Is SMS Import / Export free and open source?

Yes. SMS Import / Export's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.

How do I install SMS Import / Export?

You can install SMS Import / Export from F-Droid (package com.github.tmo1.sms_ie); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v2.11.1).

Is SMS Import / Export still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Aug 3, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.