Do you remember the Open Source Chromecast alternative Matchstick? They recently made a strong announcement, launching the dubbed “open source streaming platform” Flint!
Matchstick announced Flint, the first open software and open hardware video-streaming platform created with Mozilla’s Firefox OS inside. Flint aims to deliver highly interactive streaming and screen-to-screen experiences including two way interactivity, ad hoc and remote functionality. In addition to Flint, the company also announced hardware partnerships with both Phillips/AOC and TCL to distribute Flint enabled products including TV’s, monitors, and set-top boxes.
So, what does it do?
Matchstick is the physical device, similar in functionality to the Google Chromecast device.
OpenFlint is the streaming/casting technology used by Matchstick that is
completely open and not at all, as stated above, tied to FirefoxOS.
Check https://github.com/openflint/ for code and deeper insights in what it is.