Rui CarmoAirPlay is a generic name for a number of Apple technologies, the most interesting of which is its HTTP-based photo and video sharing protocol.
Resources
| Category | Date | Link | Notes |
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| AirPlay 2 | 2026 | airplay2-rs | Open-source AirPlay 2 audio sender in Rust — mDNS discovery, RAOP/RTSP pairing, ALAC encoding, buffered audio sync |
| 2022 | airplay2-receiver | Python-based AirPlay 2 receiver |
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| goplay2 | Go-based AirPlay 2 receiver |
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| Receivers | 2025 | AirAP | iOS receiver for AirPlay |
| 2024 | UxPlay | Generic Linux mirroring daemon with AirPlay v2 and video mirroring support |
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| 2022 | RPiPlay | Raspberry Pi-compatible AirPlay mirroring server |
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| shairport-display-qt | Qt display frontend for shairport |
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| shairport-sync | AirPlay audio receiver — what I use on a Pi 3 |
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| 2012 | shairplay | AirPlay/RAOP server library |
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| Reference | Unofficial Protocol Specs | Protocol documentation including mirroring |
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| Tools | airplay-nmt | C-based server for embedded devices |
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| pyairplay | Protocol testbed |