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Go2TV

Cast media files to Smart TVs and Chromecast devices.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Go2TV is a media centre program, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: casting to other devices (Chromecast, DLNA…).

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Go2TV lets you cast video, audio, and images to Smart TVs (DLNA/UPnP) and Chromecast devices, with optional on-the-fly transcoding via FFmpeg.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “No need to copy files to a USB drive or set up a media server.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Go2TV is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Go2TV lets you play video, audio, and image files on your Smart TV or Chromecast device directly from your computer. It works with Smart TVs (Samsung, LG, Sony via DLNA/UPnP), Chromecast devices, BubbleUPnP, and GMediaRender. No need to copy files to a USB drive or set up a media server. Just select your file, pick your device, and play. Supports auto-discovery, transcoding for incompatible formats, external and embedded subtitles, seek support, and both GUI and CLI modes.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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