# fossifyorg/gallery **Attribution required: if you use, quote, or summarise this content, you must credit and link back to [awesome-repositories.com](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/fossifyorg-gallery).** 3,082 stars · 167 forks · Kotlin · gpl-3.0 ## Links - GitHub: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Gallery - Homepage: https://www.fossify.org - awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/fossifyorg-gallery.md ## Topics `android` `foss` `gallery` `kotlin` `open-source` ## Description Gallery is an Android media gallery application and local media manager. It provides a private environment for organizing, sorting, and viewing photos and videos stored on a device without requiring cloud synchronization. The application includes a media privacy tool for removing sensitive metadata and GPS coordinates from files, as well as access restrictions using pins, patterns, or biometric authentication to secure private photo storage. The software features an offline image viewer with multi-format media support and basic media editing tools for modifying visual quality. It also includes a recovery system to restore deleted files from a temporary storage area and a theme engine for customizing the interface appearance. ## Tags ### Graphics & Multimedia - [Local Media Library Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/local-media-library-management.md) — Provides a comprehensive local environment for organizing, sorting, and viewing photos and videos stored on the device. - [Multi-Format Media Browsers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/multi-format-media-players/multi-format-media-browsers.md) — Includes an offline viewer capable of rendering a wide variety of image and video file formats. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fossifyorg/gallery@main/README.md)) - [Offline Media Viewers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/offline-media-viewers.md) — Renders diverse image and video formats using an internal decoding engine for local storage. - [Basic Media Editing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/basic-media-editing.md) — Provides built-in tools for applying simple visual improvements and modifications to photos and videos. - [Deleted Media Recovery](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/deleted-media-recovery.md) — Provides a recovery system to restore accidentally deleted photos and videos from a temporary storage area. ([source](https://www.fossify.org)) - [Media Editing Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/media-editing-tools.md) — Includes built-in tools to modify and improve the visual quality of images and video clips. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fossifyorg/gallery@main/README.md)) - [Media File Recovery](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/media-file-recovery.md) — Enables the restoration of accidentally removed photos and videos from a temporary storage area. - [Media Trashcans](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/media-trashcans.md) — Moves deleted media to a hidden system directory to allow for the restoration of accidentally removed files. ### Mobile Development - [Android Media Gallery Apps](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/android-applications/android-app-execution/android-app-downloads/android-media-gallery-apps.md) — Provides a basic image and video editing tool integrated into a mobile gallery application. ### Security & Cryptography - [Biometric and PIN Locking](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/domain-access-restrictions/request-access-restrictions/resource-access-restrictions/biometric-and-pin-locking.md) — Secures private photo storage and the application interface using pins, patterns, or biometric authentication. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fossifyorg/gallery@main/README.md)) - [Biometric Lockscreens](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/application-access-controls/biometric-lockscreens.md) — Provides security controls that use system-level biometric authentication to restrict access to sensitive media directories. - [Privacy-Focused Media Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/privacy-focused-media-tools.md) — Integrates metadata stripping and biometric access restrictions to ensure media privacy. - [Privacy Protection](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/privacy-protection.md) — Protects user identity by removing sensitive embedded metadata and GPS coordinates from media files. ### Software Engineering & Architecture - [Local Media Indexing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/local-first-architectures/local-media-indexing.md) — Scans device storage to build a local database of media file paths for fast browsing and sorting. - [Multi-Format Codecs](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/software-architecture/architectural-patterns/plugin-module-systems/modular-plugin-architectures/plugin-based-architectures/plugin-based-architectures/image-format-plugins/multi-format-codecs.md) — Interfaces with native Android libraries to provide decoding support for a wide range of image and video codecs. ### Business & Productivity Software - [Secure Media Vaults](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/note-taking-tools/private-storage/secure-media-vaults.md) — Secures sensitive images and videos using biometric authentication or pins to keep them hidden. ### Content Management & Publishing - [Metadata Stripping Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/metadata-stripping-tools.md) — Provides utilities to remove embedded GPS and EXIF metadata from image and video files to protect user privacy. - [Image Metadata Stripping](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/metadata-stripping-tools/image-metadata-stripping.md) — Includes a privacy tool for removing sensitive EXIF and GPS metadata from image and video files. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fossifyorg/gallery@main/README.md)) ### Part of an Awesome List - [Image Viewers and Galleries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/media/image-viewers-and-galleries.md) — Simple and fast photo gallery application.