Kodi
by Team Kodi · GPL-2.0-or-later · open source
A media center designed for the TV screen and a remote control: organise and play your own videos, music and photos from local storage and network shares.
Needs:No root · 64-bit ARM · Android 5.0+
2113 Apps is independent, not affiliated with or endorsed by Team Kodi. Official sources: kodi.tv · source code on GitHub.
- Version
- 21.3
- Size
- 181.8 MB
- Requires
- Android 5.0+
- Updated
- 2026-03-29
Introduction
Kodi is a free, open-source media player and entertainment hub, built around a “10-foot” interface meant for a television and a remote control. On Android it is aimed first at TV boxes and sticks; the project says phones and tablets have more limited support.
Your media, not content
Kodi plays the videos, music, photos and other media you already have, on the device itself, on USB storage, or on network shares over SMB, NFS, FTP or WebDAV, and organises them into libraries. Kodi doesn’t come with any content. The project states that it provides no media or sources, and that it doesn’t support pirated or illegally sourced material.
The official add-on repository
Kodi comes with its official repository switched on. It is curated by Team Kodi: add-ons there must be free and legal to distribute, must not break copyright law, and may not get around paywalls. It offers skins, web interfaces for controlling Kodi remotely, and add-ons for music, video and more. The project calls its official repository the only trusted one.
Live TV also works through that repository: PVR client add-ons connect Kodi to a TV server you run, such as Tvheadend, MythTV or NextPVR. Kodi has no TV tuner of its own.
About this file
- This is F-Droid’s build of Kodi 21.3 “Omega”, signed with F-Droid’s key. It won’t install over Kodi from kodi.tv or Google Play without uninstalling first, and Kodi’s own guide warns that uninstalling loses your settings.
- Google Play is still on 21.2: Kodi says a new Play requirement has kept it from uploading 21.3 there.
- It is much bigger than Kodi’s own APK because F-Droid’s build bundles more add-ons: we counted 34 screensaver add-ons, which together make up more than half of the 181.8 MB file. It doesn’t bundle the joystick support add-on that Kodi’s own build includes.
- It is the 64-bit ARM build and needs Android 5.0 or later, so it won’t install on a TV box with a 32-bit system; Kodi’s own download site has a 32-bit ARM build for those. See how to install APKs on Android TV. Kodi 22 is in beta, and will need Android 7.0.
What’s inside the APK
Trackers
No code matching the Exodus Privacy tracker signatures.
Native code
Needs a 64-bit ARM phone; 32-bit-only devices are not supported.
Android versions
Built for Android 14 (target API 34).
Permissions
2 of them need your approval first.
CPU types in this build: arm64-v8a (64-bit ARM, almost every phone since 2017).
Asks you first (2)
Android shows a prompt before the app can use these.
- Record audio with the microphone · RECORD_AUDIO
- Write shared storage (Android 10 and older) · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
You switch these on in Settings (1)
Special app access. Nothing is granted until you turn it on yourself.
- All files access · MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Granted at install (5)
Low-risk permissions Android grants automatically, plus any we have not classified.
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- BLUETOOTH
- INTERNET
- MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
- RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Defined by other apps (2)
Permissions that belong to another app or to this app itself.
- com.android.providers.tv.permission.READ_EPG_DATA
- com.android.providers.tv.permission.WRITE_EPG_DATA
More Information
- Package name
- org.xbmc.kodi
- Version
- 21.3 (build 2103001)
- File size
- 181.8 MB (181,782,325 bytes)
- Requires
- Android 5.0 or later
- Category
- Media
- License
- GPL-2.0-or-later
- Developer
- Team Kodi
- Source code
- github.com/xbmc/xbmc
- Released
- Mar 29, 2026
- Signed by
- F-Droid, which built this APK from the published source code. Because the key is F-Droid’s, it won’t install over a copy from Google Play or GitHub (or the other way round) without uninstalling first.
- Signer SHA-256
- 13268f04efdc5a0ae4c93626ce357e4e15a1d67f8f1235340d9f631d9d8c6c43
- File SHA-256
- 2ced80c56809f73a21726cefc406233cc143566333cea6882af67576a0852407
- Checked
- , against the F-Droid index · how we check · verify it yourself
Common questions
Is this APK the official Kodi release?
It is F-Droid’s build rather than the developer’s own: F-Droid compiled Kodi 21.3 from the published source code and signed it with its own key. Its SHA-256 matches F-Droid’s signed index. Because the key is F-Droid’s, it won’t install over a copy from Google Play or GitHub without uninstalling first.
What Android version does Kodi need?
Android 5.0 or later (API level 21). Version 21.3 is built for Android 14 (target API 34). Needs a 64-bit ARM phone; 32-bit-only devices are not supported.
Can Kodi access the internet?
Yes. The APK requests Android’s internet permission. In total it declares 10 permissions, and 2 of them need your approval first.
Does Kodi contain trackers?
No known trackers: our scan of version 21.3 found no code matching the Exodus Privacy tracker signatures. The scan covers known tracker libraries; it doesn’t show what data the app itself sends.
Is Kodi open source?
Yes. Kodi is released under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence, and its source code is published at https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.
Recent releases
| Version | Released | Size | Requires |
|---|---|---|---|
| v21.3 · this download | Mar 29, 2026 | 181.8 MB | Android 5.0+ |
| v21.2 | Mar 8, 2025 | 92.7 MB | Android 5.0+ |
Versions currently kept in the F-Droid repository. We host and check only the newest one.
