LizardByte/Sunshine
Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.
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Where it stands
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4 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 4 days ago, with 216 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a self-hosted game streaming server compatible with Moonlight clients using hardware or software encoding.
- Enables low-latency, high-performance game streaming across AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs with a user-friendly web UI for configuration.
- Use for setting up a private cloud gaming server to stream PC games to various devices securely within a home network.
- Use for developers or enthusiasts wanting to customize or extend a game streaming server with open-source C++ codebase.
- Use for users seeking a cross-platform streaming solution supporting Windows, macOS, and multiple Linux distributions with modern GPU support.
Should you depend on it?
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License
GPL 3.0
Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
- GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
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From the README
Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.
Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Offering low latency, cloud gaming server capabilities with support for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs for hardware encoding. Software encoding is also available. You can connect to Sunshine from any Moonlight client on a variety of devices. A web UI is provided to allow configuration, and client pairing, from your favorite web browser. Pair from the local server or any mobile device.
LizardByte has the full documentation hosted on Read the Docs
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
2.3K+342
Open issues
187+59
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| LizardByte/Sunshine | 42.9K | — | 65 | 4 days ago |
| Category median | 20.6K | +1.0K | 75 | — |
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