Open-source alternative to Zedge — wallpapers, video wallpapers, ringtones, and sounds for Android. YouTube integration, yt-dlp powered.

Aura is built as a local-first tool rather than an ad-and-credit marketplace:

• Quality-ranked YouTube sounds — ringtones, notifications, and alarms use intent-specific YouTube searches with tight duration windows and cleaner result filtering.
• Reddit-first discovery — mobile wallpaper and motion communities lead the home feeds, with real cached Atom cursor pagination instead of a fixed recent slice.
• Video wallpapers from multiple sources — browse Reddit live wallpapers/cinemagraphs first, followed by YouTube, Pixabay, and Pexels; import local videos/GIFs, then tune loop, crop, Fill, or Fit before applying.
• Multi-source personalization — Reddit RSS, Wallhaven, Bing, Pexels, Pixabay, YouTube, legacy Freesound attributions, and community uploads.
• Instant startup — Discover feed is cached locally. On subsequent launches wallpapers appear immediately while fresh results load in the background.
• Performance proof path — Baseline Profile and Macrobenchmark tests cover startup, Wallpaper Detail, and the main media grids on a physical-device runner.
• 5 bottom nav tabs — Wallpapers, Videos, Sounds, Favorites, Settings.

Download the signed universal APK and SHA256SUMS.txt from the same GitHub Release. Obtainium users should select the asset named Aura-vX.Y.Z-versionCode-N-universal-release.apk; do not install debug or third-party re-signed builds.

Verify the download, then install or update it with ADB:

Get-FileHash .\Aura-vX.Y.Z-versionCode-N-universal-release.apk -Algorithm SHA256
adb install --user 0 -r .\Aura-vX.Y.Z-versionCode-N-universal-release.apk

Compare the printed digest with SHA256SUMS.txt before installing. The -r update keeps app data only when the installed app and new APK use the same signing certificate. If Android reports a signature mismatch, obtain the official matching Aura build; uninstalling would erase local app data.

Android's developer-verification rollout begins on September 30, 2026 for participating stores in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand, then expands globally in 2027. Unregistered APKs remain installable through ADB. Android is also launching a one-time advanced flow in August 2026 for power users who enable developer mode, acknowledge the security warnings, and complete its 24-hour waiting period. Follow the on-device advanced flow when the normal package installer declines an unregistered APK; the wait does not apply to ADB. See Android's verification FAQ and Aura's verification decision record.

git clone https://github.com/SysAdminDoc/Aura.git
cd Aura

Open in Android Studio and run. Core browsing works out of the box; optional provider keys can be added later in Settings or local.properties.

YouTube extraction works without account credentials. For networks where YouTube requires proof-of-origin tokens, Settings > Sounds > YouTube PO token provider accepts the credential-free HTTPS base URL of a self-hosted bgutil provider. Aura ships its hash-pinned yt-dlp plugin but sends attestation data only after this optional URL is configured; see yt-dlp's PO Token Guide.

Aura has no ads, no subscription, and no cross-app tracking. The public privacy policy is tracked at docs/privacy/privacy-policy.md; the same link is available in Settings > About > Privacy policy.

Aura exposes two optional broadcast actions for Tasker, MacroDroid, adb, and Termux users:

com.freevibe.action.ROTATE_NOW
com.freevibe.action.SHUFFLE_NOW

Enable them in Settings > Wallpaper rotation > External automation before sending broadcasts. Aura ignores external broadcasts by default, accepts at most one every 30 seconds, and records the last action plus the optional com.freevibe.extra.CALLER_PACKAGE diagnostic extra in Settings > Diagnostics. Broadcasts only enqueue the existing rotation worker, so charging, Wi-Fi, idle, battery, Doze, and WorkManager quota can still delay the wallpaper change. The same one-shot path powers the optional Next wallpaper Quick Settings tile. Add it from Android's tile editor; its active state mirrors automatic rotation, while tapping it still queues one wallpaper change when scheduling is off.

Jetpack Compose UI (16+ screens, 5 bottom nav tabs)
  Wallpapers | Videos | Sounds | Favorites | Settings
  Editors | Collections | Downloads | Onboarding | Widget
ViewModels (Hilt) + Cache Layer
  Repos: Wallhaven, Pexels, Pixabay, Bing, Reddit RSS, YouTube, Freesound legacy,
         Collections
  Services: WallpaperApplier, SoundApplier, VideoWallpaperService,
            ParallaxWallpaperService, WeatherWallpaperService, DualWallpaperService,
            DownloadManager, AudioTrimmer, BatchDownload,
            ContactRingtone, FavoritesExporter, OfflineFavorites
  YouTube: NewPipe Extractor (search) + yt-dlp (stream extraction + FFmpeg crop)
Room DB v14 (Favorites, Downloads, Search History, Wallpaper Cache,
            Wallpaper History, Collections)
DataStore (Settings, Onboarding)
Firebase RTDB (Community Voting + Uploads + Admin Moderation)

Requires JDK 17+ and Android SDK 35. Android Studio Ladybug (2024.2.1) or later recommended.

./gradlew assembleDebug      # use gradlew.bat on Windows
./gradlew testDebugUnitTest
./gradlew lintDebug
./gradlew assembleFullRelease bundleFullRelease  # requires signing config

Always use the included Gradle wrapper. It pins Gradle 8.12 which is required by AGP 8.7.3.

Run debug build, unit tests, lint, signed APK/AAB dry runs, checksum checks, and release metadata guards locally before publishing. Debug builds include Android pseudolocales; the route screenshot gate covers compact English XA and Arabic XB RTL fixtures before real translation packs are added.

Copy local.properties.example to local.properties for local SDK, optional API keys, and release signing values. Public releases are built locally as signed, non-debuggable APK/AAB artifacts, verified with apksigner, checked against SHA256SUMS.txt, and uploaded to GitHub Releases for GitHub/Obtainium users. See release signing docs, the distribution channel strategy, alternative-store disclosures, release metadata consistency, SBOM readiness, store asset planning, Android developer verification prep, and supply-chain verification.

To verify the FOSS release lane reproducibly, start from a clean checkout and run:

python tools\foss_reproducibility_check.py --build-twice --output-dir build\reproducibility

The check copies only Git-tracked inputs into two isolated source roots, fixes the build epoch, disables release signing, serializes R8, and requires matching raw and signature-stripped archive evidence. The resulting APKs are verification artifacts, not public install packages. Existing independently built APKs can be compared with --first-apk <path> --second-apk <path>.

Issues and PRs welcome. Please follow existing code style (Kotlin, Compose, Hilt patterns). For crashes or ANRs, use Settings > Diagnostics > Crash diagnostics bundle and paste it into the crash report template; see crash diagnostics. For community identity deletion requests, use Settings > Community identity and the private request flow in community account deletion requests.

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Content from third-party sources retains its original license. YouTube content is accessed via NewPipe Extractor and yt-dlp under their respective open-source licenses.