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BetterCast

BetterCast is an open-source video codecs project written in Swift with 62 stars on GitHub.

The authors describe it as: “Turn spare devices into real extra displays for your Mac or Windows PC — iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows, Linux, even an old 5K iMac. Wireless or USB, H.265, multi-device. No subscriptions, no cloud, no accounts.”

Category
Video codecs
Type
Open source
Platform
Swift project
Pricing
Free / open source
License
GPL-3.0
GitHub stars
62
Last updated
2026-08-19

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Frequently asked

What is BetterCast?

BetterCast is an open-source video codecs project written in Swift with 62 stars on GitHub. The authors describe it as: “Turn spare devices into real extra displays for your Mac or Windows PC — iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows, Linux, even an old 5K iMac. Wireless or USB, H.265, multi-device. No subscriptions, no cloud, no accounts.”

Is BetterCast free?

BetterCast is open source — free to use; check its license for redistribution terms.

What are the best BetterCast alternatives?

The closest alternatives in the same category include rav1e, libstreaming, videocall-rs, libpeer, WXInlinePlayer — each has a live profile with facts and its own alternatives list on this hub.