# Moonlight Game Streaming

GameStream client for PCs (Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam Link)

Repository: https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/moonlight-game-streaming
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: moonlight, nvidia, gamestream, macos-app, windows-app, linux-app, steam-link, sdl2, qt
Last push: 2026-08-26T06:32:33+00:00
Link (homepage): https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-embedded/wiki

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3049, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 715, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 18408, forks 1267 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:26.642814+00:00)

## What it is
Moonlight is an open-source client for NVIDIA GameStream and Sunshine that streams games from a PC to other devices with low latency. It supports hardware-accelerated decoding, HDR, high-bitrate video, and multi-controller gamepad streaming across desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms.

## Use cases
- stream pc games to raspberry pi
- play steam games on android tablet
- low latency game streaming client
- stream games from nvidia gamestream pc
- use pc as remote desktop with gamepad
- stream games to nintendo switch or steam link

## When to choose
- you have a gaming PC with an NVIDIA GPU or Sunshine host and want to play on another device
- you need low-latency 4K/HDR streaming with hardware decoding
- you want gamepad, multitouch, and multi-user controller support

## When to avoid
- you need to stream from a console like PlayStation or Xbox
- you have no host machine running GameStream or Sunshine
- you want cloud gaming rather than streaming from your own PC

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, networking
- domain: gaming-tools, media, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: game-streaming, nvidia-gamestream, sunshine, remote-desktop, gamepad, low-latency, qt, sdl2, macos, linux, android, ios

## Member repositories
- moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt (main) score 67
- moonlight-stream/moonlight-android (main) score 66
- moonlight-stream/moonlight-embedded (main) score 68
- moonlight-stream/moonlight-ios (main) score 44
- moonlight-stream/moonlight-docs (docs) score 50

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.642814+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 2026-08-29T17:02:03.156224+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.642814+00:00, sha 0c602bc7c364)
  - homepage: https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-embedded/wiki (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:10.381911+00:00, sha c3e1bdff96f3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.