---
title: Sunshine
subtitle: A LizardByte project
layout: page
full-width: true
after-content:
- donate.html
- support.html
cover-img:
- /Sunshine/assets/img/banners/AdobeStock_305732536_1920x1280.jpg
- /Sunshine/assets/img/banners/AdobeStock_231616343_1920x1280.jpg
- /Sunshine/assets/img/banners/AdobeStock_303330124_1920x1280.jpg
ext-js:
- https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/jquery@3.7.1/dist/jquery.min.js
---

<!-- About section-->
<section class="py-5" id="About">
    <div class="container px-auto">
        <p class="lead text-center text-white mx-auto mt-0 mb-5">
            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.
        </p>
    </div>
</section>

<!-- Features section-->
<section class="py-5" id="Features">
    <div class="container px-auto">
        <h2 class="text-center text-white fw-bolder my-5">Features</h2>
        <!-- Create a card for each feature -->
        <div class="row gx-5">
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fas fa-server"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">Self-hosted</h5>
                                <p class="mb-0">
                                    Run Sunshine on your own hardware. No need to pay monthly fees to a
                                    cloud gaming provider.
                                </p>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <img class="icon" src="https://moonlight-stream.org/images/moonlight.svg" alt="Moonlight">
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">Moonlight Support</h5>
                                <p class="mb-0">
                                    Connect to Sunshine from any Moonlight client. Moonlight is available
                                    for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Xbox, and more. See
                                    <a class="text-white" href="#Clients">clients</a> for more information.
                                </p>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fas fa-microchip"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">Hardware Encoding</h5>
                                <p class="mb-0">
                                    Sunshine supports AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs for hardware encoding.
                                    Software encoding is also available.
                                </p>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5 mb-lg-0">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fas fa-globe"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">Low Latency</h5>
                                <p class="mb-0">
                                    Sunshine is designed to provide the lowest latency possible to achieve optimal gaming performance.
                                </p>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5 mb-lg-0">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fas fa-gamepad"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">Control</h5>
                                <p class="mb-0">
                                    Sunshine emulates an Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo Switch controller.
                                    Use nearly any controller on your Moonlight client!<br>
                                    <small>
                                      <ul>
                                        <li>Nintendo Switch emulation is only available on Linux.</li>
                                        <li>Gamepad emulation is not currently supported on macOS.</li>
                                      </ul>
                                    </small>
                                </p>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5 mb-lg-0">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fas fa-gear"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">Configurable</h5>
                                <p class="mb-0">
                                    Sunshine offers many configuration options to customize your experience.
                                </p>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</section>

<!-- Clients section-->
<section class="py-5" id="Clients">
    <div class="container px-auto">
        <h2 class="text-center text-white fw-bolder my-5">Clients</h2>
        <!-- Create a card for each client -->
        <div class="row gx-5">

            <!-- Android -->
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fab fa-android"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">
                                    <a href="https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-android" target="_blank" class="text-white text-decoration-none">
                                        Android
                                    </a>
                                </h5>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-auto">
                                <span class="badge text-bg-info rounded-pill">Official</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="card-footer p-3 px-4">
                        <div>
                            <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.limelight" target="_blank">
                                <img alt="Get it on Google Play"
                                    src="https://play.google.com/intl/en_us/badges/static/images/badges/en_badge_web_generic.png"
                                    height="60">
                            </a>
                        </div>
                        <div>
                            <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JK4MFN2" target="_blank">
                                <img alt="Available at Amazon Appstore"
                                     src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/mobile-apps/devportal2/res/images/amazon-appstore-badge-english-black.png"
                                     height="60"
                                     style="padding: 10px;">
                            </a>
                        </div>
                        <div>
                            <a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/com.limelight" target="_blank">
                                <img alt="Get it on F-Droid"
                                     src="https://fdroid.gitlab.io/artwork/badge/get-it-on.png"
                                     height="60">
                            </a>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>

            <!-- ChromeOS -->
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fab fa-chrome"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">
                                    <a href="https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-chrome" target="_blank" class="text-white text-decoration-none">
                                        ChromeOS
                                    </a>
                                </h5>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-auto">
                                <span class="badge text-bg-info rounded-pill">Official</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="card-footer p-3 px-4">
                        <div class="pb-3">
                            <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/moonlight-game-streaming/gemamigbbenahjlfnmlfdjhdnkpbkfjj" target="_blank" class="btn btn-outline-light">
                                <img alt="Available in the Chrome Web Store"
                                    src="https://developer.chrome.com/static/docs/webstore/branding/image/206x58-chrome-web-043497a3d766e.png"
                                    height="30">
                            </a>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>

