# selkies-project/selkies

Open-Source Low-Latency Accelerated Linux WebRTC HTML5 Remote Desktop Streaming Platform for Self-Hosting, Containers, Kubernetes, or Cloud/HPC

Repository: https://github.com/selkies-project/selkies
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/selkies
Homepage: https://selkies-project.github.io/selkies/
Language: Python
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: cloud-gaming, game-streaming, gpu, gstreamer, html5, linux-gaming, nvidia, opengl, remote-access, remote-desktop, vulkan, webrtc, remote-control, vnc, rdp, x11, docker, kubernetes, hacktoberfest, jupyter
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:43:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1808, "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 2067, forks 180 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:10.130086+00:00)

## What it is
Selkies is an open-source low-latency, GPU/CPU-accelerated Linux remote desktop and game streaming platform that delivers an HTML5 web client over WebSockets (with opt-in WebRTC). It is designed for self-hosting on desktops, containers, Kubernetes, and Cloud/HPC environments, with clipboard, gamepad, and microphone/webcam forwarding.

## Use cases
- stream a linux desktop to a browser with low latency
- cloud gaming on a gpu linux server
- give browser-based remote desktop access to kubernetes pods
- stream gpu-accelerated 3d apps to researchers over html5
- replace vnc with a faster web-based remote desktop
- run remote desktop sessions in jupyter or coder workspaces
- self-host a geforce-now-like streaming service on linux

## When to choose
- you need browser-based remote desktop streaming on linux with GPU acceleration
- you deploy desktops in containers, Kubernetes, or HPC/SLURM clusters
- you want cloud-gaming-grade latency and 60fps Full HD streaming
- you need clipboard, gamepad, or audio/webcam forwarding in the browser

## When to avoid
- you need to remote into Windows or macOS hosts
- you need a full turnkey remote desktop solution with display server included
- you require native client applications rather than a browser interface

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, websocket, video-processing, audio-processing, graphics, streaming
- domain: self-hosted, cloud-computing, gaming-tools, gpu-computing, web-development
- platform: self-hosted, browser, python
- tags: remote-desktop, webrtc, cloud-gaming, html5-streaming, gpu-accelerated, screen-capture, hpc, jupyter, remote-access, containers, linux, docker, kubernetes, web-server

## Member repositories
- selkies-project/selkies (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:10.130086+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 2026-08-30T02:56:52.868859+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/selkies-project/selkies (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:10.130086+00:00, sha b7834302cbd0)
  - homepage: https://selkies-project.github.io/selkies/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:37:11.244374+00:00, sha 09a4829c3085)
  - site_page: https://docs.selkies.io/native (fetched 2026-08-29T10:37:11.254209+00:00, sha 2092f7dadb16)
  - site_page: https://docs.selkies.io/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T10:37:11.257355+00:00, sha 39abc3aff30b)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/selkies/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:37:11.259597+00:00, sha 55a5d0976f39)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.