hgaiser/moonshine
Headless streaming server for Moonlight clients, written in Rust. observed · 2026-10-16
Health v2 · maintenance only
93/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 72
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 4
- age_days: 1014
- days_rel: 36
- days_push: 5
- n_releases_24m: 16
Adoption not part of the score
1252 stars · 87 forks observed · 2026-10-16
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Moonshine is a headless streaming host server written in Rust that lets you stream games from a Linux PC to devices running Moonlight clients. It runs each stream in an isolated compositor, supports hardware H.264/H.265/AV1 encoding, HDR, full input forwarding, and low-latency Opus audio.
Use cases
- stream games from my linux pc to moonlight clients
- set up a headless game streaming server without a monitor
- play pc games remotely on a tv or handheld
- stream games while still using my desktop for other things
- host game streams with hdr and surround sound
- replace sunshine for moonlight streaming on linux
When to choose
- you run a Linux host with a Vulkan-capable GPU (NVIDIA RTX, AMD RDNA2+, Intel Arc)
- you want headless streaming without an HDMI dummy plug
- you want isolated streaming sessions that don't take over your desktop
- you use Moonlight v6+ clients
When to avoid
- your host runs Windows or macOS
- your GPU lacks Vulkan video encoding
- you rely on older Moonlight versions or unofficial ports
- your distro doesn't use systemd
Facets
application · maturity active
streaming video-processing audio-processing gui gaming-tools media self-hosted operating-systems self-hosted game-streaming moonlight headless remote-play vulkan hdr host-server linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/hgaiser/moonshine · fetched 2026-10-16 · 805b721724df
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| hgaiser/moonshine | main | 93 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="hgaiser/moonshine")
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