Moonlight Game Streaming
GameStream client for PCs (Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam Link) observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 8
- 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: n/a
- age_days: 3049
- days_rel: 715
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
18408 stars · 1267 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
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
application · maturity active
video-processing audio-processing networking gaming-tools media cross-platform windows cross-platform game-streaming nvidia-gamestream sunshine remote-desktop gamepad low-latency qt sdl2 macos linux android ios
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0c602bc7c364
- homepage: https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-embedded/wiki · fetched 2026-08-29 · c3e1bdff96f3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt | main | 67 |
| moonlight-stream/moonlight-android | main | 66 |
| moonlight-stream/moonlight-embedded | main | 68 |
| moonlight-stream/moonlight-ios | main | 44 |
| moonlight-stream/moonlight-docs | docs | 50 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem