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Phylax
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Viewer for Frigate NVR with smart URL switching and notifications
Opens the official F-Droid page
About Phylax
Phylax is an Android viewer for the self-hosted Frigate NVR . Unofficial and not affiliated with the Frigate project.
* Auto URL switching between internal (LAN) and external Frigate based on Wi-Fi SSID.
* Background notifications with snapshot thumbnails. Alerts open the Review timeline; detections open the Explore view.
* Per-camera, per-zone and severity filters. One notification per tracked event.
* CPU and GPU badges in the top bar. Tap for RAM, uptime, per-detector inference and per-camera FPS.
* Connection status dialog with a live latency graph.
* mTLS client certificate support.
* Two-way talk on doorbell and intercom cameras.
* Clip and snapshot downloads.
* Reliable on Android 14+ with SPECIAL_USE foreground service, wake locks and a WorkManager watchdog.
No analytics, no cloud, no account. Credentials kept in encrypted local storage.
Compatible with Frigate 0.12+ for notifications, 0.13 to 0.17 for stats.
What's new in 2.13
* Turning on notifications now asks for the permissions it needs one at a time, instead of stacking dialogs on top of each other * Alert notifications come back on their own after the app updates, not only after a reboot * The background health check that restarts a dropped listener can no longer be refused by Android * Frigate served under a base path, for example /frigate, now loads * The reliability settings show whether alarms and reminders are granted, and the Do Not Disturb row opens the s
How to install Phylax
- Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
- Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
- If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
- Open Phylax from your app drawer.