            <!-- iOS -->
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fab fa-apple"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">
                                    <a href="https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-ios" target="_blank" class="text-white text-decoration-none">
                                        iOS
                                    </a>
                                </h5>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-auto">
                                <span class="badge text-bg-info rounded-pill">Official</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="card-footer p-3 px-4">
                        <div class="pb-3">
                            <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/moonlight-game-streaming/id1000551566" target="_blank">
                                <img alt="Download on the App Store"
                                    src="https://developer.apple.com/assets/elements/badges/download-on-the-app-store.svg"
                                    height="40">
                            </a>
                        </div>
                        <div class="pb-3">
                            <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/moonlight-game-streaming/id1000551566" target="_blank">
                                <img alt="Download on Apple TV"
                                    src="https://developer.apple.com/app-store/marketing/guidelines/images/badge-download-on-apple-tv.svg"
                                    height="40">
                            </a>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>

            <!-- Moonlight-QT -->
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fab fa-linux"></i>
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fab fa-apple"></i>
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fab fa-windows"></i>
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fab fa-steam"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">
                                    <a href="https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt" target="_blank" class="text-white text-decoration-none">
                                        QT
                                    </a>
                                </h5>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-auto">
                                <span class="badge text-bg-info rounded-pill">Official</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="card-footer p-3 px-4">
                        <div class="pb-3">
                            <a href="https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt/releases" target="_blank" class="btn btn-info">
                                <i class="fab fa-github"></i> Download on GitHub
                            </a>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>

            <!-- Embedded -->
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fas fa-microchip"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">
                                    <a href="https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-embedded" target="_blank" class="text-white text-decoration-none">
                                        Embedded
                                    </a>
                                </h5>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-auto">
                                <span class="badge text-bg-info rounded-pill">Official</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="card-footer p-3 px-4">
                        <div class="pb-3">
                            <a href="https://github.com/irtimmer/moonlight-embedded/wiki/Packages" target="_blank" class="btn btn-info">
                                <i class="fas fa-download"></i> Download
                            </a>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>

            <!-- Xbox One/Series -->
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fab fa-xbox"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">
                                    <a href="https://github.com/TheElixZammuto/moonlight-xbox" target="_blank" class="text-white text-decoration-none">
                                        Xbox One/Series
                                    </a>
                                </h5>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-auto">
                                <span class="badge text-bg-warning rounded-pill">Community</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="card-footer p-3 px-4">
                        <div class="pb-3">
                            <a href="https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/moonlight-uwp/9MW1BS08ZBTH" target="_blank">
                                <img alt="Get it from Microsoft"
                                     src="https://get.microsoft.com/images/en-us%20dark.svg"
                                     height="40">
                            </a>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>

            <!-- PS Vita -->
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fab fa-playstation"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">
                                    <a href="https://github.com/xyzz/vita-moonlight" target="_blank" class="text-white text-decoration-none">
                                        PS Vita
                                    </a>
                                </h5>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-auto">
                                <span class="badge text-bg-warning rounded-pill">Community</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="card-footer p-3 px-4">
                        <div class="pb-3">
                            <a href="https://github.com/xyzz/vita-moonlight/releases" target="_blank" class="btn btn-info">
                                <i class="fab fa-github"></i> Download on GitHub
                            </a>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>

            <!-- Nintendo Switch -->
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fas fa-code"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">
                                    <a href="https://github.com/XITRIX/Moonlight-Switch" target="_blank" class="text-white text-decoration-none">
                                        Nintendo Switch
                                    </a>
                                </h5>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-auto">
                                <span class="badge text-bg-warning rounded-pill">Community</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="card-footer p-3 px-4">
                        <div class="pb-3">
                            <a href="https://github.com/XITRIX/Moonlight-Switch/releases" target="_blank" class="btn btn-info">
                                <i class="fab fa-github"></i> Download on GitHub
                            </a>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>

            <!-- Nintendo Wii U -->
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fas fa-code"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">
                                    <a href="https://github.com/GaryOderNichts/moonlight-wiiu" target="_blank" class="text-white text-decoration-none">
                                        Nintendo Wii U
                                    </a>
                                </h5>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-auto">
                                <span class="badge text-bg-warning rounded-pill">Community</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="card-footer p-3 px-4">
                        <div class="pb-3">
                            <a href="https://github.com/GaryOderNichts/moonlight-wiiu#quick-start" target="_blank" class="btn btn-info">
                                <i class="fas fa-download"></i> Download
                            </a>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>

