Vector Camera
Vector Camera is a free, open-source photo and gallery app for Android. Wireframe, text, and color effects for your camera. It has 160 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
About Vector Camera
Vector Camera displays real-time effects applied to what your camera is pointing at. Effects include wireframes and outlines, color shifting, and rendering with text characters. Take pictures and record videos, change their effects, and export or share them. You can also apply the effects to your existing pictures and videos.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Vector Camera 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 Vector Camera?
Vector Camera is a free, open-source photo and gallery app for Android. Wireframe, text, and color effects for your camera. It has 160 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is Vector Camera free and open source?
Yes. Vector Camera'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 Vector Camera?
You can install Vector Camera from F-Droid (package com.dozingcatsoftware.vectorcamera) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v2.0.0).
Is Vector Camera still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 18, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Sep 5, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.