This is a beta, on the self-hosted F-Droid repository that serves every app here. Add
https://fdroid.gpm-apps.com/repo to F-Droid, or open the one-tap
link on the phone, and ondalet appears in it. Check the repository's fingerprint when F-Droid asks:
C983 7356 6EEC 235E CEFB 7D29 A582 6367 4D80 B432 8699 2BCB 7ACB 3AA4 3CA3 C41E
It is deliberately not the suggested version. F-Droid will not install it unless you go to the app's page and pick it from the versions.
Why a beta. It has been tried on an emulator, on one real TorBox account and on one real Usenet provider, and the lock and the tablet and foldable layouts on emulators only, not yet on many phones and many kinds of files. How it plays your files on your phone is exactly what the beta is for. It is not on Google Play, and not planned to be.
ondalet is an Android app that finds a release and plays it from your TorBox account or straight from your Usenet provider. It does not come with a TorBox account, a Usenet provider, an indexer or any content: you bring your own.
What it does today
- Search once. Ask the Newznab, Torznab and Prowlarr engines you add, and six public torrent sites (Knaben, The Pirate Bay, EZTV, YTS, Nyaa and Torrents-CSV, switched off until you turn them on). Filter the results, by category too, and sort them by date, size or seeders; keep a search, with its filters and order, to run again, and see what is new since the last time. Preview images show next to results when an engine gives one (an Any search also asks an indexer’s film search for them), with a switch in Settings to turn them off.
- Know what TorBox already has. Sign in with a code or paste your key. Results TorBox already has carry a Cached badge, and you can filter to only those. Add a result to TorBox from its page.
- A Library. What is in your TorBox with its progress, each item’s files by season, and Remove from TorBox.
- Play from Usenet. Play an NZB result from your own provider in seconds, without downloading it: a health check first, seeking, resume, and archives that are stored rather than compressed, even when the file names are scrambled. A second provider can fill the articles the first one is missing.
- Play. A video in landscape with picture in picture, audio and subtitle tracks (including the subtitle files that come with a torrent), speed, resume and Continue watching, and the next episode. Audio keeps playing in the background with a notification. Or open the file in another player you choose. On a tablet or an open foldable the list and the open item sit side by side.
- Back up and restore your settings to a file, encrypted with a passphrase or plain, merged into what you have or replacing it. Passwords and keys are kept encrypted on the phone.
- Lock it. A PIN, and the fingerprint where the phone has one, when ondalet opens or comes back. It keeps off someone holding your unlocked phone; it does not encrypt.
What is not there yet
- Compressed or password-protected archives straight from Usenet: a compressed one says so and leaves the way through TorBox, which can play it.
- Downloading to the phone.
- Searching through TorBox itself, and a Cached badge on NZB results: the app cannot yet ask TorBox whether it already has an NZB.
Your data
It talks directly to the services you configure. It has no server and no accounts of its own; the only service of ours it reaches is the family’s apps-management, for the optional sign-in (an address and a code), licences granted by hand, bug reports and feature requests. It has no analytics, no crash-reporting service and no advertising.
ondalet ships no content and no list of content, hosts nothing and indexes nothing. You are responsible for the services you connect and for what you access through them: see the terms and the privacy policy.
Frequently asked questions
What is ondalet?
An Android app for people who have a TorBox account, their own indexers, or both. It searches the Newznab, Torznab and Prowlarr engines you add and six public torrent sites, then plays the result through your TorBox account or straight from your Usenet provider, in the app or in another player.
Where can I get it?
On the family’s F-Droid repository, https://fdroid.gpm-apps.com/repo. The first version is a beta, so F-Droid shows it only when you pick it from the app’s versions. It is not on Google Play and never will be.
What can it do today?
Search with filters, categories and sorting, save searches and see what is new since the last run, check which results TorBox already has, add one to TorBox, browse your TorBox Library, play an NZB result straight from your Usenet provider (also from stored RAR and 7z archives), and play a file with picture in picture, audio and subtitle tracks, speed and resume. It also backs up and restores its settings, locks with a PIN or the fingerprint, and shows the list and the open item side by side on a tablet or an open foldable.
What is not there yet?
Compressed or password-protected archives straight from Usenet (TorBox can play the compressed ones). It cannot download to the phone, TorBox’s own search is not offered, and an NZB result never shows the Cached badge.
Does it need an account?
It needs your own TorBox account and/or your own indexers; it comes with neither. ondalet has no accounts of its own. You can optionally sign in with an address and a code, only so that a licence granted by hand can reach you and so that a report can be answered.
Does it come with content?
No. It ships no content and no list of content, and it hosts and indexes nothing. The six public torrent sites are switched off until you turn them on.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no paid tier today, and no advertising.