Airfoil Alternatives

Airfoil is described as 'Send any audio to the AirPort Express. Send any audio to AirPort Express units, Apple TVs, and even other Macs and PCs, all in sync! Airfoil for Mac gives you your audio - everywhere' and is a popular Audio Router in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Airfoil for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Airfoil alternative is Audio Share, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Airfoil are SonoBus, TuneBlade, AudioRelay and Stream What You Hear.

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  1. Mkchromecast icon
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    Cast audio and video from your macOS or Linux desktop to Google Cast or Sonos speakers. Supports lossy and lossless formats, high-res audio, multi-room playback, and includes a system tray menu. Utilizes Python, node.js, ffmpeg, and avconv for seamless streaming.

    27 Mkchromecast alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Chromecast
     
  2. ShairportQt icon
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    AirPlay Audio-Receiver for your PC or ARM-SoC (e.g. Raspberry Pi). It's the successor to Shairport4w. Qt is used and Linux is also supported.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi OS
     
  3. AirServer icon
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    With the help of a PC, or any other supported hardware, AirServer can transform a simple big screen or a projector into a universal screen mirroring receiver.

    31 AirServer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Xbox
     
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    Redirects and centralizes audio between PCs, enabling sound transfer across network for applications like chat, music, and alerts with easy toggling and up to four shared installations.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    This page makes use of the Chromecast sender API to control Chromecasts on your local network. It provides a web interface rather than requiring you to install a native app on your devices. Links you load are accessed directly by the Chromecast.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • chromecast.link is the most popular Web-based alternative to Airfoil.

    • chromecast.link is Free and Open SourceAirfoil is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Stream your favorite music, photos and videos to any device in your home. AllConnect works on Android, iPhone and iPad. Try it out.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. Audio Sharing icon
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    With Audio Sharing you can share your current computer audio playback in the form of an RTSP stream. This stream can then be played back by other devices, for example using VLC Media Player.

    4 Audio Sharing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  8. VirtAudio icon
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    A web-based audio streaming solution with a graphical user interface. Captures audio from the user's microphone, streams it to a server, and plays it back through a virtual microphone sink. (Linux only for now)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9. MKMirror icon
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    MKMirror allows you to mirror your Desktop, built-in Camera, video and audio devices to Smart TVs and mobile devices. MKMirror uses HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) protocol, an adaptive bitrate streaming communications developed by Apple Inc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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