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Package manager

needed python >= 3.6

pip

Macast supports using pip to install directly to your computer. It is recommended to run Macast in a virtual environment.
You need to install MPV manually and configure it in the system PATH

# install macast
pip install macast
# or install macast dev version
pip install git+https://github.com/xfangfang/Macast.git@dev
# run macast
macast-cli
# or with gui support
macast-gui

Python that comes with MacOS may not support GUI. It seems that you can download a new version of Python from the python official website and install it.

aur

please refer to : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/macast-git/

Thanks to @icepie
Related issue: https://github.com/xfangfang/Macast/issues/20

scoop

The manifest has been added to the extras bucket, can now be installed with

scoop bucket add extras
scoop install macast

Thanks to happytommyl
Related issue: https://github.com/xfangfang/Macast/issues/102

snap

coming soon

Prebuilt

You can download the prebuilt macast from here: https://github.com/xfangfang/Macast/releases

Windows

support Windows 7 and higher.
At present, there is no installation package. Click Macast-*.exe directly to run automatically in the taskbar

macOS

support macOS 10.15 and higher.
Open the DMG file, drag the Macast.app on the left to the Application folder on the right, and then the installation is completed. Then you can run Macast in the launchpad to Application folder.
This program can also run on M1 mac, but there is no native support at present

Linux

Please refer to: #selecting-a-backend for Linux support information.
We provide Debian users with a DEB package(amd64) and a binary(amd64) file for other linux amd64 users. Or you can refer to the development documentation to build your own application from the source code.
The binary and DEB package provided in release require glibc version to be higher than or equal to 2.28. Use ldd --version to check glibc version of your operating system.

Tested with these system

Please modify the following to add your operating system

  • Ubuntu 20.04\21.04\21.10(need libappindicator3-dev installed)
  • Kbuntu 21.04
  • Deepin 20.2.3
  • UOS Home 21.0 Beta
  • Raspberry Pi OS Sep 24 2019 (without notification)