xat/castnow
commandline chromecast player observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4335
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1366
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3813 stars · 240 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Castnow is a command-line utility for playing media files on a Chromecast device. It supports local files, web videos, and torrents, with optional ffmpeg transcoding and subtitle support.
Use cases
- play a local video file on my chromecast from the terminal
- stream a torrent video directly to chromecast
- cast a video from a URL to my TV
- transcode an avi to mp4 while casting with ffmpeg
- add subtitles when casting a video
- queue multiple videos to play in sequence on chromecast
When to avoid
- you need casting to DLNA devices instead (use dlnacast)
- you need play/pause controls while transcoding
- you need an actively maintained project with recent fixes
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
video-processing cli media developer-tools cli cross-platform chromecast casting torrent-streaming subtitles ffmpeg-transcoding media-playback command-line nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/xat/castnow · fetched 2026-08-28 · d217784cc2ca
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/castnow · fetched 2026-08-29 · e755942badd8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| xat/castnow | main | 10 |
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