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PlainApp

PlainApp is a free, open-source video player for Android. Manage your phone on the web! Access files, contacts, videos, music & more. It has 7,075 GitHub stars and is released under the AGPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

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About PlainApp

PlainApp is a free, open-source Android app that turns your phone into a self-hosted management hub accessible from any web browser on the same network - no accounts, no cloud, no subscriptions. Why PlainApp? Most phone-management tools route your data through their own servers, lock features behind subscriptions, or show ads. PlainApp is different: - 100% local - your data never leaves your network - End-to-end encrypted - every connection is secured with TLS + XChaCha20-Poly1305 - Free and ad-free - no purchases, no upsells, ever - Fully open-source - audit the code, build your own binary, or contribute Features Web-Based Phone Management Open a browser on any device connected to the…

Privacy and F-Droid

F-Droid builds PlainApp 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

PlainApp FAQ

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Is PlainApp free and open source?

Yes. PlainApp's source code is public on GitHub under the AGPL-3.0-only 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 PlainApp?

You can install PlainApp from F-Droid (package com.ismartcoding.plain) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v3.3.25).

Is PlainApp still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 27, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Sep 14, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.