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Cams

Cams is a free, open-source photo and gallery app for Android. Simple RTSP viewer for IP cameras. It has 217 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

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About Cams

Simple Android mobile app for playing RTSP streams from IP cameras Features: * View RTSP streams from any IP cameras, including H.265+. * Multiple video cameras on a single screen. * Image zoom. * 2 channel cameras support * Watching videos via SFTP protocol. * Motion detection support. * Maximum connection speed. * Extreme ease of navigation and control. * Ability to switch TCP/UDP protocol. This option is important while viewing cameras over the Internet, where UDP may not be supported or may not work well. IMPORTANT NOTE. The app is focused on data security and privacy. It does not collect or process any information about the user.

Privacy and F-Droid

F-Droid builds Cams 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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Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.

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FAQ

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Is Cams free and open source?

Yes. Cams's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-2.0-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 Cams?

You can install Cams from F-Droid (package com.vladpen.cams); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v2.5.2).

Is Cams still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Oct 22, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.