Open Source AudioRelay AlternativesAudio Routers and other similar apps like AudioRelay

The best open source alternative to AudioRelay is Audio Share. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to AudioRelay and ten of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to AudioRelay are SonoBus, PairPods, Snapcast and Stream What You Hear.

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  1. Audio Share icon
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    Audio Share can share Windows/Linux computer's audio to Android phone over network, so your phone becomes the speaker of computer. (You needn't buy a new speaker😄.).

    16 Audio Share alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  2. SonoBus icon
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    SonoBus is an easy to use application for streaming high-quality, low-latency peer-to-peer audio between devices over the internet or a local network.

    24 SonoBus alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  3. PairPods icon
     5 likes

    A macOS menubar app that lets you share audio between two Bluetooth devices simultaneously. PairPods makes it easy to create shared listening experiences.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. Snapcast icon
     4 likes

    Snapcast enhances audio players, creating a multiroom solution with synchronized playback via client-server architecture. It allows simultaneous audio feeds and client grouping, integrating well with MPD and Mopidy for perfect audio distribution.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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  5. Stream What You Hear (SWYH) is a Windows application to broadcast the sound of your computer (ie: “what you hear”) on an UPnP/DLNA device such as TVs, amps, network receivers, game consoles, etc...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Audio Source icon
     3 likes

    Audio Source forwards Android microphone audio input to the PulseAudio daemon through ADB, so you can use your Android device as a USB microphone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
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  7. An application for streaming audio over a local network. It allows you to stream your device's internal audio to any other device on the network. Developed in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Mac
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  8. Ses icon
     Like

    MacOS tray app to control Sonos speakers ecosystem.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. VirtAudio icon
     Like

    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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  10. System-wide AirPlay 2 output for macOS. Cacophony installs a virtual CoreAudio output device named Cacophony and streams everything played through it to one or more AirPlay 2 speakers, in sync.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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