RPiPlay vs PiCAST

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RPiPlay		PiCAST
	Project
21	Mentions	4
4,832	Stars	1,745
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
about 1 year ago	Latest Commit	about 4 years ago
C++	Language	Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	-

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

RPiPlay

Posts with mentions or reviews of RPiPlay. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-26.

Tried using RPiPlay on Pi 3B+, Avahi issues
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 23 Jan 2023

After following all the instruction on the RPiPlay github, I seem to have been able to build RPiPlay on my Pi. This is what I did:
Using PiKVM to remote access a mobile device (Android/iPhone etc.)
1 project | /r/pikvm | 5 Jan 2023

I would be a dream if PiKVM can implement an AirPlay mirroring server like https://github.com/FD-/RPiPlay.
PipeWire 0.3.60
1 project | /r/linux | 11 Nov 2022
KVMD 3.151: iOS mouse buttons and mobile keyboard
1 project | /r/pikvm | 7 Oct 2022
Airplay 2 with Alexa
2 projects | /r/homebridge | 26 Feb 2022

RPiPlay? https://github.com/FD-/RPiPlay
Show HN: RootMy.TV
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Jan 2022

Nice, I’d love to install software such as rpiplay [0] to mirror my iOS device, also would be nice to maybe gain some kind of low-latency wireless Linux-compatible screen share server.
[0] https://github.com/FD-/RPiPlay
Need help with streamer
1 project | /r/raspberryDIY | 5 Dec 2021
An open-source implementation of an AirPlay mirroring server for the Raspberry Pi. The goal is to make it run smoothly even on a Raspberry Pi Zero.
1 project | /r/RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS | 13 Oct 2021

1 project | /r/raspberry_pi | 13 Oct 2021
Use Raspberry Pi as Airplay server to screen mirror on TVs, monitors, projectors
2 projects | /r/RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS | 12 Oct 2021

How is this an improvement over https://github.com/FD-/RPiPlay.git ?

PiCAST

Posts with mentions or reviews of PiCAST. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-29.

Casting YouTube to RP?
5 projects | /r/raspberry_pi | 29 Jun 2022

I'm trying to cast any video from YouTube to a RP4 using the Chromecast (DIAL?) protocol. How do you do this? So far I've tried PiYouTube, RaspberryCast, PiCAST, PYCASTER, and NymphCast. All unsuccessfully.
Cast video + music to Raspberry Pi?
5 projects | /r/raspberry_pi | 28 Jun 2022
Use Raspberry Pi as Airplay server to screen mirror on TVs, monitors, projectors
9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Oct 2021
Questioning the benefits of partial deGoogling
2 projects | /r/degoogle | 9 Apr 2021

There are also alternatives to Chromecast too, such as PiCast and AllCast.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing RPiPlay and PiCAST you can also consider the following projects:

balena-rpiplay - Turn a Raspberry Pi into an Airplay server using RPiPlay to enable screen mirroring on tvs, monitors and projectors.

open-airplay - A collection of libraries for Apple's AirPlay protocol

docker-cups-airprint - A standalone CUPS and Avahi (mDNS/Bonjour) server, exposing local printers on AirPrint for iOS devices

balena-sound - Build a single or multi-room streamer for an existing audio device using a Raspberry Pi! Supports Bluetooth, Airplay and Spotify Connect

addon-aircast - AirCast - Home Assistant Community Add-ons

owntone-server - Linux/FreeBSD DAAP (iTunes) and MPD media server with support for AirPlay 1 and 2 speakers (multiroom), Apple Remote (and compatibles), Chromecast, Spotify and internet radio.

RaspberryCast - :tv: Transform your Raspberry Pi into a streaming device. Videos can be sent from mobile devices or computers (Chrome extension).

shairport-sync - AirPlay and AirPlay 2 audio player

syncthing-android - Wrapper of syncthing for Android.