Airstream

A framework for streaming audio between Apple devices using AirPlay.

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A framework for streaming audio between Apple devices using AirPlay.

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Aurornis·Jun 3, 2025

This is cool, but like the other comment said I think it would be prudent to mention in the README that this uses the Airstream project for the AirPlay implementation: https://github.com/qasim/Airstream I thought this was a new Airplay implementation from the way it was described, but then I looked at the source code and realized there wasn’t much there. Nothing wrong with wrapping a library, but it’s nice to mention the technologies used and set expectations.

In Show HN: AirAP AirPlay server – AirPlay to an iOS Device

bri3d·Jun 3, 2025

It's just a thin wrapper for https://github.com/qasim/Airstream (I think it's very lame that the README doesn't mention this), which I think would work in a watchOS app although I'm not 100% sure it would get approved.

In Show HN: AirAP AirPlay server – AirPlay to an iOS Device