# NOVA Video Player (open-source video player)

> NOVA Video Player is a free, open-source video player for Android. Video player for local/network content with subtitle/metadata download support. It has 4,720 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

Nova is an opeN sOurce Video plAyer designed for tablets, phones and AndroidTV devices.available at Universal player: - Play videos from your computer, server (FTP, SFTP, WebDAV), NAS (SMB, UPnP) - Play videos from external USB storage - Videos from all sources integrated in a unified multimedia collection - Automatic online retrieval of movie and TV show descriptions with posters and backdrops - Integrated subtitle download Best player: - Hardware accelerated video decoding for most devices and video formats - Multi-audio tracks and mutli-subtitles support - Supported file formats: MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, etc. - Supported subtitle file types: SRT, SUB, ASS, SMI, etc.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/nova-video-player/aos-AVP |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Other |
| GitHub stars | 4,720 |
| License | Apache-2.0 (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/org.courville.nova/ (package org.courville.nova) |
| F-Droid anti-features | Relies on a non-free network service |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.courville.nova |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://www.reddit.com/r/NovaVideoPlayer |
| Official | no |
| Category | Video players |
| Latest release | v6.5.3 (Sep 30, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 20, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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