# keredson/gnomecast

Chromecast local files from Linux - supports MKV, subtitles, 5.1 sound and 4K!

Repository: https://github.com/keredson/gnomecast
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gnomecast
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: chromecast, cast, python, chromecast-audio, google-cast, video, 4k
Last push: 2023-07-22T23:46:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3121, "days_push": 1138, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1445, forks 53 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.113949+00:00)

## What it is
Gnomecast is a native Linux GTK GUI application for casting local audio and video files to Chromecast devices. It uses ffmpeg for on-the-fly transcoding when needed and supports subtitles, surround sound, queuing, and 4K playback on Chromecast Ultra.

## Use cases
- cast local video files from Linux to a Chromecast
- play MKV files on Chromecast with subtitles
- stream 4K videos to a Chromecast Ultra
- cast local media without uploading to the cloud
- transcode unsupported video formats on the fly while casting
- queue multiple local files for playback on a TV

## When to avoid
- you need to cast from Windows or macOS
- you want to cast streaming services or browser tabs rather than local files
- you need a multi-user media server with library management

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, gui, http-server
- domain: media, desktop-applications, operating-systems
- platform: python
- tags: chromecast, casting, transcoding, subtitles, gtk, ffmpeg, 4k-video, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- keredson/gnomecast (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.113949+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 2026-08-30T04:36:14.289327+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/keredson/gnomecast (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.113949+00:00, sha bea83e309182)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/gnomecast/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:46:07.360940+00:00, sha 832b4cd40d21)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.