ReFra is a modern, open-source media gallery for Android built with Jetpack Compose. It refracts how you browse, organize, and experience your photos and videos — with AI-powered categories, panorama viewing, motion photo playback, video casting, and a fully customizable Material 3 interface.
Features
• Media Timeline with date-grouped photos and videos
• Grid and mosaic layout modes
• Smooth scrolling with optimized thumbnail loading
• Smart grouping for RAW+JPG pairs, burst shots, and edited copies
• 360° Panorama & Photosphere Viewer
• OpenGL-powered spherical and cylindrical projections
• Touch and gyroscope navigation with compass overlay
• Motion Photo Playback
• Detects Google Motion Photos, Samsung Live Photos, and Micro Videos
• Interactive filmstrip scrubber with haptic feedback
• FCast Video Casting
• Cast videos and images to devices on your local network
• mDNS device discovery with remote playback controls
• AI-Powered Categories & Search
• On-device CLIP-based image classification with customizable categories
• Natural language search and image-to-image similarity search
• Optional AI model downloads — not bundled, installed on demand
• Location Map Viewer
• Interactive MapLibre map with clustered photo markers
• Browse geotagged media by location
• Smart Search with Discovery
• Carousels for categories, locations, media types, camera models
• Special mode filters: night shots, long exposures, panoramas
• Custom Color Palettes
• Pick from wallpaper-derived or preset color schemes
• Live preview with full Material 3 theme generation
• Albums with Groups, Collections, and Merge by Name
• Multi-Select with configurable action sheet and right-align option
• Sortable and pinnable albums
• Encrypted Vault with gate authentication, custom passwords, and biometric unlock
• Built-in Photo Editor with markup, crop, filters, and edit backups
• Custom Video Player powered by Media3 ExoPlayer with frame-accurate seeking
• Auto-contrast viewer enhancement (Beta)
• Full EXIF and metadata viewer
• Google Sans typography and modern Material 3 design
• Open Source (Apache-2.0) with active development
