Anthias
by Anthias · Open source digital signage for Raspberry Pi and x86 PCs
47.4 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
Anthias is a self-hosted digital signage platform for Raspberry Pi and x86 PCs, formerly named Screenly OSE. You install it on your own hardware and manage each screen from a web interface: upload an image or video, point at a URL, set the duration, playlist order and start and end dates. Every device also exposes a REST API for automating updates across multiple screens.
- Best for
- Teams running their own digital signage on Raspberry Pi or spare x86 hardware they already have
- Pricing
- No prices are published — the software is free and open source, with no subscriptions or per-screen fees, and you provide the hardware.
- Runs on
- Self-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Free and open source, no subscriptions or per-screen fees
- Runs on Raspberry Pi 2 through Pi 5 and ordinary x86 hardware
- REST API for automating content and devices across screens
- SD card image flashes from Raspberry Pi Imager, no command line
Trade-offs
- Self-hosted, so you supply and maintain the hardware and network
- Fleet-managed OTA images need a third party such as balenaHub
- Content is limited to images, videos and web pages
- Scheduling covers duration, playlist order and start/end dates only
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 10 out of 100
- Documentation
- 90 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 96 out of 100
- Changelog
- 100 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 60 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 0 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 55 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 100 out of 100
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