# hgaiser/moonshine

Headless streaming server for Moonlight clients, written in Rust.

Repository: https://github.com/hgaiser/moonshine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hgaiser-moonshine
Language: Rust
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-30T15:16:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 96, longevity 69
- inputs: {"age_days": 966, "days_push": 3, "days_rel": 28, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1129, forks 74 (observed 2026-09-01T02:14:02.839872+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: streaming, video-processing, audio-processing, gui
- domain: gaming-tools, media, self-hosted, operating-systems
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: game-streaming, moonlight, headless, remote-play, vulkan, hdr, host-server, linux

## Member repositories
- hgaiser/moonshine (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:02.839872+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 2026-08-30T06:45:47.826053+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hgaiser/moonshine (fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:02.839872+00:00, sha 805b721724df)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.