LizardByte/Sunshine
Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
90/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 72
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 87
- age_days: 1722
- days_rel: 109
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
40571 stars · 2058 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host that works with Moonlight clients, providing low-latency cloud gaming server capabilities. It supports hardware encoding on AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs (plus software encoding), gamepad emulation, and configuration via a web UI.
Use cases
- stream pc games to moonlight clients
- self-hosted cloud gaming server
- stream my desktop to a phone or tablet
- replace geforce experience gamestream
- low latency remote gaming over lan
- play pc games on tv with a controller
- remote desktop with low latency
When to choose
- you already use or prefer Moonlight clients
- you want a free self-hosted alternative to GeForce Experience/Shadow
- you need hardware encoding across AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs
- you want cross-platform host support including Linux and macOS
When to avoid
- you need a turnkey cloud gaming service without managing your own hardware
- you need gamepad emulation on macOS (unsupported)
- you want a client-only solution (Sunshine is the host/server side)
Facets
application · maturity active
streaming gui http-server video-processing audio-processing gaming-tools self-hosted media cross-platform windows self-hosted cross-platform game-streaming moonlight cloud-gaming remote-desktop hardware-encoding gamepad-emulation web-ui linux macos docker
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine · fetched 2026-08-28 · ab294b20374d
- homepage: http://app.lizardbyte.dev/Sunshine/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · a28aa455c3ee
- site_page: https://docs.lizardbyte.dev/latest/about/overview.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 573e06ab5c02
- site_page: https://docs.lizardbyte.dev/projects/sunshine · fetched 2026-08-29 · acd8e6cc4171
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LizardByte/Sunshine | main | 90 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="LizardByte/Sunshine")
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