# PlainApp (open-source video player)

> PlainApp is a free, open-source video player for Android. Manage your phone on the web! Access files, contacts, videos, music & more. It has 6,841 GitHub stars and is released under the AGPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

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…

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/plainhub/plain-app |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 6,841 |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/com.ismartcoding.plain/ (package com.ismartcoding.plain) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ismartcoding.plain |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://plainapp.app |
| Official | no |
| Category | Video players |
| Latest release | v3.3.25 (Sep 11, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

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

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