# Phylax (open-source utility app)

> Phylax is a free, open-source utility app for Android. Viewer for Frigate NVR with smart URL switching and notifications. It has 114 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

Phylax is an Android viewer for the self-hosted Frigate NVR. Unofficial and not affiliated with the Frigate project. * Auto URL switching between internal (LAN) and external Frigate based on Wi-Fi SSID. * Background notifications with snapshot thumbnails. Alerts open the Review timeline; detections open the Explore view. * Per-camera, per-zone and severity filters. One notification per tracked event. * CPU and GPU badges in the top bar. Tap for RAM, uptime, per-detector inference and per-camera FPS. * Connection status dialog with a live latency graph. * mTLS client certificate support. * Two-way talk on doorbell and intercom cameras. * Clip and snapshot downloads.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/sfortis/phylax |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 114 |
| License | MIT (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/com.asksakis.freegate/ (package com.asksakis.freegate) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Utilities |
| Latest release | v2.13 (Sep 9, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 9, 2026 |

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

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