FTVDB is a community-driven reference library for public Amazon device update URLs and the metadata needed to understand them later. It exists to make firmware and app update history easier to find, preserve, and organize.
Amazon devices receive a steady stream of firmware and app updates across many models, regions, and software generations. Those updates are delivered from public addresses, but the links are rarely easy to find again once a device has moved on to a newer build. Owners who want to repair, recover, or research a device often discover that the exact package they need is no longer surfaced anywhere obvious.
FTVDB started in 2020 as a personal list of update URLs observed on a single Fire TV Stick. It grew into a structured, searchable record covering Fire TV, Fire Tablet, Echo, and Kindle hardware as more people contributed links from their own devices. The goal has stayed the same throughout: keep a clear, organized history of where public Amazon update files have been published, so that information does not quietly disappear.
A searchable index of public update URLs observed on real Amazon devices, organized by device family, model, build, version, and capture date when those details are available. It is a catalog of links and metadata, maintained with help from the community.
It is not a download mirror, a modding service, or a way around device security. FTVDB does not host firmware files, app packages, copyrighted update files, private account data, or device backups. It records the links and the context around them, nothing more.
Device owners recovering or re-flashing hardware, repair communities tracing a known-good build, and researchers studying how Amazon's update feeds and software generations have changed over time. The records are most useful precisely when a link has become hard to find.
Every record begins with a contribution. Someone observes a public update URL during normal device activity — an update check, a settings screen, or a device log — and submits that URL to FTVDB. The project never extracts links from devices on its own. It only organizes what contributors send.
Submitted URLs go through a consistent process before they appear on the site:
Because the catalog favors live links over a graveyard of broken ones, some older URLs that once worked are intentionally left out. A smaller, accurate database is more useful than a larger one full of records that lead nowhere.
The site focuses on documentation, public update history, and repair research. FTVDB does not promote piracy, credential sharing, device theft, bypassing security protections, or unsafe modification of devices.
Submissions are processed to validate and index the URL only, and the project does not log who submitted a link. Site analytics use a cookieless, privacy-respecting tool. See the Privacy Policy for details on analytics and advertising.
Full database snapshots are published to the FTVDB GitHub repository so anyone can read, analyze, or build their own tools on top of the data. The structure is kept intentionally simple.
FTVDB is an independent community project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amazon.com, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries. “Fire TV,” “Fire Tablet,” “Kindle,” “Echo,” “Fire OS,” and related names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used here only to describe the devices the records relate to.
If you are a rights holder and believe a linked location infringes your rights, contact support@ftvdb.com and the request will be reviewed promptly. Contributors can also ask for URLs they personally captured to be excluded. The Terms & Disclaimer page describes that process in more detail.
The manual explains how to identify your device and recognize a public update URL, and the submission page accepts links for review. Both public credit and anonymity are respected.
The FAQ answers the most common questions about what the project does and does not do. Anything else can go to Contact.
New records are announced on the FTVDB Telegram channel, and longer write-ups appear on the blog.
