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About this app
Aves can handle all sorts of images and videos, including your typical JPEGs and MP4s, but also more exotic things like multi-page TIFFs, SVGs, old AVIs and more! It scans your media collection to identify motion photos, panoramas (aka photo spheres), 360° videos, as well as GeoTIFF files.
Navigation and search is an important part of Aves. The goal is for users to easily flow from albums to photos to tags to maps, etc.
Aves integrates with Android (including Android TV) with features such as widgets, app shortcuts, screen saver and global search handling. It also works as a media viewer and picker.
Licensed under BSD-3-Clause, by Thibault Deckers.
What's New in v1.14.8
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
Version history
Jun 26, 2026 · 62.1 MB · Android API 24–36 · code 17204
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 0900fa2e176d6676da886e9a3816ff5b43d675c7039b1e286aba8ee3d4695d41
Jun 26, 2026 · 57.1 MB · Android API 24–36 · code 17202
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 d9da4dede9e3a8cf1a19a8520bd0b252d1ade25ac800bfae3f8d7a9016f10fc9
Jun 26, 2026 · 53 MB · Android API 24–36 · code 17201
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- In v1.14.8:
- - find and play with your slow motion videos
- - enjoy the app in Kurdish (Kurmanji)
- Full changelog available on GitHub
SHA-256 92e518bd7cc2737e1767c2b944e1b28e2a6df5c65184de8fec942a668c9bfa91
Will it run on your device?
92%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- Multiple CPU architectures are covered.
- Aligned with the latest Android target SDK expectations.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
How to install this safely
How to verify the file you downloaded
Before you install anything, confirm the file is the one described here. On a computer, run shasum -a 256 your-download.apk (macOS or Linux) or certutil -hashfile your-download.apk SHA256 (Windows), then compare the output character-for-character with the SHA-256 on this page. If a single character differs, the file is not the build we recorded — delete it.
What the signing certificate proves
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How to roll back to an earlier version
If the current release misbehaves, 1.14.8 is the last build before it. Android will not install an older version code over a newer one, so you must uninstall Aves Libre first — which clears its local data unless you have a backup. Reinstall the older APK only if its signing fingerprint matches the build you already trust, and check the API range: an older release may target an Android version your device has moved past.
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Source code
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App Information
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SHA-256 Hash
0900fa2e176d6676da886e9a3816ff5b43d675c7039b1e286aba8ee3d4695d41
Signing certificate
e4378c86e5df4c401b0c9c4ca800d335c8b0750467eae61386a803089ee9972e
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