SmartScan
SmartScan is a free, open-source photo and gallery app for Android. Turn your images and videos into a personal knowledge base. It has 500 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
github.com/smartscanapp/smartscan-android (opens in a new tab)
- Android
- Jetpack Compose
- Photos, gallery & camera
- Actively maintained
About SmartScan
Turn your images and videos into a personal knowledge base. Search, organise, and rediscover the media you've saved, with automatic collections and concepts that help you find information you might otherwise forget. Search Find images and videos using text or image search Search by tags or tag + text queries Search from other apps using share or intent Paste images directly into the search bar Automatic Collections Automatically group visually similar media into collections Browse related photos and videos without manually organising them Concepts Organise media by meaning, not just appearance Create concepts around topics or ideas and automatically find matching media using descriptions…
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds SmartScan 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 SmartScan?
SmartScan is a free, open-source photo and gallery app for Android. Turn your images and videos into a personal knowledge base. It has 500 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is SmartScan free and open source?
Yes. SmartScan'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 SmartScan?
You can install SmartScan from F-Droid (package com.fpf.smartscan); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v2.0.1).
Is SmartScan still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Aug 27, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Aug 29, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.