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24 alternatives to Castnow – a Chromecast commandline player

commandline chromecast player. Contribute to xat/castnow development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Castnow – a Chromecast commandline player launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Control Chromecasts from Linux▲222
📺 Control Chromecasts from Linux and D-Bus. Contribute to alexdelorenzo/cast_control development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
2
Gnomecast – A Linux Chromecast GUI with transcoding and subtitles▲176
Chromecast local files from Linux - supports MKV, subtitles, 5.1 sound and 4K! - keredson/gnomecast
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
3
Kastfy▲89
Watch your favorite online videos on your Roku or Chromecast
2020 · kastfy.com · its alternatives →
4
Screencastify▲178
Record screencast in your Chrome tab
2015 · screencastify.com · its alternatives →
5
Cast▲432
Record, edit, publish, and host your podcast
2015 · tryca.st · its alternatives →
6
Video Stream▲98
A must have Chromecast Ext., play all media from desktop
2014 · getvideostream.com · its alternatives →
7
Cast.sh An adorable instance of your terminal in the browser▲23
:pager: An instance of your terminal in your browser - 0xHericles/cast-sh
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
8
Soundcloud Cast▲111
Chrome extension that adds Chromecast support for Soundcloud
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
9
Cast Pranker▲91
Prank your family using chromecast
2021 · its alternatives →
10
Music Caster▲57
Play music and cast it to Google IOT Devices from Windows.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
11
Headless Recorder v1.0, get Playwright/Puppeteer scripts without coding▲135
2021 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
12
Cast Player – Cast All Your Photos and Videos to Chromecast▲16
Download Cast Player: Your Photos and Videos on Chromecast by Andrea Bizzotto on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps…
2016 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →
13
Castofly▲215
Simple solution to create and collaborate on videos
2022 · castofly.com · its alternatives →
14
Termplay: Play videos in your terminal▲101
GitLab: https://gitlab.com/jD91mZM2/termplay. Contribute to jD91mZM2/termplay development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
15
Chromecast with Google TV▲105
All streaming entertainment at one place with new Chromecast
2020 · store.google.com · its alternatives →
16
TwitchCast▲74
Watch Twitch (chat included!) on your TV using Chromecast
2016 · nightdev.com · its alternatives →
17
Google Cast▲9
Google Cast is now built fully into Chrome
2016 · blog.google · its alternatives →
18
OpenCast – a Mac framework for Chromecast▲12
Mac framework for working with Google Cast devices - acj/OpenCast
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
19
Leapcast, a ChromeCast clone▲13
ChromeCast emulation app for any device. Contribute to dz0ny/leapcast development by creating an account on GitHub.
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
20
Google Cast▲98
Cast your favorite tunes from any device to your speakers
2015 · android.com · its alternatives →
21
Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD▲76
ffscreencast - ffmpeg screencast/desktop-recording with video overlay and multi monitor support - cytopia/ffscreencast
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
22
PopCast▲63
Play any video file on ChromeCast or AppleTV
2015 · its alternatives →
23
DeploySentinel Recorder▲95
Automatically generate Playwright & Puppeteer scripts
2022 · hyperdx.io · its alternatives →
24
Cast▲80
Social voting app to participate in online conversations
2021 · its alternatives →

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