NymphCast
NymphCast is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Media Servers category, licensed BSD-3-Clause and written mainly in C. It has 2,569 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Jan 10, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,569
- Forks
- 83
- Open issues
- 23
- Commits, last 12 months
- 14
- Last commit
- Jan 10, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.2-alpha0Nov 9, 2024
- Created
- Feb 7, 2019
- License
- BSD-3-ClauseOpen source
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Project health
MaintainedMaintained: last commit Jan 10, 2026.
| Last commit | Jan 10, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 14 |
| Latest release | v0.2-alpha0 (Nov 9, 2024) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 12 |
| Open issues | 23 |
| Open pull requests | 0 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Feb 7, 2019 |
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About NymphCast
Turn your choice of Linux-capable hardware into an audio and video source for a television or powered speakers (alternative to Chromecast).
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/MayaPosch/NymphCast.
Topics
- streaming
- nymphcast-server
- audio
- audio-player
- video-player
- audio-streaming
- video-streaming
- angelscript
- casting
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Is NymphCast free and open source?
Yes. NymphCast is open-source software released under the BSD-3-Clause license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run NymphCast with Docker?
NymphCast does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (C++), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to NymphCast?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to NymphCast include Jellyfin, SRS and Invidious.
Is NymphCast actively maintained?
The most recent commit to NymphCast was on Jan 10, 2026 with 14 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.2-alpha0, published Nov 9, 2024. It had 23 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Maintained" as of Oct 26, 2026.