Use Raspberry Pi as Airplay server to screen mirror on TVs, monitors, projectors

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  • RPiPlay

    An open-source AirPlay mirroring server for the Raspberry Pi. Supports iOS 9 and up.

  • Very cute that there's a one click deployment using some semi-magic third party service, but it feels kinda disingenuous to not link to the repo that's doing the actual heavy lifting.[] The linked repo is just a bunch of config files.

    [] https://github.com/FD-/RPiPlay

  • balena-rpiplay

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

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  • docker-cups-airprint

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

  • PiCAST

    PiCAST turns your $35 Raspberry Pi in to a Chromecast like Device.

  • balenaPrint

    Managed CUPS on Raspberry Pi devices, running balenaOS

  • There is a very similar level of magic for converting a raspberry pi to do AirPrint

    https://github.com/willswire/balenaPrint

  • balena-sound

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

  • Not quite Chromecast functionality, but there is a similar project from Balena that adds Spotify Connect, Airplay, and Bluetooth to a speaker using a Raspberry Pi

    https://sound.balenalabs.io/

  • balena-dash

    Build a Raspberry Pi based desktop dashboard for stats, photos, videos and more!

  • If you want something that is more of a static kiosk setup, there is a different Balena supported project that supports more of this style use case. Without the need of casting or connecting with Airplay

    https://github.com/balenalabs/balena-dash

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  • addon-aircast

    AirCast - Home Assistant Community Add-ons

  • Related: If you use Home Assistant and have Chromecast devices, the AirCast addon will allow you to use AirPlay to send something to a Chromecast device.

    https://github.com/hassio-addons/addon-aircast

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