Open source casting suite

Your phone. Your TV. One bridge.

PlayBridge turns any phone into a remote for any screen. Browse on your phone, watch on your TV.

S02 · E04 · 47:21
The Long Way Home
9:41
▶ CASTING
How it works

Three taps to a bigger screen.

01

Browse on your phone

02

Tap cast

03

Lean back

Platforms

Senders and players.

Senders push content. Players receive and play it. They find each other on the local network.

Senders

Browse and pick on these — they push content to a player.

Android app

Browse, search, and send anything to a player.

Install

Firefox extension

Send links from any tab — right-click → cast.

Install
Players

Install one of these on the device you actually watch on.

Android TV

Plays anything. Ad-blocked browser built in.

Install

Apple TV

Native tvOS receiver with AVPlayer.

Install

Desktop

macOS, Windows, and Linux receiver.

Install
Features

The details that make it ambient.

PAIRING

Allow with one tap.

When a phone connects, the player shows an Allow / Reject prompt. Approve once and the device is trusted from then on.

INCOMING CONNECTION
Allow this device?
Pixel 8
192.168.1.27 · LAN
Fingerprint
4f:a1:c2:b9:7e:08
CONTROL

Your phone is the remote.

Full touchpad, D-pad, volume, and scrub. Switch episodes from the couch.

LIVING ROOM
The Long Way Home
OK
CC
VOL
62
PLAYBACK

Season binge mode.

Start episode one instantly. The rest of the season pre-queues quietly in the background.

SEASON 02 QUEUE
The Long Way Home
8 / 10
E03
Cold Open
WATCHED
E04
The Long Way Home
NOW
E05
Resolution
READY
E06
Static
READY
E07
Heavy Rain
READY
ENGINE

Multi-engine playback.

ExoPlayer, MPV, VLC, AVPlayer — PlayBridge picks the right one for the content.

PLAYBACK ENGINE
ExoPlayer
ExoPlayer
Native · HLS
MPV
Hardware accel
VLC
Fallback
AVPlayer
tvOS native
QUALITY
2160p · HDR10
AUDIO
5.1 · TrueHD
SUBS
en · forced
SOURCES

Debrid & Stremio support.

Real-Debrid, AllDebrid, and Stremio addons — resolved locally, no proxy in between.

STREAM SOURCES · 23 FOUND
Real-Debrid · 4K HDR
REMUX · 18.2 GB
BEST
AllDebrid · 1080p
WEB-DL · 4.1 GB
Stremio · 1080p
BLURAY · 6.8 GB
Stremio · 720p
WEB · 1.4 GB
BROWSER

Ad-free TV browser.

EasyList + cosmetic filtering, on by default. The TV browser is clean from the first tap.

example.com/watch
347 BLOCKED
Article title
AD · BLOCKED
Open source

Built in the open, by people who hate ads more than they like profit.

PlayBridge is GPLv3 and free forever. Every line lives on GitHub. Star us, file issues, send PRs — no investors, no roadmap negotiations.

4.2k GitHub stars
GPL-3.0 License
v2.4.1 Version
87 Contributors
Get started

Install on every device you own.

Android phones

  1. 01 Download Latest APK from GitHub Releases.
  2. 02 Allow install Permit installs from unknown sources.
  3. 03 Open & connect Send to a player on your network.
GITHUB RELEASES
github.com/playbridge/playbridge/releases
sha256 a4f1…c2b9
size 28.4 MB
min Android 8
FAQ

The fine print, plainly.

Never. PlayBridge has no concept of users — there is nothing to sign up for.

No. PlayBridge is local-network only by design. Your traffic never leaves your home.

Yes, fully open source under GPLv3. No paywalls, no tiers, no telemetry.

Anything ExoPlayer, MPV, VLC, or AVPlayer can play — essentially everything.

Yes. Paste any URL, drop in any file, point it at any media server.

Not tied to one manufacturer. Same protocol across Android, Apple TV, Linux, Firefox.