Translations are now handled using Weblate! See #translate for more details
A free and open source camera app for Android written in Flutter and Dart licensed under the GPLv3
- About Libre Camera
- Roadmap
- Contributing
- Packages used
- License
You can download Libre Camera on F-Droid by tapping on the badge below. Alternatively, download and install the apk directly from the GitHub releases page. Downloading directly from the GitHub releases page will likely download a more recent version (if a new version was published recently) – notice though that the F-Droid and the GitHub versions aren't compatible with one another. You will need to reinstall the app; make sure you remember your settings.
- Take pictures and record videos with your rear and front camera
- Privacy: No EXIF metadata saved by default when taking pictures (enable optionally in settings) – without ads, tracking, or unnecessary permissions
- Themes: Material Design with a Dark, Light or system theme
- Multiple languages supported – Contribute translating your language!
- Zoom: Zoom with 2 fingers or with an optional slider
- Timer/Delay: Select a photo capture timer to get ready for your photo
- Flashlight modes: On at capture, Off, Auto, Always on
- Focus: Auto focus, locked focus and manual focus by touching the screen
- Exposure: Auto exposure, locked exposure and manual exposure with an optional slider
- Image compression: Set the compression amount in the settings
- Formats: Switch between 3 camera formats (JPEG, PNG, WebP)
- Resolutions: Switch between different camera resolutions
- Save location: Choose your preferred save location
- Small size (~21 MB)
- Customizable: Open the settings to customize the app to your liking!
- More supported languages (See #translate below)
- Your features
- Flutter issue: Flip camera while recording
- Flutter issue: Allow custom resolution and aspect ratio (Fix #21)
- Flutter issue: Set custom frame rate and bit rate (Fix #21)
- Flutter issue: Switch between multiple cameras (Fix #18)
- Flutter issue: Manual focus distance (Fix #3)
- Feature: Add integrated QR-Scanner (Fix #32)
- Feature: Add "photo capture at phone volume button press" as an option in settings
- Theme: Add a black Dark mode for AMOLED screens
- Settings: Add a search bar for the settings page
- Weblate integration
- Check tablet support
- (Included in version 1.3.0) Feature: Add photo capture delay option
- (Included in version 1.3.0) Feature: Add a capture sound as an option in settings
These are the ways you can contribute to Libre Camera:
Translating guide: Translations are now handled using Weblate! To use Weblate, log into your Weblate account and choose one of the 2 components you want to translate: Either the app itself or the F-Droid metadata. Now, select the language you want to translate or add a new language. You will see a list of different strings to choose from; untranslated and unfinished strings will probably be of most interest to you. And finally: Have fun translating!
Before using Weblate you had to translate Libre Camera manually via pull requests. Thank you @Loughty, @zehrique, @vladkorotnev, @metezd, @ZiTAL and @melentan!
Open an issue on GitHub: Open issue
Remember to check for duplicates and try to give important information such as the app version, Android version, etc.
Feel free to send in a pull request! To get started with Flutter, follow this link: https://docs.flutter.dev/get-started/install
- Clone this repository
- Switch to the project's directory and run
flutter pub getto get all necessary packages. To test the app, run the project in debug mode by selecting an Android device or emulator in your preferred Flutter IDE and running the app in debug mode - To build the final app, run the following command in your terminal:
flutter build apk– the output apk will be generated atlibrecamera/build/app/outputs/apk/release/. If you'd like to get multiple apks by splitting them into different platforms (results in smaller sizes) useflutter build apk --split-per-abi. Run the app by installing the apk on an Android device or emulator
The packages used for this app, also listed in the pubspec.yaml file. See their respective licenses.
- camera: Used for camera functionality
- device_info_plus: Used for getting Android version to adapt behaviour
- file_picker: Used for picking the save path
- flutter: Used for Flutter SDK
- flutter_image_compress: Used for image compression and EXIF metadata removal
- flutter_localizations: Used for localization
- image: Used for the ability to flip captured photos horizontally
- intl: Used for localization
- native_device_orientation: Used for automatic orientation based on the phones sensor
- path: Used for looking up files and directories
- permission_handler: Used for handling permissions
- provider: Used for state management, specifically localization and theme support
- screen_brightness: Used for maximum screen brightness option
- shared_preferences: Used for saving app data, including settings
- smooth_page_indicator: Used for the page indicator in the onboarding screen
- url_launcher: Used for opening the GitHub repository link inside the About menu
- video_thumbnail: Used for displaying a captured video inside the thumbnail
- wakelock: Used for keeping the display always on
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 3. For details, see LICENSE