Gramophone
Gramophone is a free, open-source music player for Android. Simple offline music player with minimalistic design. It has 2,369 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
github.com/FoedusProgramme/Gramophone (opens in a new tab)
Data as of from the GitHub API and the F-Droid index; description from the project's repository or F-Droid listing. Report an error
About Gramophone
Gramophone is an offline, local music player that can play .mp3, .flac, .ogg, .opus, .m4a, .mka and .wav files. If you face any issues, feel free to open an issue at our GitHub page:
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Gramophone 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
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
Similar apps
More open-source music players
MPD
MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD
A flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music.
Maintained · last commit Oct 27, 2026
Music playersAndroidBloomeeTunes
HemantKArya/BloomeeTunes
Bloomee is a cross-platform music app designed to bring you ad-free tunes from various sources.
Active · last commit Oct 21, 2026
Music playersAndroid
Helio
helio-fm/helio-sequencer
Music sequencer, designed to be used on all major platforms.
Maintained · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Music playersAndroid
RootlessJamesDSP
timschneeb/RootlessJamesDSP
System-wide JamesDSP implementation for non-rooted devices.
Maintained · last commit Jul 24, 2026
Music playersAndroidNeriPlayer
cwuom/NeriPlayer
A native Android audio player that combines multi-source streaming, local control, rich lyrics, and self-hosted sync.
Active · last commit Oct 28, 2026
Music playersAndroid
Levyra
LUC4N3X/Levyra-deepsound
Native music streaming, playback, lyrics, downloads, and private insights.
Active · last commit Oct 28, 2026
Music playersAndroid
Is Gramophone free and open source?
Yes. Gramophone'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 Gramophone?
You can install Gramophone from F-Droid (package org.akanework.gramophone) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: 1.1.2).
Is Gramophone still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 12, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Aug 23, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.


