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Digital Signage Player Compatibility Matrix 2026: Which CMS Runs on Which TV, Stick or PC

Quick answer: no platform is universal. Counting official native player apps across 15 device platforms, the ranking in September 2026 is OptiSigns 14, ScreenCloud 10, Yodeck 9, Rise Vision 9, DigitalSignage.com 8, NoviSign 8, PosterBooking 8, TelemetryTV 7, Xibo 6, PiSignage 5, Screenly 5, ScreenTinker 3, Anthias (Screenly OSE) 2, ChannelOS 1. The rest is browser playback or nothing. Three things the vendors' own pages say that roundups miss: several vendors are withdrawing from consumer Fire TV sticks (OptiSigns and Rise Vision) in favour of the Amazon Signage Stick, LG webOS and Samsung Tizen support usually means commercial signage firmware rather than the TV in your living room, and Raspberry Pi is explicitly unsupported by ScreenCloud and Xibo. Every cell below was read from the vendor's own download, players or help pages on 2026-09-18; the sources are listed under the table and the data is published as an open dataset.

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The matrix​

✅ official native app or package · 🌐 works through the platform's web browser only · — not offered or stated unsupported · ? could not be verified

PlatformDigitalSignage.comYodeckOptiSignsScreenCloudRise VisionNoviSignPiSignagePosterBookingXiboAnthiasChannelOSScreenTinkerScreenlyTelemetryTV
Windows✅✅✅✅✅✅🌐✅✅—🌐🌐🌐✅
macOS✅🌐✅✅🌐🌐🌐✅——🌐🌐🌐🌐
Linux✅🌐✅🌐✅🌐✅✅✅✅🌐🌐🌐✅
Android✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅——✅✅✅
Android TV / Google TV✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅?—✅✅✅✅
Fire TV—✅✅✅—✅✅✅——🌐✅✅✅
Chrome OS✅✅✅✅✅✅🌐—✅—🌐🌐🌐✅
Raspberry Pi✅✅✅—✅?✅✅—✅🌐🌐✅✅
LG webOS—✅✅✅✅✅—✅✅—🌐🌐🌐—
Samsung Tizen—✅✅✅—✅——✅——🌐✅—
Apple TV——✅—✅—————————
iPad / iOS✅—✅✅————————🌐—
Web browser🌐🌐🌐🌐🌐🌐🌐———🌐🌐🌐🌐
BrightSign—✅✅✅✅✅—————🌐——
Roku——✅———————————
Native apps (count)8914109858621357

Verified 2026-09-18 against each vendor's own pages. Download the data: JSON · CSV (CC BY 4.0, part of the State of Digital Signage Pricing 2026 repository).

How to read it for a purchase​

  • You already own the screens and want $0 hardware: pick a CMS with a native app for what is plugged in today. An Android TV stick or box is the widest common denominator (12 of 14 vendors have a native app), followed by Windows (9 native) and Raspberry Pi (9 native).
  • Consumer Fire TV Stick: treat it as a temporary player. Two vendors are ending support and Amazon itself pushes the Signage Stick for business use.
  • Smart TV with no stick: only ChannelOS, ScreenTinker and Screenly Anywhere run in a consumer TV browser, and each vendor warns that TV browsers are unreliable. Commercial webOS or Tizen panels are a different story.
  • Raspberry Pi: nine vendors ship an image or package. Check the Pi generation: Anthias and Screenly stop at older boards, PiSignage's Zero 2 W image plays images and video only.
  • Kiosk and lockdown: native apps give device-owner mode, offline caching and remote restart. A browser tab gives none of these.

