Your photo library, anywhere, privately.

Scry opens your own PhotoPrism library on your Android phone, with its own private connection built in. No separate VPN app to switch on.

Download from GitHub Read the user guide

You need your own PhotoPrism server. Scry does not provide one.

Scry's setup wizard asking how you reach your library

How it connects

WireGuard: import the .conf file from your server or router.
Tailscale: paste an auth key and your server's Tailscale address.
At home: connect straight to your server on your home Wi-Fi, with no VPN. Give Scry your home address and it skips the VPN when you are home, after checking that it really is your server.

The connection lives inside the app. It never uses Android's VPN slot and never touches any other app's traffic, so it works alongside a VPN you already use. It reconnects by itself when you switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data.

What you get

Your whole library in PhotoPrism's own interface: browse, search, albums, places, and video with seeking.
A short setup wizard in plain language.
Downloads straight to your gallery, with progress in a notification. Zips from multi-select downloads are unpacked for you.
Optional photo backup to your own server, on a schedule or on demand, on Wi-Fi only if you like, keeping each photo's location. Backup only ever adds files and never deletes anything.
Works with a keyboard or a TV remote on every settings screen.

Private by design

No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. The developer receives nothing about you or your photos. Your keys and passwords are encrypted on the phone and kept out of Android's cloud backup. Scry talks only to the server you choose, and to Tailscale's service if you pick Tailscale. Read the full privacy policy.

Get Scry

Scry is free and open source under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later. It needs Android 10 or newer.

Download the APK from GitHub, with checksums.
Read the source code.
Report a problem or ask a question.

If Scry is useful to you, you can buy the developer a coffee. It is a tip, not a purchase of features.

About the developer

Scry is made by Super Steve, an independent developer who wanted a simple, private way to reach a home photo server from a phone. It is a small project and a work in progress.

For questions, bug reports and security concerns, open an issue on GitHub.