UI for the Recoll fulltext search engine.
About this app
RecollDroid is an Android front end to the Recoll full text search engine typically used to index all of your desktop/server files. For more information on Recoll, see https://www.recoll.org
RecollDroid consists of an andriod ui and a thin server layer providing a RestAPI interface to the Recoll software. It uses Recoll's python API and supports multiple users securely via basic auth over https.
The server layer makes use of FastAPI to provide the restful endpoints for the UI. It contains no authentication code itself but depends on a proxying layer to ensure only validated users can connect. The supported setup is to use the Nginx reverse proxy to perform basic auth together with the unit app server to host the recoll rest api.
Licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later.
What's New in v1.1
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
Version history
Nov 25, 2024 · 14.1 MB · Android API 26–34 · code 2
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 6baf6691b61d849252abd72cafb24f4630e2b3a11b9df5f9bb9f9b1b8f5f47b7
Nov 12, 2024 · 13.6 MB · Android API 26–34 · code 1
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 5a4083566d2cfaa0cc0c5c6cde19ae769c4ca232d16a2c8f67c3d72a4af98287
Will it run on your device?
87%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- Multiple CPU architectures are covered.
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.
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