# nestrilabs/nestri

[Experimental] Deploy and stream games/apps in the cloud. Use our GPUs or bring your own.

Repository: https://github.com/nestrilabs/nestri
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nestri
Homepage: https://nestri.io
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: dxvk, geforcenow, linux-gaming, nvidia, proton, stadia, steamdeck, vkd3d, wine
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:10:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 63
- inputs: {"age_days": 887, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1737, forks 51 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:29.877400+00:00)

## What it is
Nestri is an open-source cloud gaming platform that runs games and apps inside hardware-accelerated micro-VMs and streams them to clients over QUIC with low latency. It combines a TypeScript control plane on Cloudflare Workers with Rust guest-side components for GPU-based video capture, audio transport, and input muxing.

## Use cases
- stream games from a cloud GPU to any device
- self-host a personal cloud gaming platform on Linux
- run games in isolated micro-VMs sharing one GPU
- build a GeForce Now or Stadia alternative
- stream Windows games via Proton/Wine from Linux servers
- play games remotely from a Steam Deck or laptop

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted, open-source cloud gaming stack you control
- you need multi-tenant GPU sharing via micro-VMs with native context
- you want low-latency streaming over QUIC with GPU-side encoding
- you prefer owning your gaming infrastructure over subscription services

## When to avoid
- you need a stable, production-ready product today (the project is mid-rewrite with thin docs)
- you only want simple local streaming to one device (Moonlight/Sunshine is simpler)
- you lack a Linux host with a Wayland-capable GPU stack
- you cannot tolerate breaking changes and moving interfaces

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: experimental
- function: streaming, gpu-computing, self-hosted, networking
- domain: gaming-tools, cloud-computing, self-hosted, media
- platform: self-hosted, cloud, cross-platform
- tags: game-streaming, cloud-gaming, quic, micro-vm, wayland, vulkan, geforce-now-alternative, rust, cloudflare-workers, virtualization, linux

## Member repositories
- nestrilabs/nestri (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:29.877400+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 2026-08-30T03:30:38.600774+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nestrilabs/nestri (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:29.877400+00:00, sha 0ce2d5052aac)
  - homepage: https://nestri.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:07:47.350509+00:00, sha 6e09265b5cbe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.