# Screenly/Anthias

The world's most popular open source digital signage project.

Repository: https://github.com/Screenly/Anthias
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/anthias
Homepage: https://anthias.screenly.io
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: digital-signage, raspberry-pi, python, iot
Last push: 2026-08-24T15:51:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5153, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 42}
- 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 3654, forks 722 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:13.120551+00:00)

## What it is
Anthias (formerly Screenly OSE) is a free, open-source digital signage platform that turns a Raspberry Pi or x86 PC into a networked media player. It provides a web dashboard for uploading images, videos, and web pages, scheduling their playback, and managing the device remotely, with a REST API for automation.

## Use cases
- turn a raspberry pi into a digital sign
- schedule images and videos on a lobby screen
- display a live dashboard or web page on a TV
- self-hosted digital signage without subscriptions
- play youtube videos on a kiosk screen without ads
- manage signage content via a REST API
- show different playlists on weekdays vs weekends

## When to choose
- you want free, self-hosted signage on hardware you already own (Raspberry Pi 2-5 or x86)
- you need date, day-of-week, and time-of-day scheduling with no cloud lock-in
- you want to display web pages, videos, images, and YouTube content on one screen
- you prefer programmatic content management via REST API

## When to avoid
- you need centralized multi-screen management, enterprise user management, or professional support (use Screenly cloud instead)
- you need a fully managed SaaS signage solution
- your hardware is not a Raspberry Pi, 64-bit x86 PC, or supported 64-bit ARM SBC

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, scheduling, video-processing, image-processing, self-hosted, developer-tools
- domain: iot, self-hosted, media, web-development
- platform: python, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: digital-signage, raspberry-pi, screenly-ose, kiosk, playlist, balena, media-player, rest-api, automation, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- Screenly/Anthias (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:13.120551+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 2026-08-29T18:31:39.531920+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Screenly/Anthias (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:13.120551+00:00, sha e6f27aa117eb)
  - homepage: https://anthias.screenly.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:25:53.223039+00:00, sha 1e2e8bb5e0d4)
  - site_page: https://anthias.screenly.io/features (fetched 2026-08-29T09:25:53.232186+00:00, sha 78f3c6be320b)
  - site_page: https://anthias.screenly.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:25:53.234241+00:00, sha 4edfcb9afec1)
  - site_page: https://anthias.screenly.io/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T09:25:53.236115+00:00, sha 34efc8669db3)
  - site_page: https://anthias.screenly.io/get-started (fetched 2026-08-29T09:25:53.238244+00:00, sha c8513da867bd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.