Kodi
Kodi is a free, open-source video player for Android and iOS. Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. It has 21,288 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
About Kodi
Kodi is a media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Kodi can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. It was designed for network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. Point Kodi to your media and watch it scan and automagically create a personalized library complete with box covers, descriptions, and fanart. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Kodi 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.
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What is Kodi?
Kodi is a free, open-source video player for Android and iOS. Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. It has 21,288 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is Kodi free and open source?
Yes. Kodi's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-2.0-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 Kodi?
You can install Kodi from F-Droid (package org.xbmc.kodi) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: 21.3-Omega).
Is Kodi still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Mar 29, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.