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Install airflow with Homebrew Cask

Watch local content on Apple TV and Chromecast. Version 3.3.10 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install --cask airflow

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Watch local content on Apple TV and Chromecast

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

history

Project history and usage

Airflow is BitCave's macOS and Windows application for streaming local media files to Apple TV, Chromecast, and compatible AirPlay or Google Cast televisions.

Project history

BitCave developed Airflow as a desktop application for streaming local media to Apple TV, Chromecast, and compatible televisions. The product grew beyond basic playback to include 4K HDR and HEVC handling, multichannel audio, subtitle search and OCR, playlists, playback-position tracking, network speed testing, and mobile remote-control applications.

Adoption history

Airflow serves users who keep video files locally but want a polished route to televisions and streaming receivers without maintaining a media server. Its support for both Apple and Google receiver ecosystems gives it a cross-platform niche on macOS and Windows.

How it is used

Users add local media to Airflow, select a receiver on the local network, and start playback. Airflow passes compatible streams through directly and transcodes incompatible video when needed; its troubleshooting tools address multicast discovery, firewalls, VPN interference, and local-network throughput.

Why package nerds care

Airflow packages device discovery, codec negotiation, subtitle handling, and selective hardware-accelerated transcoding into a desktop application. For package users, it is a focused alternative to running a general-purpose media server when the goal is direct local-network playback.

Timeline

  • 2020s: Airflow's official site documented support for 4K HDR HEVC streaming, subtitle OCR, multichannel audio, and mobile remote control.

Related projects

  • Apple TV and AirPlay receivers are supported playback targets.
  • Chromecast and Google Cast televisions are supported playback targets.
  • Airflow Remote is the companion mobile remote-control application.

Sources

  • Official performance guide: https://airflow.app/troubleshooting/performance/
  • Official product site: https://airflow.app/
  • Official troubleshooting documentation: https://airflow.app/troubleshooting/

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for airflow. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

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No executable data was present.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-11-04
manager version3.3.10
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://airflowapp.com/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://airflowapp.com/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:airflow
Version3.3.10
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/airflow
Homepagehttps://airflowapp.com/
Upstream docshttps://airflowapp.com/
Source archivehttps://cdn.downloads.iocave.net/Airflow/Airflow%203.3.10.zip
SHA-25676a5da7cebebe651fc849d7510c948d960163bdcdcded0d1abb8c061da447c78
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokenairflow
Names
  • Airflow
Artifacts
App
1
Target
1
Zap
1
Auto Updatesyes
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Same workflow

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  • bilibiliBoth packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: media, streaming, video, video-streaming.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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  • package version freshness
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