Sunshine

Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.

ℹ️ About

Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Offering low-latency, cloud gaming server capabilities with support for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs for hardware encoding. Software encoding is also available. You can connect to Sunshine from any Moonlight client on a variety of devices. A web UI is provided to allow configuration, and client pairing, from your favorite web browser. Pair from the local server or any mobile device.

LizardByte has the full documentation hosted on Read the Docs

• Stable Docs
• Beta Docs

🎮 Feature Compatibility

Gamepad Emulation

Feature	FreeBSD	Linux	macOS	Windows
What type of gamepads can be emulated on the host. Clients may support other gamepads.
DualShock / DS4 (PlayStation 4)	➖	➖	❌	✅
DualSense / DS5 (PlayStation 5)	❌	✅	❌	❌
Nintendo Switch Pro	✅	✅	❌	❌
Xbox 360	➖	➖	❌	✅
Xbox One/Series	✅	✅	❌	❌

Encoding API

Encoding API	GPU Vendor	FreeBSD	Linux	macOS	Windows
AMF	AMD	➖	➖	➖	✅
Media Foundation	Qualcomm	➖	➖	➖	✅
NVENC	NVIDIA	➖	✅	➖	✅
QuickSync	Intel	➖	➖	➖	✅
VAAPI	AMD	✅	✅	➖	➖
	Intel	✅	✅	➖	➖
	NVIDIA	➖	✅	➖	➖
Video Toolbox	Apple	➖	➖	✅	➖
	Intel	➖	➖	✅	➖
Vulkan Video	AMD	🟡	✅	➖	➖
	Intel	🟡	🟡	➖	➖
	NVIDIA	➖	🟡	➖	➖
Software	Any	✅	✅	✅	✅

Screen Capture

Capture Method	FreeBSD	Linux	macOS	Windows
DXGI Desktop Duplication	➖	➖	➖	✅
KMS/DRM	✅	✅	➖	➖
NvFBC (X11 only)	➖	✅	➖	➖
ScreenCaptureKit	➖	➖	✅	➖
Wayland (wlroots)	✅	✅	➖	➖
Windows.Graphics.Capture	➖	➖	➖	🟡
↳ Portable	➖	➖	➖	✅
↳ Service	➖	➖	➖	❌
X11	✅	✅	➖	➖
XDG Desktop Portal	✅	✅	➖	➖
KWin Screencast	✅	✅	➖	➖

Capture → Encoding Compatibility (Linux/FreeBSD)

Capture Method	VAAPI	Vulkan Video	NVENC (CUDA)	Software
KMS/DRM	✅	✅	✅	✅
NvFBC	❌	❌	✅	❌
Wayland (wlroots)	✅	❌	✅	✅
X11	✅	❌	✅	✅
XDG Desktop Portal	✅	✅	✅	✅
KWin Screencast	✅	✅	✅	✅

Legend: ✅ Supported | 🟡 Partial Support | ❌ Not Yet Supported | ➖ Not Applicable

🖥️ System Requirements

Warning

These tables are a work in progress. Do not purchase hardware based on this information.

Minimum Requirements

Component	Requirement
GPU	AMD: VCE 1.0 or higher, see: obs-amd hardware support
	Intel: FreeBSD/Linux: VAAPI-compatible, see: VAAPI hardware support Windows: Skylake or newer with QuickSync encoding support
	Nvidia: NVENC enabled cards, see: nvenc support matrix
CPU	AMD: Ryzen 3 or higher
	Intel: Core i3 or higher
RAM	4GB or more
OS	FreeBSD: 14.4+
	Linux/Debian: 13+ (trixie)
	Linux/Fedora: 43+
	Linux/Ubuntu: 22.04+ (jammy)
	macOS: 14.2+
	Windows: 11+ (Windows Server does not support virtual gamepads)
Network	Host: 5GHz, 802.11ac
	Client: 5GHz, 802.11ac

4k Suggestions

Component	Requirement
GPU	AMD: Video Coding Engine 3.1 or higher
	Intel: FreeBSD/Linux: HD Graphics 510 or higher Windows: Skylake or newer with QuickSync encoding support
	Nvidia: FreeBSD/Linux: GeForce RTX 2000 series or higher Windows: Geforce GTX 1080 or higher
CPU	AMD: Ryzen 5 or higher
	Intel: Core i5 or higher
Network	Host: CAT5e ethernet or better
	Client: CAT5e ethernet or better

HDR Suggestions

Component	Requirement
GPU	AMD: Video Coding Engine 3.4 or higher
	Intel: HD Graphics 730 or higher
	Nvidia: Pascal-based GPU (GTX 10-series) or higher
CPU	AMD: Ryzen 5 or higher
	Intel: Core i5 or higher
Network	Host: CAT5e ethernet or better
	Client: CAT5e ethernet or better

❓ Support

Our support methods are listed in our LizardByte Docs.

💲 Sponsors and Supporters

👥 Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who have helped make Sunshine better!

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