NOVA Video Player
NOVA Video Player is a free, open-source video player for Android. Video player for local/network content with subtitle/metadata download support. It has 4,720 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
About NOVA Video Player
Nova is an opeN sOurce Video plAyer designed for tablets, phones and AndroidTV devices.available at Universal player: - Play videos from your computer, server (FTP, SFTP, WebDAV), NAS (SMB, UPnP) - Play videos from external USB storage - Videos from all sources integrated in a unified multimedia collection - Automatic online retrieval of movie and TV show descriptions with posters and backdrops - Integrated subtitle download Best player: - Hardware accelerated video decoding for most devices and video formats - Multi-audio tracks and mutli-subtitles support - Supported file formats: MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, etc. - Supported subtitle file types: SRT, SUB, ASS, SMI, etc.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds NOVA Video Player from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
- Relies on a non-free network service
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is NOVA Video Player?
NOVA Video Player is a free, open-source video player for Android. Video player for local/network content with subtitle/metadata download support. It has 4,720 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is NOVA Video Player free and open source?
Yes. NOVA Video Player's source code is public on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid flags these anti-features on its latest build: relies on a non-free network service.
How do I install NOVA Video Player?
You can install NOVA Video Player from F-Droid (package org.courville.nova) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v6.5.3).
Is NOVA Video Player still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 20, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on May 24, 2025. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.