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title: "Aves Gallery — A Privacy-First Photo Gallery App for Android"
language: en
topics: ["Freedom", "android", "smartphone"]
full_article_url: https://willem.com/en/2025-08-19_android-photo-library-app/
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# Aves Gallery — A Privacy-First Photo Gallery App for Android

*No cloud, no Google Photos dependency — a local-first gallery that just works.*

> If you're running Android without Google services, you need a photo gallery that works locally. Aves Gallery is the answer: fast, beautiful, and completely independent of any cloud service.

When you go Google-free on Android, the built-in gallery app stops working properly — it's designed around Google Photos cloud sync. **Aves Gallery** fills that gap perfectly.



It's open-source, fast, and handles large photo libraries without hesitation. It supports folders, albums, metadata viewing, and video playback. Most importantly: it never phones home. Your photos stay on your device.

Willem discovered Aves Gallery while setting up his degoogled Android phone and it became an essential part of his [Android without Google](https://willem.com/en/android-without-google-smartphones-on-your-own-terms/) toolkit.