# philippe44/AirConnect

Use AirPlay to stream to UPnP/Sonos & Chromecast devices

Repository: https://github.com/philippe44/AirConnect
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/airconnect
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: upnp, chromecast, airplay, sonos, dlna, dlna-upnp, dlna-player, bridge
Last push: 2026-08-08T10:03:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3313, "days_push": 25, "days_rel": 25, "gap_med": 14, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4170, forks 251 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:37.961827+00:00)

## What it is
AirConnect is a bridge application that discovers UPnP/Sonos and Chromecast audio players on a local network and exposes them as virtual AirPlay devices. It proxies audio from AirPlay sources like iPhones, iPads, and iTunes to those players, with optional re-encoding to mp3, aac, or flac.

## Use cases
- stream audio from iPhone to Sonos speakers via AirPlay
- make Chromecast devices appear as AirPlay targets
- send AirPlay audio to UPnP/DLNA players
- run an AirPlay bridge on a Raspberry Pi
- cast Apple Music from a Mac to non-Apple speakers
- add AirPlay support to legacy network audio devices

## When to choose
- you have AirPlay sources but UPnP/Sonos or Chromecast speakers
- you want a self-hosted bridge running on any always-on machine
- you need broad platform support including ARM devices and NAS hardware

## When to avoid
- you need video AirPlay rather than audio-only streaming
- you want a polished GUI product rather than a config-file-driven daemon
- your players already natively support AirPlay

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, networking, middleware
- domain: media, self-hosted, networking
- platform: windows, cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: airplay, upnp, dlna, sonos, chromecast, audio-streaming, bridge, raspberry-pi, audio, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- philippe44/AirConnect (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:37.961827+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:22:45.088831+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/philippe44/AirConnect (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:37.961827+00:00, sha 0e1b634cf5a3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.