package icon

KurobaEx

Free and open source image board browser
New in version v1.3.33
v1.3.33
Full version:
- Fix posting. The ticket parameter in the captcha json response was changed and it can now be either a string or a boolean which doesn't make any sense and seems like a 4chan's bug.
- Fix passcode posting.
- Added leftypol.org support. Thanks to @yuiopmbv
- Do not crash when we can't delete an old post/thread during app startup.
- Display latest release url in the failed to update dialog so that users know how to update manually in case something breaks.
- Make update mana
KurobaEx is a fast Android app for browsing imageboards, such as 4chan. It's a fork of Kuroba. This fork provides lots of new features:

* New technological stack (Kotlin, RxJava/Coroutines, Room etc).
* On demand content loading (includes prefetching, youtube videos titles and durations fetching, inlined files size fetching etc).
* Third-party archives support.
* New thread navigation (tabs).
* New in-app navigation (bottom nav bar).
* New bookmarks (they were fully rewritten from scratch, now use way less memory, don't use wakelocks, show separate notifications per thread (and notifications can be swiped away).
* Edge-to-edge theme support.
* New database.
* 4chan global search support.
* Fully dynamic themes with Android Q Day/Night mode support.
* Per-site proxies.
* Ability to attach multiple media files to reply, attach media files that was shared by external apps (event by some keyboards), attach remote media files by URL, etc.
* New image downloader. Allows downloading images while the app is in background, retrying failed to download images, resolving duplicates, etc.
* New posting. Posting code was moved into a foreground service which now allows stuff using like automatic captcha solvers (2captcha API) seamlessly or queueing multiple replies in different threads (only one reply per thread).
* New Media Viewer. It was rewritten from scratch and now lives in a separate activity. It now also supports stuff like viewing links to media files shared into the app.
* Thread downloader with ability to export threads as HTML pages with all downloaded media.
* Composite catalogs (ability to combine multiple boards of any available sites (except archives) together into a single catalog).
* Mpv video player.
* Lots of other tiny improvements.

AntiFeatures:
- NonFreeNet. The app has to connect to image board sites which may be closed source.
The app may connect to non-free services such as Google ReCaptcha (JS/no-JS), CloudFlare,
GitHub (for some image resources), Youtube/SoundCloud/Streamable (to parse titles and durations),
and other sites. This may depend on the site itself as well as the app settings.

The app uses some permissions that may be considered dangerous:
- RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED. It is used to listen to reboots and reschedule BookmarkWatcher service.
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE. It is used by the service that shows a notification when a file is
downloaded (allows you cancel it).
- WAKE_LOCK. It may be used on Android versions prior to API 23 to keep the device awake while
BookmarkWatcher service is doing it's job.

When making a reply on some sites the app may connect to Google's ReCaptcha services.
The app supports JavaScript and non-JavaScript based captcha systems.
Whether to use a JS or no-JS captcha can be configured in the site settings (depends on the site).

To make the final APK smaller some of the static resources are stored on Github servers and are
loaded lazily, so the app may connect to Github services.

The app uses it's own crash reporting system which is turned on by default.
It collects crash logs and other logs (prior the crash), stores them, but does not upload them
automatically. You have to do it manually. You can see what is being sent and even edit it
(or delete crash logs). You can also completely disable collection of crash logs in the settings.
(The server's source code can be found here https://github.com/K1rakishou/Kuroba-apk-server)

Anti-Features

This app has features you may not like. Learn more!

Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

Download F-Droid
  • Version v1.3.33 (10333) suggested Added on Feb 11, 2024

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

    This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
    • com.github.k1rakishou.chan.fdroid.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 8.9 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version v1.3.31 (10331) - Added on Jan 30, 2024

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

    This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
    • com.github.k1rakishou.chan.fdroid.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 8.9 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version v1.3.30 (10330) - Added on Jan 26, 2024

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

    This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
    • com.github.k1rakishou.chan.fdroid.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 8.9 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log