shilapi/xcertplay

Carplay on Android head unit using onboard mfi chip or via CH341.

AppsKotlin#carplay#headunit

3.5 Early signal Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

About the project

An Android head-unit app that receives CarPlay via an MFI chip (directly over I2C or through a CH341 bridge). Supports wired and wireless iPhone connections.

Useful for

Build the Android Automotive APK and install it on a car head unit
Connect an iPhone over cable or Wi-Fi and mirror CarPlay on the head-unit screen
Check head-unit compatibility by attaching xcertplay.log to an issue

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

14 stars so far today, about 21 expected by the end of the day.
The spike has held for 3 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
The repository is 6 days old and already has 293 stars.
Top new repositories this week: #34.
About 24 forks a day — people are taking the code.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 293
Stars in a day: 21
Forks: 41
Issues and pull requests: 9
Watchers: 0
Language: Kotlin
License: GPL-3.0
Latest release: Atreus_1.0.0 · September 14, 2026
Created: September 12, 2026
Last push: September 18, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 18, 2026Top new repositories this week: #33
September 17, 2026Top new repositories this week: #30
September 16, 2026Top new repositories this week: #37
September 15, 2026Top new repositories this week: #51

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