# albfan/miraclecast

Connect external monitors to your system via Wifi-Display specification also known as Miracast

Repository: https://github.com/albfan/miraclecast
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/miraclecast
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-03-10T07:01:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 71, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4414, "days_push": 176, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4331, forks 433 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:45.979087+00:00)

## What it is
MiracleCast is a C implementation of the Wi-Fi Display (Miracast) specification for Linux, providing both Display-Sink and (planned) Display-Source functionality. It lets systems act as wireless displays or connect external monitors over Wi-Fi Direct, relying on systemd, wpa_supplicant, and GStreamer.

## Use cases
- turn a linux machine into a miracast display sink
- cast my screen to a tv over wifi direct
- use a raspberry pi as a wireless external monitor
- miracast receiver for embedded devices
- connect external monitor via wifi instead of hdmi

## When to choose
- you need an open-source Miracast sink on Linux or embedded devices
- your hardware supports Wi-Fi Direct and you want wireless display without proprietary tools

## When to avoid
- you need the Display-Source side to stream your screen out - it is not implemented yet
- your Wi-Fi hardware lacks Wi-Fi Direct (P2P) support
- you need a polished plug-and-play consumer Miracast experience

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: networking, video-processing, streaming
- domain: networking, media, operating-systems, embedded-systems
- platform: cpp, embedded
- tags: miracast, wifi-display, wifi-direct, screen-mirroring, display-sink, gstreamer, wpa-supplicant, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- albfan/miraclecast (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:45.979087+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 2026-08-29T18:21:40.253840+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/albfan/miraclecast (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:45.979087+00:00, sha 6e3d60403de3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.