Vendor notes and sources​

  • DigitalSignage.com (8 native): Site states SignPlayer runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Android TV, Chrome OS, Raspberry Pi (Pi 5 optimized, Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit install script), iPad and in any browser, but not on BrightSign OS; Fire OS app in development, not listed; webOS, Tizen, Apple TV and Roku not listed; installers served from the account Downloads page; free for the first 3 screens. Sources: 1 2 3 4.
  • Yodeck (9 native): Yodeck Player is pre-configured Raspberry Pi hardware (Pi 4/5 images for bring-your-own); Amazon Signage Stick ships preloaded; Android app covers Android TV, Google TV and Chromecast with Google TV (Android 5+); ChromeOS is a Web Player PWA in kiosk mode plus a Chrome extension and needs a Chrome Enterprise kiosk licence; macOS and Linux only via the Chrome-based Web Player; Apple TV, iOS and Roku not offered. Sources: 1 2 3 4 5.
  • OptiSigns (14 native): Broadest official list (download page lists every column, including ARM Linux builds for Raspberry Pi and the Amazon Signage Stick). Caveats on the vendor's pages: the Fire OS APK is still offered but OptiSigns says it will end support for Amazon Fire Sticks in the near future and Firestick Select is not compatible; the Roku app and the consumer Samsung Tizen app are no longer recommended since May 2024 (Samsung SSSP commercial and LG webOS Signage IPK still supported); the Apple TV app has limits with heavy web content; OptiSigns also sells its own OptiStick, Pro and ProMax hardware. Sources: 1 2 3 4 5.
  • ScreenCloud (10 native): Own hardware: ScreenCloud PIXI and ScreenCloud OS Station P1 Pro; webOS and Tizen support is commercial signage firmware only (webOS Signage 6.0, SSSP 10 on Tizen 6.5/7; consumer webOS TVs not supported); ChromeOS needs the Chrome Enterprise Kiosk and Signage Upgrade; iPadOS 15+ app (no iPhone); Fire OS app in the Amazon Appstore but 1st and 2nd generation Fire Sticks unsupported and the Amazon Signage Stick preferred; Raspberry Pi, Apple TV and Roku explicitly not supported; Web Player: Chrome recommended, smart-TV browsers described as unreliable; Linux only via the Web Player. Sources: 1 2 3 4 5.
  • Rise Vision (9 native): The help center blocks direct fetches, so help articles were verified from their titles and search snippets. Fire TV conflict: the hardware page still lists Fire Sticks and TVs but the help article says Rise Player is no longer supported on consumer Fire TV and recommends the preloaded Amazon Signage Stick, so marked no; LG webOS is an IPK for webOS 4.x+ commercial displays; BrightSign Series 5+; Android and Android TV 8.0+; the web player is Chrome-only and cannot control device power; no macOS installer (browser only), no Tizen, iOS or Roku; own hardware: Rise Vision Media Player and Avocor displays. Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7.
  • NoviSign (8 native): Windows (7+, 10, 11), Android 5+ (Play Store or APK, including Sony Android TV), Chrome OS (Chrome Web Store app), LG webOS, Samsung Tizen, BrightSign and Fire TV (Amazon Appstore) are official apps; the Amazon Signage Stick ships preinstalled; the Linux app is a set of shell scripts that run the WPlayer HTML player inside Google Chrome (browser); macOS only via WPlayer in a browser; Raspberry Pi mentioned generically as Linux hardware but no Pi package or ARM instructions found; no Apple TV, iOS or Roku. Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.
  • PiSignage (5 native): Raspberry Pi OS images (Pi 3, 4, 5, Zero 2 W; the Zero 2 W plays images and videos only) are the core product; the Android TV app on the Play Store also covers the Fire TV Stick (vendor caveat: the Fire TV Stick is not built for digital signage) and the Amazon Signage Stick; a Linux desktop image exists for x86 NUC, Radxa and Odroid; Windows, macOS and Chrome OS only via the PWA player in a Chromium browser; no webOS, Tizen, BrightSign, Apple TV, iOS or Roku. Sources: 1 2 3.
  • PosterBooking (8 native): Homepage lists players for Amazon Fire TV OS (Amazon Appstore, plus the Amazon Signage Stick), Android (Google Play; Xiaomi Mi TV sticks and boxes named as Android TV players), Raspberry Pi (PosterBooking OS image or .deb), Linux, macOS, Windows (.exe) and LG webOS; non-store downloads sit behind the dashboard; first 10 screens free; no browser player, Chrome OS, Tizen, BrightSign, Apple TV, iOS or Roku. Sources: 1 2 3.
  • Xibo (6 native): Android, webOS, Tizen and ChromeOS players are paid commercial licences (perpetual or subscription; included in Xibo Cloud plans); the Windows player is free open source (AGPLv3, Windows 10+); the Linux player is a community-contributed x86-64 snap with no commercial support; Raspberry Pi explicitly not supported (the Linux snap needs 64-bit AMD or Intel); the Android docs target Android 7+/9+ boxes and commercial SoC displays and never mention Android TV, Google TV or Fire OS (Fire Stick is community sideload only); webOS 3.2+ and SSSP6+ minimums; no macOS, browser, Apple TV, iOS, BrightSign or Roku player. Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6.
  • Anthias (Screenly OSE) (2 native): Open source; supported hardware: Raspberry Pi 5 and 4 recommended, Pi 3B and 3B+ supported, Pi 2 and 3 32-bit in maintenance, Pi 3A+ not recommended; x86 PC (NUC or similar, 64-bit) recommended on Debian Trixie or Bookworm; generic 64-bit ARM boards (Rock Pi, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, NanoPi R3S) best-effort on Armbian; Docker-based install with a balenaOS option; no player for any other platform. Sources: 1 2.
  • ChannelOS (1 native): Browser-first: the player is a web page opened in the TV's own browser (Android TV, Google TV, webOS, Fire TV via Silk, any browser; a Chromebox, mini PC, laptop or Raspberry Pi in kiosk mode also work); the only native app is an Android TV / Google TV APK for Android 8.0+ downloaded from the vendor site, not on Google Play yet; the vendor says recent Samsung sets often lack a usable browser and need an HDMI stick; Roku, Apple TV, BrightSign, iPad and Android tablets not mentioned; first screen free. Sources: 1 2.
  • ScreenTinker (3 native): The only native package is the Android APK (Android TV boxes and the Fire TV Stick; device-owner enrollment for kiosk mode, silent updates and remote key presses); the Windows and Raspberry Pi downloads are setup scripts that launch Chrome or Chromium in kiosk mode on the web player (Pi 4+), so classed as browser; LG and Samsung smart TVs and BrightSign use the built-in browser on the same web player; macOS and Linux covered only by any web browser; no Apple TV, iOS or Roku. Sources: 1 2 3 4.
  • Screenly (5 native): Two lines: ScreenlyOS on Screenly Player or Player Max hardware or a self-flashed Raspberry Pi 3B, 3B+, 4 or 5 via Raspberry Pi Imager, and Screenly Anywhere (a browser player for a PC, tablet, iPad, Chromebook or anything with a browser, plus a Google Play app for Android and Android TV, an Amazon Appstore app for Fire TV, a Tizen app for Samsung commercial displays, ChromeOS Flex kiosk, LG consumer TV built-in browser, the Amazon Signage Stick paired via the Amazon console, Crestron AirMedia); the help center blocks direct fetches, so articles were verified via search snippets; no Apple TV, BrightSign or Roku. Sources: 1 2 3 4 5.
  • TelemetryTV (7 native): Own hardware: TelemetryOS Box and Droid-1 (Android); TelemetryOS is also installable on Raspberry Pi and Intel PCs; Windows and Linux are Electron apps; Android 7.1.1+ app via the Play Store or APK (Android TV supported but more restricted); the Fire TV app is recommended for non-commercial use; the ChromeOS app is deprecated and not recommended for new deployments; the PWA browser player is for testing only; macOS means Chrome kiosk instructions; webOS explicitly not supported (use a box over HDMI); the BrightSign guide is marked unsupported and experimental; Apple TV not supported; iOS support discontinued; Tizen and Roku not listed. Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7.

