A curated list of FOSS Android TV apps
- Legend:
- 🖱️ Partial remote support
- Some UI elements cannot be accessible with the TV remote
- 📺 Missing TV launcher icon
- Create custom launcher icon with Android TV App Launcher Builder
- 🤖 Requires ROOT
- 🚫 Incompatible with some devices
- ⚠️ App includes non-free components
- 🛑 Development (possible) stopped
Table of Contents
Apps
Launcher
- FLauncher: Alternative launcher for Android TV [Source] [Google Play]
- FLauncher (fork): Alternative launcher for Android TV [Source]
- LeanbackLauncher: Google Leanback Launcher on steroids [Source]
Keyboard
- LeanKeyKeyboard: Keyboard for Android-based set-top boxes and TV [Source] [Google Play]
App Store
- Aurora Store: An alternate to Google's Play Store [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] 🖱️
- Neo Store: The modern and feature-rich F-Droid client for everyone! [Source] [F-Droid] 🖱️
- Droid-ify: A quick material F-Droid client [Source] [F-Droid] 🖱️
- F-Droid Classic: F-Droid client with the classic UI [Source] [F-Droid] 📺 🖱️ 🛑
Web Browser
- TV Bro: Simple web browser optimized to use with TV remote [Source] [Google Play]
- DTVfree: Simple, fast and lightweight Web browser for Android TV [Source]
Media Player
- Kodi: An award-winning free and open source software media player and entertainment hub for digital media [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- VLC: A free and open source cross-platform multimedia player [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- MPV: A free and open source cross-platform media player and video player [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- Nova Player: Video player for local/network content with subtitle/metadata download support [Source] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- Fermata: a free, open source audio, video and TV player with a simple and intuitive interface [Source] [Google Play]
- Just (Video) Player: Simple video player based on ExoPlayer library [Source] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
Streaming - YouTube
- SmartTube: An advanced (YouTube) player for Android TVs and TV boxes [Source] [Website]
- NewPipe: Lightweight YouTube frontend [Source] [Website] [F-Droid]
- Tubular: A fork of NewPipe that implements SponsorBlock and ReturnYouTubeDislike [Source] [IzzyOnDroid]
- Clipious: Client for Invidious, the privacy focused YouTube front end [Source] [F-Droid]
Streaming - Movies/TV/Anime
- Stremio: A video streaming application, that allows you to watch and organize video content from different services [Source] [Website] [Google Play] ⚠️
- Streamflix: An Android TV app to stream movies and TV shows for free [Source]
- CloudStream: App for streaming and downloading media [Source] [IzzyOnDroid]
- Flixclusive: A modern streaming service app that provides users with a convenient way to play and watch the latest movies and TV shows available on the internet. [Source]
- AnimeTV: Android TV application for watching your favorite anime series and movies [Source]
- Digilog TV: A free and open-source TV news app [Source] [IzzyOnDroid] [Google Play]
Streaming - Self-hosted
- Jellyfin: A Free Software Media System that puts you in control of managing and streaming your media [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- DSub: Connect to your Subsonic server and listen to your music wherever you go [Source] [F-Droid] [Google Play] 🖱️
Streaming - Twitch
- S0undTV: An alternative app to watch the Twitch streaming service for Android TV devices [Source] [Google Play]
- SmartTwitchTV: A Twitch web client that works on Android TVs [Source] [Google Play]
Streaming - Other
- Moonlight: Play games from your PC on Android [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- M3U: Stream media player on Android devices [Source] [F-Droid]
- FCast: An open-source protocol designed to open wireless audio and video streaming to everybody. [Source] [Website] [Google Play]
File Browser
- Ghost Commander: Dual-panel file manager [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- Amaze: Simple and attractive Material Design file manager for Android [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- Material Files: Material Design file manager for Android [Source] [F-Droid] [Google Play] 📺
- OI File Manager: OI File Manager [Source] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- FireFiles: FireFiles is based on AnExplorer. It is a light-weight but powerful file manager for everything that runs on Android OS [Source] [IzzyOnDroid]] [Google Play] 🛑
Download Manager
- Download Navi: A free and Open Source download manager [Source] [F-Droid] [Google play]
- BiglyBT: Fully featured open source bittorrent client and remote control [Source] [Website] [F-Droid]
- TorrServe: Application for downloading torrents as HTTP files. Torrent connection is done localy. [Source] [F-Droid]
Connectivity
- LinkLoom: A Android TV Application To Show Browsers, History, Save Web Pages Links, Share Links Between Android Mobile app and TV [Source]
- KDE Connect: A multi-platform app that allows your devices to communicate with each other [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] [Google Play] 🚫📺
- LocalSend: Allows you to securely share files and messages with nearby devices over your local network without needing an internet connection [Source] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- BT Remote: An Android app that turns your smartphone into a Bluetooth remote for Android TV. [Source] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
Gallery
- Aves: Gallery and metadata explorer [Source] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
Notifications
- Heads-up: Get the new heads-up notifications [Source] [Google Play] 🚫
Screen Saver
- Aerial Views: A screen saver for Android TV [Source] [Google Play]
DNS Proxy
- InviZible Pro: Comprehensive application for on-line privacy and security [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- Intra: An experimental tool that allows you to test new DNS-over-HTTPS services on Android [Source] [F-Droid] [Google Play] 📺🖱️
VPN
- Proton VPN: Free Swiss VPN with advanced security and privacy features. [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- Windscribe: Free VPN that unblocks geo-restricted content and eliminates tracking. [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- OpenVPN: With the new VPNService of Android API level 14+ (Ice Cream Sandwich) it is possible to create a VPN service that does not need root access. [Source] [F-Droid] [Google Play] [Website]
- Shadowsocks: A shadowsocks client for Android TV. Shadowsocks is a fast tunnel proxy that helps you bypass firewalls. [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- Tailscale: Mesh VPN based on WireGuard [Source] [F-Droid] [Google Play] [Website]
Capturing
- Recording Webcam: Camera App for android TV [Source] [IzzyOnDroid]
System Utilities
- Launch-On-Boot: Launches a TV app when the device boots [Source] [F-Droid] [Google Play]
- Neo Backup: open-source tool to backup your apps and data [Source] [F-Droid] 🤖
- App Manager: A full-featured open source package manager for android [Source] [F-Droid] 🤖🖱️
- Termux: A free and open source cross-platform terminal emulator and IDE [Source] [F-Droid] 🖱️
- Key Mapper: An Android app that change what the buttons do on your devices [Source] [Website] [F-Droid] [Google Play] 🚫
- Shizuku: Using system APIs directly with adb/root privileges from normal apps [Source] [Website] [IzzyOnDroid] [Google Play] 🚫
- MATVT: Virtual Mouse for Android TV that can be controlled via remote itself. [Source]
- SD Maid SE: Android's most thorough cleaning tool. [Source] [F-Droid] [Google Play] 📺
- APKUpdater: An open source tool that simplifies the process of finding updates for your installed apps. [Source] [IzzyOnDroid]
- Quick Settings: Quick Settings provides quick access to various Android system settings [Source] [F-Droid] 📺 🛑⚠️
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