# mafintosh/chromecasts

Query your local network for Chromecasts and have them play media

Repository: https://github.com/mafintosh/chromecasts
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chromecasts
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-10-04T14:15:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4161, "days_push": 1794, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1450, forks 68 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.923396+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js library for discovering Chromecast devices on the local network and controlling media playback on them. It provides an event-based API to list players and play, pause, seek, and manage subtitles for media URLs.

## Use cases
- discover chromecast devices on local network
- cast a video url to a chromecast from node.js
- control chromecast playback programmatically
- add chromecast support to a media server app
- play media with subtitles on a chromecast

## When to choose
- you need to cast media to Chromecast devices from a Node.js application
- you want simple discovery and playback control with a small API

## When to avoid
- you need casting to non-Chromecast protocols like AirPlay or DLNA
- you need an actively developed library with recent releases
- you are not using Node.js/JavaScript

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: networking, video-processing, sdk
- domain: media, networking, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: chromecast, cast, media-playback, mdns-discovery, iot, nodejs

## Member repositories
- mafintosh/chromecasts (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.923396+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 2026-08-30T04:35:56.826095+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mafintosh/chromecasts (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.923396+00:00, sha 687987969873)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/chromecasts (fetched 2026-08-29T11:45:40.006509+00:00, sha 177f9445f710)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.