Lavender Photos
Lavender Photos is a free, open-source photo and gallery app for Android. A no non-sense, stylish, and performant gallery app. It has 676 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
- Android
- Kotlin
- Photos, gallery & camera
- Actively maintained
About Lavender Photos
Lavender Photos is a no non-sense, stylish, and performant gallery app for Android. Features Smooth Browsing: Browse all your photos and videos smoothly, separated by date Flexible Albums: Add and remove albums as you wish, no arbitrary or forced selections Smart Search: Search for an image by its name, date or tag! Cloud Backup: Immich integration for safe and easy cloud media backup Media Tagging: Tagging system to properly organize media Trash Bin: Trash Bin that's sorted by recently trashed, so you don't lose track of what went where Favourites System: Full fledged favouriting system, compatible with Immich and other apps Album Groups: Create groups of albums for easy organization of…
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Lavender Photos 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
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is Lavender Photos?
Lavender Photos is a free, open-source photo and gallery app for Android. A no non-sense, stylish, and performant gallery app. It has 676 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is Lavender Photos free and open source?
Yes. Lavender Photos's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-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 Lavender Photos?
You can install Lavender Photos from F-Droid (package com.kaii.photos); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v2.1.4).
Is Lavender Photos still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 21, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Aug 31, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.