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Courier on Windows Pc

Developed By: The Guardian Project

License: Free

Rating: 3,7/5 - 319 votes

Last Updated: December 28, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 0.1.9
Size 15.7 MB
Release Date January 26, 23
Category News & Magazines Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (8)]

What's New:
First release!FYI: It is signed with our new 4096-bit signing key, so it has a different signing key than all of our other apps. For more info:https://... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Courier is a mobile RSS news reader with enhanced security features, offline reading and sharing capability. We've designed it to be fast and light on slow networks and secure in... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Courier and install on Windows PC. Courier is free News & Magazines app, developed by The Guardian Project. Latest version of Courier is 0.1.9, was released on 2023-01-26 (updated on 2023-12-28). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Courier is 3,7. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 319 users, 157 users had rated it 5*, 56 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Courier on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Courier on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Courier on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Courier using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Courier" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Courier on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Courier" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 0.1.9.

Download Courier 0.1.9 on Windows PC – 15.7 MB

Courier is a mobile RSS news reader with enhanced security features, offline reading and sharing capability. We've designed it to be fast and light on slow networks and secure in case your network is monitored.

FEATURES:
★ SECURE: Courier works with Orbot, Tor for Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android) to defend against network surveillance and protect your privacy
★ ENCRYPTED: Courier encrypts your stored news - and personal information - to protect your privacy
★ PANIC: Courier's configurable "panic" action will remove your news, your personal data and optionally the app itself with one swipe
★ SAFE: Courier securely caches your password with a configurable timeout. You can configure for repeated password entry failures to trigger data (and app!) deletion. And you can set a special "kill password".
★ AUTOMATIC: Courier quietly synchronizes your feeds in the background (manual mode available, too!)
★ CONTENT SHARE: secure, off-network, sharing of news articles with other users of Courier via Bluetooth (unsecure share available, too!)
★ PEER-TO-PEER APP SHARING: Get your friends set up with Courier by sharing the app over a common WiFi network or hotspot.
★ LIGHTWEIGHT: configure Courier to minimize network data use on low-speed networks or sync only on wi-fi
★ FAVORITES: mark articles as easily-retrieved favorites
★ PRE-CONFIGURED: Courier ships with desirable international news feeds, and it's easy to add your own
★ LANGUAGES: English, Chinese (中國的), Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག), Ukrainian (Український), Russian (русский)
★ AD-FREE: Courier is an ad-free, open-source application

ABOUT US:
Guardian Project is a group of developers, designers and technologists that make secure mobile apps and open-source code for a better tomorrow.

★ OUR WEBSITE: https://guardianproject.info
★ ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/guardianproject
★ OPEN-SOURCE: Courier is free software. Take a look at our source code, or join the community to make it better: https://github.com/guardianproject/securereader
★ MESSAGE US: Are we missing your favorite feature? Found an annoying bug? We’d love to hear from you! Send us an email: support@guardianproject.info

***Disclaimer***
The Guardian Project makes apps that are designed to protect your security and anonymity. The protocols that we use are widely regarded as the state of the art in security technology. While we are constantly upgrading our software to combat the latest threats and eliminate bugs, no technology is 100% foolproof. For maximum security and anonymity users must utilize best practices to keep themselves safe. You can find a good introductory guide to these topics at https://securityinabox.org
First release!
FYI: It is signed with our new 4096-bit signing key, so it has a different signing key than all of our other apps. For more info:
https://guardianproject.info/home/signing-keys/
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to read from external storage.