CastLab vs Vanilla Music
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
CastLab
Cast your photos, videos, and audio to DLNA/UPnP and FCast devices on your local network. Features: - Cast media from your gallery, file picker, or online sources to any DLNA/UPnP or FCast receiver - Automatic device discovery (SSDP and mDNS) - Screen sharing to cast your Android screen in real time - Browse media by albums with date range and media type filters - Create and manage playlists - Player controls: play, pause, stop, seek, volume, autoplay - Background playback with notification controls (play/pause/stop) - Extract and cast videos from web pages (HTML parsing) - Cast from PeerTube and YouTube via Invidious instances (no direct YouTube connection) - Import M3U/M3U8 playlists (IPTV, online streams) - Open files directly from the file picker - Light, Dark, Auto, and Custom themes with 8 presets - Material Design 3
Vanilla Music
Music player with a simple interface similar to the stock music player. Supports browsing by folder, queueing, shake-to-skip and more. Supports the same audio formats as the stock music player since the system media APIs are used. This is a fork of https://f-droid.org/packages/org.kreed.vanilla which is no longer being developed by its author. We keep that in the repo as it supports Android versions below 4.0.3.
| Feature | CastLab | Vanilla Music |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-Droid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | MusicGalleryVideo | MusicMedia PlayerVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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