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Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.

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LanguageC++
LicenseGPL-3.0
Created2021-12-15 (4y ago)
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README excerpt 
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.
 Generic 
 🟡 1 
 ✅ 
 ✅ 2 
 ✅ 3 
 DualShock / DS4 (PlayStation 4) 
 🟡 1 
 ✅ 
 ✅ 2 
 ✅ 3 
 DualSense / DS5 (PlayStation 5) 
 🟡 1 
 ✅ 
 ✅ 2 
 ✅ 3 
 Nintendo Switch Pro 
 🟡 1 
 ✅ 
 ✅ 2 
 ✅ 3 
 Xbox 360 
 🟡 1 
 ✅ 
 ✅ 2 
 ✅ 3 
 Xbox One 
 🟡 1 
 ✅ 
 ✅ 2 
 ✅ 3 
 Xbox Series 
 🟡 1 
 ✅ 
 ✅ 2 
 ✅ 3 
> [!NOTE]
> 1 Missing motion, touchpad input, battery state, RGB LEDs, adaptive triggers, and raw HID output reports.
> 2 Requires the separately installed and licensed Virtual HID Broker.
> 3 All profiles are available through the separately installed and licensed Virtual HID Broker. Xbox 360 and DualShock 4 can also use ViGEmBus.
 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, s