If you're tired of using proprietary software and devices to cast media to your TV, did you know there is an open source protocol called #FCast?

#CastLab, an app that I maintain, works with this protocol. It is only available on #FDroid: f-droid.org/packages/app.fedil…

More about FCast: fcast.org/

Don't hesitate to take back control. The app also works with #Kodi and any other device supporting #DLNA.

Ich habe gerade mal meine #Festplatten Kapazitäten (#M2, #SSD, #HD, 2,5", 3,5", intern, extern) hier zusammengezählt. Auf #Proxmox (#Homeserver mit #Homeassistant und #TrueNAS), #Backup #Server, #Libreelec #Mediacenter mit #Kodi und #TVHeadend, #VuPlus, 3 #Notebooks und offline Backup-Festplatten im Schrank: ~ 92 TB

Dazu kommen dann noch 2 TB im Netz (#rootServer, #Webspace), 1,5 TB auf #Smartphones und #Tablets und ~ 1,5 TB #USBSticks und #MicroSD Karten und wahrscheinlich vergessenes 🤔🫣🤪
Ich muss da immer wieder an den Kauf meines ersten #PC denken: Damals waren 105 MB Festplatte für #DOS und #Windows Standard. Ich habe eine gigantische 170 MB (ja, Megabyte, das ist KEIN Tippfehler) Platte genommen und damals dachten wirklich noch alle, dass man die nie voll bekommt 🤣🤣🤣
Heute belegt ein nacktes, frisch installiertes #Windows 11 schon knapp das 150-fache 🤦

I created #CastLab after coming back from holidays. I just wanted to cast my media to my TV and could not find a simple open source app for that, so I built one.

It has grown since: it supports #Kodi and the open source #FCast protocol. I was even surprised to see it also used to cast music to network speakers.

I will keep working on your feedback. Only on #FDroid, but it could be brought to #iOS if people are interested (through #AltStorePAL).

f-droid.org/packages/app.fedil…

I might even switch my media center / home server in the long run.

Not Blackblock, which is the one with my dns, my website and mailserver. That one is running OpenBSD and staying.

Love #OpenBSD.

But I might switch Jabberwocky, which runs #kodi and shares NFS in the home network and does DNS resolution.

#nixos

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) was published the other day:

* Basic 2.0-alpha6 ready to translate #Weblate
* #ArcaneChat #DeltaChat at war with metadata
* #BasicSync for #Syncthing
* #Ente brings #EnteLocker
* #XBMC #Kodi update
* new #Lichess client
* #Threema does not want your metadata either
* #FMD teaches us #HSM app signing #Nitrokey #PKCS
+ 35 new apps
& 237 updates

What is metadata anyway? f-droid.org/2026/04/03/twif.ht…