# AlkaidLab/foundation-sunshine

Sunshine fork: an enhanced sunshine, a self-hosted game streaming host for Moonlight with HDR10/HDR Vivid, virtual displays, advanced audio, optimized encoders, and a modern control panel.

Repository: https://github.com/AlkaidLab/foundation-sunshine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/foundation-sunshine
Homepage: https://www.alkaidlab.com
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: cloudgaming, moonlight, remote-desktop, stream, sunshine, game-streaming, rdp, amf, hdr, hdr10, moonlight-streaming, remote, remote-desktop-protocol, self-hosted, streaming, virtual-display, hdr-vivid
Last push: 2026-08-26T02:30:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 93
- inputs: {"age_days": 1304, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 10, "gap_med": 9.0, "n_releases_24m": 47}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6601, forks 173 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:45.591615+00:00)

## What it is
An enhanced fork of LizardByte/Sunshine, a self-hosted game streaming host that serves Moonlight clients. It adds full HDR10/HDR Vivid/HLG pipelines, virtual display integration, advanced 12-channel audio, optimized NVENC/AMF encoders, and a modern Tauri-based control panel, focused on Windows.

## Use cases
- stream pc games to moonlight clients with hdr
- self-hosted game streaming server for windows
- create a virtual display for remote streaming
- low latency remote desktop for gaming
- stream with hdr10 and hdr vivid support
- share host folders with streaming clients
- use a remote microphone while streaming

## When to choose
- you want HDR10/HDR Vivid/HLG streaming on Windows with NVENC or AMD encoders
- you need virtual display management and multi-client sessions built in
- you want enhanced audio like 7.1.4 surround and remote microphone
- you prefer a modern control panel over stock Sunshine's WebUI

## When to avoid
- you need Linux or macOS hosting - this fork targets Windows 10 22H2+
- you want the upstream, widely-documented Sunshine codebase
- you need a streaming client rather than a host

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, streaming, gui, self-hosted
- domain: gaming-tools, media, self-hosted, windows
- platform: windows, self-hosted
- tags: game-streaming, moonlight, hdr, hdr10, hdr-vivid, virtual-display, nvenc, amf, remote-desktop, sunshine-fork, low-latency, cloudgaming, desktop

## Member repositories
- AlkaidLab/foundation-sunshine (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:45.591615+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:43:32.297329+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AlkaidLab/foundation-sunshine (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:45.591615+00:00, sha 741dc4268b7c)
  - homepage: https://www.alkaidlab.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:50.103523+00:00, sha 1f50c6c512d8)
  - site_page: https://www.alkaidlab.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:50.106053+00:00, sha 7f55a2ef4901)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.