NymphCast
★ 2.6kA self-hosted alternative to Plex
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" LicenseOpen Source — No PaywallPackage · Binary · Source2 active committers (12mo)
About
NymphCast is a network media streaming project that turns supported hardware into an audio and video receiver for TVs or powered speakers. It is composed of a server-side receiver, client...
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Features
- audio-only receiver mode
- audio and video receiver mode
- screensaver mode
- stand-alone GUI mode
- file streaming
- subtitle and stream selection
- synchronized multi-room playback
- streaming from NymphCast MediaServer
- URL streaming
- local media playback
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Created
- Feb 7, 2019
- Install Methods
- package-managerbinarysource
- Requirements
- C++17 toolchainLibPocoffmpeg (libAV)SDL2Qt5libnymphcastconfiguration INI file
- Minimum Requirements
- RAM: 20 MB buffer
- API
- REST
- Runtime / Stack
- C++
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- Deployment
Deployment: no container deployment found
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