AirPlay Alternatives for Linux

AirPlay is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is SoundWire, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to AirPlay and seven of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to AirPlay are WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker, Gnomecast, Mkchromecast and SpeakerShare.

AirPlay alternatives are mainly Music Streaming Services but may also be Audio Routers or Media Servers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of AirPlay.

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Free • Proprietary
Music Streaming Service

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SoundWire
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
Linux
Android
Raspberry Pi
15 SoundWire alternatives
SoundWire lets you send any music or audio ("what you hear now") from your Windows or Linux PC to your Android mobile devices. Use it as:
- - SoundWire is the most popular Android & Linux alternative to AirPlay.
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Raspberry Pi Development
Send audio from PC to Android
Stream audio
Low Latency
WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker
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Free • Proprietary
Audio Router
Windows
Linux
Android
Android Tablet
14 WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker alternatives
Utility for turning your Android smartphone or tablet into a wireless speaker.
- - WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to AirPlay.
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Stream audio
Gnomecast
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Free • Open Source
Video Streaming App
Linux
21 Gnomecast alternatives
This is a native Linux GUI for casting local files to Chromecast devices. It supports:
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1. Chromecast SupportCast your content to a Chromecast connected device with Gnomecast.
Mkchromecast
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Linux
Chromecast
24 Mkchromecast alternatives
This is a program to cast audio and video from your macOS, or Linux desktop to your Google Cast devices or Sonos speakers. It is written in Python, and it streams via node.js, ffmpeg, or avconv.
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1. Chromecast SupportCast your content to a Chromecast connected device with Mkchromecast.
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SpeakerShare
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Linux
8 SpeakerShare alternatives
This is a Java application to use the speaker connected to other computer on the network. It transfers audio in uncompressed PCM format and uses 172 kilobyte per second bandwidth.
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Stream audio
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.0, released in January 2014, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.
PlayJoom
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
2 PlayJoom alternatives
PlayJoom is a web based audio streaming server. It´s written in php and save the data about the audio files like mp3 music in a MySQL database.
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Streaming
Snapcast
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Free • Open Source
Music Streaming Service
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
5 Snapcast alternatives
Snapcast is a multiroom client-server audio player, where all clients are time synchronized with the server to play perfectly synced audio. It's not a standalone player, but an extension that turns your existing audio player into a Sonos-like multiroom solution.
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Stream audio