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Nextcloud Photo Widget

Home screen widget showing random photos from your Nextcloud

Developer
Andreas Kirschner
License
MIT
Package
io.github.an_dr_eas_k.ncphotowidget
Category
Multimedia
Latest version
2.1 · Nov 11, 2026
Minimum Android
Android 8.0

Download 2.1

Screenshots

Nextcloud Photo Widget screenshot 1 Nextcloud Photo Widget screenshot 2 Nextcloud Photo Widget screenshot 3

Description

Shows a random picture from a folder on your Nextcloud server as a home screen widget, without syncing your photo library to the phone. Only one downscaled preview is stored at a time.

Features


• Any number of widgets, each with its own folders, tags, interval, shape and filter

• Random photo from one or more Nextcloud folders, subfolders included

• Tag filter: photos with any of some tags and all of others

• Time span filter: photos of the last days, optionally also of the same days in every earlier year

• Widget shapes: rounded corners, square, circle, oval, pill or cut corners; resizable down to one tile

• Picture changes automatically every 15 minutes to 24 hours, or only on tap

• The photo list is scanned once and then kept up to date by adding only new photos, with photo count, last sync time and sync duration shown; refresh it manually at any time

• Picture filters such as grayscale, sepia or an analog film look; pictures with "snapseed" in the file name are shown unfiltered, as they already have a look

• Tap the left edge for the previous picture, the right edge for the next one; the recent history is kept on the device, also for offline use

• Tap the center to open the picture in the official Nextcloud app; tap the bottom middle of a widget two or more cells high to show or hide the photo's date

• Light, dark or system theme

Privacy
The app only talks to the Nextcloud server you configure. Login uses Nextcloud Login Flow v2, so a revocable app password is stored on the device and never your real password. There is no tracking and no analytics.

Requires Android 8.0 or newer and a Nextcloud server reachable over HTTPS. This is an unofficial app and is not affiliated with Nextcloud GmbH.

All versions

VersionReleasedMinimum AndroidSize
2.1 Nov 11, 2026 Android 8.0 2 MB
2.0 Nov 4, 2026 Android 8.0 2.3 MB
1.1 Oct 22, 2026 Android 8.0 406.7 KB

From the developer (GitHub)

APK files published by the developer on GitHub. They are signed by the developer and may not install over the other builds on this page (different signature). Links open github.com.

v2.1 · Nov 8, 2026
nc-photo-widget-2.1.apk 2 MB
v2.0 · Nov 1, 2026
nc-photo-widget-2.0.apk 2.3 MB
v1.1 · Oct 12, 2026
nc-photo-widget-1.1.apk 406.7 KB

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