Libre Radio is a free (as in freedom), ad-free and tracker-free internet radio player for Android, Android Auto, Android TV and Android Automotive.
It is a fork of Open Radio by Yurii Chernyshov, licensed under Apache 2.0.
The original repository (ChernyshovYuriy/OpenRadio) was deleted in 2024 after the Google Play listing
passed to a different publisher, which added ads and paid purchases. This fork starts from the last
author's commit (January 28, 2024), recovered via Software Heritage
and jukofyork/OpenRadio.
Libre Radio is not affiliated with or endorsed by the author of Open Radio or the current publisher
of "Open Radio" on Google Play. It uses its own application ID (io.github.solomag.libreradio)
and can be installed alongside Open Radio.
- Renamed to Libre Radio with application ID
io.github.solomag.libreradio. - Removed Firebase entirely: Analytics, Crashlytics, Auth and Firestore. No data is sent to Google by the app itself.
- Removed the "Featured" list and Cloud Storage, which depended on the original author's Firebase project (shut down). Use File Storage (export / import of Favorites) instead.
- Builds without
sign.properties(debug key for debug builds, unsigned release).
All builds share the application ID, so only one of them can be installed on a device.
| APK | For | Android | UI |
|---|---|---|---|
LibreRadio-<version>.apk |
Phones, tablets, Android car head units on Android 7+ | 7.0+ (API 24) | Jetpack Compose, Material 3 |
LibreRadio-<version>-legacy.apk |
Old phones and old Android car head units (the common Chinese ones on Android 4.4–6) | 4.2+ (API 17) | Classic |
LibreRadioTV-<version>.apk |
Android TV boxes and TVs | 5.0+ (API 21) | TV |
LibreRadioAutomotive-<version>.apk |
Cars with Android Automotive OS built in (not head units) | 9+ (API 28) | Car |
- Android Auto (a phone projected to the car screen) needs no separate APK: the phone app supports it.
- Aftermarket Android head units are ordinary Android tablets: use the phone APK that fits their Android version. The Automotive APK does not install on them.
modernandlegacyare Gradle product flavors of the same code; the legacy one keeps libraries at the last versions that support API 17. The TV app is built onlegacy, the Automotive app onmodern.
git clone https://github.com/Solomag/LibreRadio
cd LibreRadio
./gradlew :app:assembleModernDebug # or :app:assembleLegacyDebug
Issues and suggestions: https://github.com/Solomag/LibreRadio/issues
The text below is the original project's README, kept for reference.
- Open Radio is the project which is use media framework of Android to provide live streaming of the world wide Radio Stations. Open Radio supported on Mobile, Android Auto, Android TV and Android Automotive.
- This project is use Community Radio Browser's API and Web Radio - services that provide a list of radio stations broadcasting their live stream on the Internet.
- Playlist parser is provided by William Seemann
- Playback powered by Exo Player
- Android requirements : Android 4.2 (API level 17) (new APIs for implementing audio playback that is compatible with Auto) or newer.
- INTERNET - To access internet connection.
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE - To monitor Internet connection state, detect connect and reconnect states.
- WAKE_LOCK - To keep screen on while playing Radio Station.
- ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION - On user's demand only - to select Country for user based on Location. This helps to navigate local Radio Stations.
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (Android 12 and older), READ_MEDIA_IMAGES (Android 13 and newer, on user's demand only) to read image from phone's memory when set it as image for Local Radio Station.
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE - To keep service active while playing stream.
- BLUETOOTH, BLUETOOTH_ADMIN, BLUETOOTH_CONNECT - On user's demand only - to handle connection with a Bluetooth device.
- RECORD_AUDIO - On user's demand only - to use voice search engine on Android TV.
- Google Play - this application is suitable now for the Android Media Browser simulator as well as for the Android Auto.
Application is fully compatible with vehicle's system.
In order to run application just like it does on vehicle it is necessary to install Android Auto for Mobile.
Enjoy!