# PlayOnDlna (open-source smart home app)

> PlayOnDlna is a free, open-source smart home app for Android. Play your media ad-free on DLNA players in your local network. It has 134 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

Play your media ad-free on DLNA players such as Kodi and Smart TVs in your local network! Simply share a supported media link with PlayOnDlna. The app prepares compatible video or audio and streams it directly to your selected player. Supported sources include YouTube, YMusic, PeerTube, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, and media.ccc.de. More Choice Enjoy media from your favorite platforms in one simple app. Video and Audio PlayOnDlna prepares compatible media, cover artwork, and subtitles for your DLNA player. Playlists That Just Work Enjoy continuous playback even when your player has no native playlist support.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/scovillo/playondlna |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 134 |
| License | GPL-3.0-only (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.scovillo.playondlna/ (package io.github.scovillo.playondlna) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://scovillo.github.io/playondlna/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | Smart home & IoT |
| Latest release | 1.16 (Sep 26, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 26, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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