Wails Cast

A desktop application for streaming media to Chromecast devices using Wails and Go.

Features

• Discover Chromecast devices on your network
• Stream local media files to Chromecast
• Manage playback with intuitive controls
• Support for HLS streaming (both automatic and manual modes)
• File explorer for easy media selection
• Real-time device status monitoring

Prerequisites

• Go 1.21 or higher
• Node.js 16 or higher
• npm or yarn
• Wails CLI: go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/cmd/wails@latest

Installation

1. Clone the repository (with submodules):

git clone --recursive https://github.com/SomeoneIsWorking/wails-cast.git
cd wails-cast

2. Install dependencies:

wails build

Development

To run in live development mode with hot reload:

wails dev

This will start:

• A Vite development server for frontend hot reload
• The Go backend with live compilation
• A dev server on http://localhost:34115 for debugging

Building

To build a production-ready application:

wails build

The built application will be located in the build/bin/ directory.

Project Structure

• app.go - Main application entry point
• chromecast.go - Chromecast device management
• discovery.go - Network device discovery
• server.go - HTTP server for media streaming
• hls_*.go - HLS streaming implementations
• frontend/ - Vue.js frontend application
• go-chromecast/ - Go Chromecast library

Configuration

Edit wails.json to configure project settings. For more information, see the Wails documentation.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.