Sunshine is an open-source self‑hosted cloud gaming server that implements NVIDIA’s GameStream protocol. Compatible with Moonlight clients across platforms, it supports low‑latency streaming via software or hardware encoding (AMD/Intel/NVIDIA) and offers a browser‑based control UI for pairing.

Features

  • Self-hosted cloud gaming server using Moonlight
  • Supports hardware encoding via AMD, Intel, or NVIDIA GPUs
  • Fallbacks to software encoding when hardware unavailable
  • Web UI for game configuration and client pairing
  • Low-latency streaming optimized for gaming
  • Multi-platform binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows

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Categories

Game Servers

License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

Programming Language

C++, Python

Related Categories

Python Game Servers, C++ Game Servers

Registered

2025-06-26
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