Open-source alternative to Zedge — wallpapers, video wallpapers, ringtones, and sounds for Android. YouTube integration, yt-dlp powered.
- Quality-ranked sounds — ringtones, notifications, and alarms are re-ranked for cleaner intros, better duration, and clearer source trust.
- Video wallpapers from multiple sources — browse Reddit, Pexels, Pixabay, and YouTube with loop/battery/fit hints, preview, crop, and apply.
- 20+ content sources — Wallhaven, Bing, Pexels, Pixabay, Reddit, YouTube, Freesound, Openverse, Audius, ccMixter, SoundCloud, and community uploads.
- Instant startup — Discover feed is cached locally. On subsequent launches wallpapers appear immediately while fresh results load in the background.
- 5 bottom nav tabs — Wallpapers, Videos, Sounds, Favorites, Settings.
git clone https://github.com/SysAdminDoc/Aura.git
cd AuraOpen in Android Studio and run. Everything works out of the box.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| HD/4K Wallpapers | Discover feed from Wallhaven, Pexels, Pixabay, Bing & Reddit |
| Wallpaper Quality Filters | Discover chips for For You, AMOLED, 4K+, Portrait, and Icon Safe with curated ranking |
| Video Wallpapers | Browse YouTube video wallpapers with ExoPlayer auto-preview |
| Video Quality Hints | Loop-safe, low-battery, and phone-fit filters plus per-card motion hints |
| Video Crop Editor | Convert landscape videos to portrait with draggable 9:16 crop overlay |
| Parallax Wallpapers | ML Kit depth segmentation for layered tilt-responsive live wallpapers |
| Weather Wallpapers | Live weather effects overlay on wallpapers |
| YouTube Sounds | Search YouTube for ringtones, notifications, alarms — powered by yt-dlp |
| Freesound + Openverse | CC-licensed audio from Freesound v2 (primary) and Openverse (fallback, including Jamendo/Wikimedia results) |
| Audius | Public streamable tracks for ringtone/music discovery without setup |
| ccMixter | Direct Creative Commons audio catalog for ringtone-ready tracks |
| SoundCloud | CC-licensed tracks with optional client_id |
| Community Uploads | Upload and share sounds via Firebase Storage |
| Sound Source Badges | Color-coded source indicators on every sound card |
| Sound Quality Filters | Best, Clean, Short, Calm, and Punchy filters with intent-aware badges |
| Real-Time Waveform | Mini waveform on each sound card tracks actual playback position |
| Configurable Search | Customize YouTube search queries and blocked words per sound tab |
| Ringtones & Sounds | Tab-based browsing: Ringtones (8-30s), Notifications (0-5s), Alarms (5-40s) |
| Sound Editor | Waveform trim, fade in/out, normalize, format convert (MP3/OGG/WAV/FLAC/M4A) |
| Wallpaper Editor | Brightness, contrast, saturation, blur with 6 filter presets |
| Crop & Position | Pinch-zoom with aspect ratio presets (9:16, 16:9, 1:1) |
| Collections | Organize wallpapers into named folders with 2x2 cover previews |
| Home Widget | Glance-based widget for quick shuffle with error feedback |
| Auto Wallpaper | Rotation schedule + source selection including favorites |
| Shuffle FAB | One-tap random wallpaper from current tab |
| Per-Contact Ringtones | Assign custom ringtones to individual contacts |
| Dual Wallpapers | Coordinated home + lock screen wallpaper pairs |
| Favorites Export | JSON export/import with full metadata via Android SAF |
| Community Voting | Upvote/downvote wallpapers and sounds via Firebase |
| OLED Dark Theme | Deep blacks, zero burn-in, Material 3 |
| Source | Content | Auth |
|---|---|---|
| Wallhaven | 1M+ HD/4K wallpapers | None (optional key for NSFW) |
| Pexels | Curated HD photos + videos | Built-in key |
| Pixabay | Editor's choice photos + videos | Built-in key |
| 7 wallpaper + 4 video subreddits | None | |
| YouTube | Video wallpapers + sounds via NewPipe + yt-dlp | None |
| Freesound | CC-licensed sound effects (v2 API) | Built-in key |
| Openverse | CC-licensed audio fallback including Jamendo/Wikimedia providers | None |
| Audius | Public streamable music tracks | None |
| ccMixter | Creative Commons audio catalog | None |
| SoundCloud | CC-licensed tracks | Optional key |
| Firebase | Community uploads + voting | Built-in |
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, YouTube, Openverse, Freesound,
Audius, ccMixter, SoundCloud, 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 v9 (Favorites, Downloads, Search History, Wallpaper Cache,
Wallpaper History, Collections)
DataStore (Settings, Onboarding)
Firebase RTDB (Community Voting + Uploads + Admin Moderation)
| Component | Library |
|---|---|
| UI | Jetpack Compose + Material 3 |
| DI | Hilt 2.53.1 |
| Database | Room 2.6.1 |
| Network | Retrofit 2.11.0 + OkHttp |
| JSON | Moshi + KSP codegen |
| Images | Coil 2.7.0 |
| Audio/Video | Media3 ExoPlayer |
| ML | ML Kit Selfie Segmentation |
| YouTube Search | NewPipe Extractor |
| YouTube Streams | yt-dlp (youtubedl-android 0.18.1) |
| Scheduling | WorkManager 2.10.0 |
| Widget | Glance 1.1.1 |
| Min SDK | 26 (Android 8.0) |
| Target SDK | 35 (Android 15) |
| Kotlin | 2.1.0 |
Requires JDK 17+ and Android SDK 35. Android Studio Ladybug (2024.2.1) or later recommended.
./gradlew assembleDebug # use gradlew.bat on Windows
./gradlew assembleRelease # requires signing configAlways use the included Gradle wrapper. It pins Gradle 8.12 which is required by AGP 8.7.3.
Issues and PRs welcome. Please follow existing code style (Kotlin, Compose, Hilt patterns).
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.