Corrections​

Vendors change their supported-device lists often. If a cell is out of date, send the vendor page URL and the date through the correction form on the pricing dataset page; the JSON, the CSV and this page are updated together with a new verification date.

Frequently asked questions​

Which digital signage software works on a Fire TV Stick?​

Official Fire OS apps in September 2026: OptiSigns (which says it will end Fire Stick support in the near future), ScreenCloud (not on 1st or 2nd generation sticks), NoviSign, PiSignage, PosterBooking, ScreenTinker, Screenly and TelemetryTV; Yodeck ships preloaded on the Amazon Signage Stick. ChannelOS runs in the Fire TV Silk browser. Rise Vision no longer supports consumer Fire TV. DigitalSignage.com's Fire OS app is in development and not listed yet; its free SignPlayer runs on Android TV, Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, Raspberry Pi and iPad.

Which digital signage software runs on a Raspberry Pi?​

Official Raspberry Pi players: DigitalSignage.com (Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit, Pi 5 optimized), Yodeck (Pi 4/5 images and its own Pi-based player), OptiSigns (ARM Linux build), Rise Vision, PiSignage (its core product), PosterBooking (OS image or .deb), Anthias (Pi 3B+ to Pi 5), Screenly (self-flashed Pi 3B to Pi 5) and TelemetryTV (TelemetryOS). ScreenCloud and Xibo explicitly do not support the Pi; ChannelOS and ScreenTinker run on a Pi through Chromium in kiosk mode.

Which digital signage software has the most native player apps?​

Counting official native apps or packages across 15 platforms: OptiSigns 14, ScreenCloud 10, Yodeck 9, Rise Vision 9, DigitalSignage.com 8, NoviSign 8, PosterBooking 8, TelemetryTV 7, Xibo 6, PiSignage 5, Screenly 5, ScreenTinker 3, Anthias (Screenly OSE) 2, ChannelOS 1. A native app matters for kiosk lockdown, offline caching and remote restart; a browser-only player depends on the TV's browser, which the vendors themselves describe as unreliable on many smart TVs.

Can I run digital signage on an LG or Samsung smart TV without a stick?​

Only with commercial signage firmware in most cases. Yodeck, OptiSigns, ScreenCloud, Rise Vision, NoviSign and Xibo ship LG webOS Signage apps, and Yodeck, OptiSigns, ScreenCloud, NoviSign, Xibo and Screenly ship Samsung Tizen apps, but ScreenCloud and Rise Vision state these are for commercial displays, not consumer TVs. On a consumer TV the practical options are a browser player (ChannelOS, ScreenTinker, Screenly Anywhere on LG) or a $30 to $60 Android TV stick running any of the Android TV apps, including DigitalSignage.com's free SignPlayer.

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