abrasive/shairport
Airtunes emulator! Shairport is no longer maintained. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
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: 5623
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1692
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2457 stars · 1188 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Shairport is a C program that emulates an AirPort Express, implementing the Apple RAOP protocol so iTunes and iOS devices can stream music to it. It supports multiple audio and mDNS backends and can export now-playing metadata, but is no longer maintained.
Use cases
- turn a raspberry pi into an airplay audio receiver
- stream music from iphone to linux speakers
- emulate an airport express on a home server
- receive airplay audio on a headless machine
- get now-playing metadata from itunes streaming
When to choose
- you need a lightweight RAOP/AirPlay audio receiver on Linux or macOS
- you want to run an airplay sink on a raspberry pi or embedded device
- you need a simple C codebase to fork or study
When to avoid
- you need AirPlay 2 video or photo streaming
- you want a maintained project with support and security fixes
- you need modern AirPlay features or active community support
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
audio-processing http-server networking media self-hosted cross-platform cross-platform cli airplay airtunes raop audio-streaming mdns bonjour raspberry-pi unmaintained audio linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/abrasive/shairport · fetched 2026-08-28 · cd6d7ce9c093
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| abrasive/shairport | main | 32 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="abrasive/shairport")
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