Homebrew SharpCaster
August 29, 2025 ยท View on GitHub
A Homebrew tap for SharpCaster, a cross-platform C# console application for interacting with Google Chromecast devices.
Installation
# Add the tap
brew tap Tapanila/sharpcaster
# Install SharpCaster
brew install sharpcaster
Usage
After installation, you can run SharpCaster from the command line:
sharpcaster --help
About SharpCaster
SharpCaster is a cross-platform C# SDK and console application for interacting with Google Chromecast devices. It provides:
- Device discovery via mDNS
- Media playback control
- Media queue management
- Application launching
- Volume control
- Event-driven architecture
Formula Details
- Version: 3.0.0
- License: MIT
- Supported platforms: macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon), Linux (64 and ARM)
- Homepage: https://github.com/Tapanila/SharpCaster
Automation
- Daily updates: A scheduled GitHub Action checks daily for new
releases on
Tapanila/SharpCasterand updatesFormula/sharpcaster.rbwith the latest version, URLs, and SHA256 hashes. - Manual trigger: You can also trigger the workflow manually from the
Actions tab (
Update SharpCaster Formula). - README sync: The workflow also updates the version shown above to match the latest release.
Contributing
This tap follows the standard Homebrew tap structure. The formula is located in Formula/sharpcaster.rb.
License
This tap is released under the same MIT license as the SharpCaster project.