Free digital signage for everyone.

Anthias is a free, self-hosted digital signage platform for Raspberry Pi and x86 PCs. Formerly known as Screenly OSE, it has been developed in the open since 2012 and is one of the most widely deployed open source signage projects in the world. There are no subscriptions, no per-screen fees, and no cloud account you have to sign up for. You install it on hardware you already own and your content stays on your own network.

Once a screen is running, you manage it from a simple web interface: upload an image or video, point to a web page, set how long each asset shows, and give it a start and end date. Anthias loops through the active playlist automatically, so a Pi tucked behind a display can run unattended for months. Because every device also exposes a REST API, you can automate the same actions across dozens of screens, pull content from your own systems, or schedule backups without ever opening the dashboard.

Teams use Anthias for menu boards in cafes and restaurants, wayfinding and reception screens in offices, live dashboards for factories and operations centers, in-store promotions for retail, and information displays in schools, churches, and community spaces. It runs on Raspberry Pi 2 through Pi 5 as well as ordinary x86 hardware, so an old mini-PC or a spare Pi is usually all you need to get started. The full source is on GitHub under a permissive license, and the project is actively maintained by Screenly with a large community of contributors.