  We initiate a systematic study of fracton physics within the geometric
framework of Double Field Theory. We ascribe the immobility and large
degeneracy of the former to the non-Riemannian backgrounds of the latter, in
terms of generalised geodesics and infinite-dimensional isometries. A doubled
pure Yang-Mills or Maxwell theory reduces to an ordinary one coupled to a
strain tensor of elasticity theory, and thus rather remarkably provides a
unifying description of photons and phonons. Upon a general Double Field Theory
background, which consists of Riemannian and non-Riemannian subspaces, the dual
photon-phonon pair becomes fractonic over the non-Riemannian subspace. When the
elasticity displacement vector condenses, minimally coupled charged particles
acquire an effective mass even in the purely Riemannian case, yielding
predictions for polaron physics and time crystals. Furthermore, the immobility
of neutral particles along the non-Riemannian directions is lifted to a
saturation velocity for charged particles. Utilising the differential geometry
of Double Field Theory we also present curved spacetime extensions which
exhibit general covariance.
