45 open-source AirPlay & AirDrop projects

AirPlay & AirDrop (Apple Ecosystem): open-source projects that exist because someone reverse engineered a closed product, sorted by GitHub stars.

1. owntone-server★ 2,575 · active · C

   Media server that streams to AirPlay 1/2 speakers and Chromecast and serves DAAP/DACP

2. shairport★ 2,456 · dormant · C

   Airtunes emulator! Shairport is no longer maintained.

3. UxPlay★ 2,141 · active · C

   AirPlay Unix mirroring server

4. open-airplay★ 1,894 · slowing · Java

   Collection of libraries for Apple's AirPlay protocol

5. shairplay★ 1,406 · dormant · C

   Apple airplay and raop protocol server

6. android-airplay-server★ 844 · active · Kotlin

   First open-source AirPlay receiver implementation for Android with mirroring, video and audio support

7. Slave-in-the-Magic-Mirror★ 626 · dormant · Python

   Open source implementation of AirPlay Mirroring. WIP.

8. AirplayServer★ 559 · dormant · C

   Android AirPlay 2 mirroring receiver server

9. java-airplay-server★ 394 · dormant · Java

   Acts like Apple TV

10. node_airtunes★ 272 · dormant · C

    Node.js AirTunes v2 implementation to stream to Apple audio devices

11. airplay-server★ 262 · dormant · JavaScript

    A low level AirPlay server

12. airplayreceiver★ 245 · dormant · C#

    C# open-source implementation of the AirPlay 2 mirroring and audio receiver protocol

13. AirPlayServer★ 213 · active · C

    AirPlay receiver for Windows with video mirroring and audio playback

14. java-airplay-lib★ 206 · dormant · Java

    This library is intended to easily create AirPlay2 servers acting like Apple TV

15. node-appletv★ 194 · dormant · TypeScript

    Node.js module to control 4th-gen+ Apple TV over the Media Remote protocol

16. AirReceiver★ 189 · dormant · Java

    AirReceiver is an AirPort Express emulator, i.e. it allows streaming audio from iTunes and iOS devices to a computer...

17. AirPlay (phonegapX)★ 167 · dormant · C

    Reverse engineering research on the AirPlay protocol

18. nqptp★ 160 · active · C

    Companion daemon that implements the PTP timing AirPlay 2 needs for shairport-sync

19. mediaremotetv-protocol★ 153 · dormant

    Unofficial specification of the Apple TV MediaRemote remote-control protocol

20. wireshark-awdl★ 148 · dormant

    Wireshark dissector for Apple Wireless Direct Link (AWDL) and CoreCapture logs

21. mosey-extended★ 147 · active · Shell

    KernelSU module enabling AirDrop interop in Quick Share on Pixels

22. pulseaudio-raop2★ 143 · dormant · C

    Experimental RAOP2 (AirPlay 2) output support for PulseAudio

23. go-airplay★ 132 · dormant · Go

    Airplay server, (mostly) in Go

24. libraop★ 123 · active · Perl

    RAOP player and library (AirPlay)

25. pcairplay★ 120 · active · PowerShell

    Mirror an iPhone to a Windows PC using native iOS Screen Mirroring

26. mpcfw★ 113 · dormant · Python

    Reverse engineering of Apple's MultipeerConnectivity framework

27. apsdk-public★ 104 · slowing · C++

    Cross-platform AirPlay server (receiver) SDK implementation

28. PyOpenAirMirror★ 93 · dormant · Python

    An open source AirPlay mirroring server in Python for iOS 6-8

29. apple-continuity-tools★ 91 · active · JavaScript

    Reverse engineering toolkit for Apple's wireless Continuity ecosystem

30. LMS-Raop★ 75 · active · Perl

    LMS to AirPlay bridge

31. airplay2-sender-cpp★ 73 · active · C++

    A verified C++ AirPlay 2 realtime-audio SENDER: streams lossless ALAC to a modern Apple TV / HomePod / macOS. The...

32. JAirPort★ 73 · dormant · Java

    JAirPort - A Java-Airplay Server

33. jolivia★ 68 · dormant · Java

    Java implementation of DMAP, DAAP, DPAP, DMCP, DACP and RAOP (iTunes sharing)

34. trimeplay★ 57 · dormant · Brightscript

    Airplay server for Roku

35. node-airplayhub★ 56 · dormant · JavaScript

    AirPlay server which accepts streams and then streams the audio back out to multiple AirPlay devices with sync support.

36. AirplayMirroringGo★ 53 · dormant · Go

    A cross platform AirPlay mirroring client by Go

37. Airmac★ 52 · dormant · Objective-C

    Transforms your Mac into an AirPlay receiver

38. ap2-sender★ 39 · dormant · Objective-C

    AirPlay 2 Sender

39. esphome-airplay2★ 36 · active · C++

    ESPHome external component that turns an ESP32 into an AirPlay 2 audio receiver

40. rust-raop-player★ 32 · active · Rust

    AirPlay player for the RAOP v2 protocol with synchronization

41. ESP32Drop★ 27 · active · C

    AirDrop-compatible library for ESP32 to exchange photos with an iPhone

42. raop★ 24 · dormant · Ruby

    RAOP Client is an Airport Express client written in ruby. It allows you to stream music to an Airport Express from Ruby.

43. shairplay-rust★ 23 · active · Rust

    Pure Rust AirPlay server library (AP1 + AP2 audio, video)

44. raop-rtsp-server★ 20 · dormant · JavaScript

    A RAOP server in Node.js

45. airplay-sonos★ 19 · archived · JavaScript

    AirPlay server for Sonos devices