# Phosphor Cam (open-source photo and gallery app)

> Phosphor Cam is a free, open-source photo and gallery app for Android. Turn your camera into live ASCII and dither art. It has 126 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

Phosphor Cam turns your live camera feed into ASCII art, dithering, halftone, lines and voxel visuals, in real time and entirely on your device. Point your camera at anything, pick a style, and watch the world get redrawn as text, dots, ribbons or pixel blocks. Switch styles on the fly without restarting the camera, and fine-tune the look until it feels right. Five visual styles Everything runs locally. Your camera feed is never uploaded, and the app needs no account, no server and no internet connection. It contains no ads and no trackers. Phosphor Cam is free and open source under the MIT license.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/pshycodr/phosphor-cam |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Other |
| GitHub stars | 126 |
| License | MIT (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/site.aroy.phosphor/ (package site.aroy.phosphor) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://phosphor.aroy.site |
| Official | no |
| Category | Photos, gallery & camera |
| Latest release | v1.1.2 (Oct 5, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 11, 2026 |

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

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