Airflow AlternativesVideo Streaming Apps like Airflow

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   Plex

    898 likes

   A multimedia tool for streaming movies, TV shows, sports, and music while facilitating personal media organization with versatile libraries and metadata retrieval.

   104 Plex alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Server
   • Media Center

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Chrome OS
   • Android Tablet
   • HUAWEI AppGallery
   • Windows Phone
   • iPad
   • Self-Hosted
   • Snapcraft
   • Android Auto
   • Apple TV
   • Flathub
   • Daydream
   • Kindle Fire
   • Android TV
   • Amazon Alexa
   • Kodi
   • Google TV
   • Playstation
   • Docker
   • Fire TV
   • Roku
   • Chromecast
   • Xbox
   • Docker Hub

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Negative comment by Jonathan Jewell · Jan 7, 2023

   this is not at all the same as Airflow, this is more like a non-hardware based Roku for the film viewing function. Or it is like the Rabbit.it version of a Netflix Party thing with additional plugins

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   • Plex is Freemium and ProprietaryAirflow is Paid and Proprietary
   • Plex is a Media Server Airflow is a Video Streaming App
   • Plex is LightweightAirflow is not according to our users
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   FCast

    7 likes

   FCast is an open source protocol that enables wireless streaming of audio and video content between devices, supporting various stream types such as DASH, HLS, and mp4.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • Flathub
   • Android TV
   • Flatpak

   • United States

   

   

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   Beamer

    7 likes

   Beamer streams video directly so it will be played natively on Apple TV and Chromecast. No glitches, clicks, pops or other shenanigans. The video looks just as good as it would on your desktop

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Video Streaming

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Air Video HD

    32 likes

   Watch videos streamed instantly from your computer on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Apple TV.

   19 Air Video HD alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Video Streaming

   Origin

   • Czechia
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • iPhone
   • iPad
   • Apple TV

   • Czechia
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Videostream

    16 likes

   Select any video from the Videostream extension for Google Chrome and, using the Chromecast extension, play it on your Chromecast. It's fast and simple to use. Videostream supports subtitles, MKV, AVI, MP4, playlists, and more.

   28 Videostream alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Video Streaming

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Chrome OS
   • Google Chrome

   

   

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   AirServer

    20 likes

   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.

   35 AirServer alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Screen Mirroring

   Origin

   • Iceland

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Xbox

   • Iceland

   

   

   

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   AirParrot

    18 likes

   Screen and file sharing app to share content wirelessly to media servers.

   38 AirParrot alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Screen Mirroring

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows

   • United States

   

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    OpenTheatre

     3 likes

    It communicates with its own API written entirely using our custom built command-line web crawler designed to scrape information from trusted files, updated every day. The public web resources used are available on our open assets database, where anyone can contribute their open...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

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    PopCast

     11 likes

    You have a computer full of video files, and you want to stream them to your TV, but your Apple TV or Chromecast won't let you play your AVI and MKV files. No problem! PopCast brings you freedom by letting you stream ALL of your videos to your TV streaming device, no matter...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Media Player
    • Video Streaming

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • United States

    

    

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    VLC Streamer

     6 likes

    Sit anywhere in your house and watch movies or TV shows on your iPhone, iPod or iPad.

    69 VLC Streamer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Video Streaming
    • Media Server

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad

    

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    Negative comment by Guest · Jul 30, 2025

    VCL is not able to transcode the formats not supported by Chromecast, while streaming in a transparent way. Don't support subtitles.

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    • VLC Streamer is Freemium and ProprietaryAirflow is Paid and Proprietary
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    Mkchromecast

     2 likes

    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.

    28 Mkchromecast alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Chromecast

    • Global

    

    

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    GogglePlayer

     1 like

    Windows app that streams video files, desktop mirroring, webcams, URLs and other sources to DJI Goggles or any DLNA and UPnP device. Transcoding, split-audio sync, subtitles. No ads, no telemetry, privacy focused.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Video Streaming
    • Media Server

    Origin

    • Norway

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • Norway

    

    

    

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