Android browser & downloader. Save video, audio, and images from any site. Built on GeckoView with uBlock Origin ad-blocking. No telemetry, no Play Store, no accounts.
- Downloads video, audio, and images from YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, X, Facebook, Vimeo, and most websites
- 4K downloads and background YouTube playback, no Premium needed
- Convert to MP3, AAC, or GIF
- uBlock Origin ad blocking, configured out of the box
- Private Vault — PIN/biometric-locked storage for sensitive files
- GeckoView-based, not Chromium
- No accounts, no ads, no telemetry
- GitHub Releases — signed APKs with changelogs
- Direct download from the website
- F-Droid — add the official repo
https://firedown.app/fdroid/repoin your F-Droid client for automatic updates - Zapstore
- Obtainium — add repo
https://github.com/solarizeddev/firedown
Not on the Play Store, and not in the main F-Droid repository — use the self-hosted F-Droid repo above.
git clone https://github.com/solarizeddev/firedown.git
cd firedown
./gradlew assembleReleaseRequires JDK 17 and the Android SDK 37 platform (compile-only; the app targets
SDK 36 and runs on Android 8.0+). Resulting APK in
app/build/outputs/apk/release/ is unsigned.
The patched GeckoView AAR and the custom FFmpeg libraries are not built here —
they are fetched on the first Gradle sync from the pinned GitHub Releases of
firedown-geckoview and
firedown-ffmpeg (private, so
run gh auth login once). See docs/NEW-MACHINE.md.
Firedown's own code is MIT-licensed. See LICENSE.
Bundled or linked third-party components:
- GeckoView — MPL-2.0
- uBlock Origin — GPL-3.0
- FFmpeg — LGPL-2.1+, custom build at firedown-ffmpeg
The combined APK is effectively GPL-3.0 due to bundled uBlock Origin. See NOTICE.
Firedown is free and has no ads, accounts, or telemetry. If you'd like to support development:
- ⚡ Lightning at firedown.app/donate
Developed with AI-assisted code review.