            <!-- LG webOS TV -->
            <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5">
                <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                    <div class="card-body p-4">
                        <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                            <div class="icon text-white">
                                <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fas fa-code"></i>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-3">
                                <h5 class="fw-bolder mb-0">
                                    <a href="https://github.com/mariotaku/moonlight-tv" target="_blank" class="text-white text-decoration-none">
                                        LG webOS TV
                                    </a>
                                </h5>
                            </div>
                            <div class="ms-auto">
                                <span class="badge text-bg-warning rounded-pill">Community</span>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="card-footer p-3 px-4">
                        <div class="pb-3">
                            <a href="https://github.com/mariotaku/moonlight-tv#download" target="_blank" class="btn btn-info">
                                <i class="fas fa-download"></i> Download
                            </a>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>


        </div>
    </div>
</section>

<!-- More cards -->
<div class="container py-5 px-auto">
    <div class="container col-md-10">
        <!-- Docs section -->
        <section class="py-4" id="Docs">
            <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                <div class="card-body p-4">
                    <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                        <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fas fa-book"></i>
                        <div class="ms-3">
                            <h2 class="fw-bolder mb-0">Documentation</h2>
                            <p class="mb-0">
                                Read the documentation to learn how to install, use, and configure Sunshine.
                            </p>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="card-footer p-3 px-4">
                    <a class="btn btn-outline-light me-3 mb-3" href="https://docs.lizardbyte.dev/projects/sunshine" target="_blank">
                        <i class="fa-fw fas fa-book"></i>
                        Read the Docs
                    </a>
                </div>
            </div>
        </section>

        <!-- Download section -->
        <section class="py-4" id="Download">
            <div class="card bg-dark text-white rounded-0">
                <div class="card-body p-4">
                    <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
                        <i class="fa-fw fa-2x fas fa-download"></i>
                        <div class="ms-3">
                            <h2 class="fw-bolder mb-0">Download</h2>
                            <p class="mb-0">
                                Download Sunshine for your platform.
                            </p>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="card-footer p-3 px-4">
                    <a class="latest-button btn btn-outline-light me-3 mb-3 d-none" href="https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine/releases/latest" target="_blank">
                        <i class="fa-fw fab fa-github"></i>
                            Latest: <span id="latest-version"></span>
                    </a>
                    <a class="beta-button btn btn-outline-light me-3 mb-3 d-none" href="#" target="_blank">
                        <i class="fa-fw fas fa-flask"></i>
                            Beta: <span id="beta-version"></span>
                    </a>
                    <a class="btn btn-outline-light me-3 mb-3" href="https://github.com/LizardByte/pacman-repo" target="_blank">
                        <i class="fa-fw fab fa-linux"></i>
                            ArchLinux
                    </a>
                    <a class="btn btn-outline-light me-3 mb-3" href="https://hub.docker.com/r/lizardbyte/sunshine" target="_blank">
                        <i class="fa-fw fab fa-docker"></i>
                            Docker
                    </a>
                    <a class="btn btn-outline-light me-3 mb-3" href="https://flathub.org/apps/dev.lizardbyte.app.Sunshine" target="_blank">
                        <i class="fa-fw fab fa-linux"></i>
                            Flathub
                    </a>
                    <a class="btn btn-outline-light me-3 mb-3" href="https://github.com/LizardByte/homebrew-homebrew" target="_blank">
                        <i class="fa-fw fas fa-beer-mug-empty"></i>
                            Homebrew
                    </a>
                </div>
            </div>
        </section>
    </div>
</div>

<!-- TODO: Move this to website repo, and make it accept arguments for the repo name -->
<script>
  // Fetch the releases from the GitHub API
  fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/LizardByte/Sunshine/releases')
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(data => {
      // Filter the releases to get only the pre-releases
      const preReleases = data.filter(release => release.prerelease);
      // Filter the releases to get only the stable releases
      const stableReleases = data.filter(release => !release.prerelease);

      // If there are no stable releases, hide the latest download button
      if (stableReleases.length === 0) {
        document.querySelector('.latest-button').classList.add('d-none');
      } else {
        // Show the latest download button
        document.querySelector('.latest-button').classList.remove('d-none');

        // Get the latest stable release
        const latestStableRelease = stableReleases[0];
        document.querySelector('#latest-version').textContent = latestStableRelease.tag_name;

        // If there is a pre-release, update the href attribute of the anchor tag
        if (preReleases.length > 0) {
          const latestPreRelease = preReleases[0];

          // Compare the date of the latest pre-release with the date of the latest stable release
          const preReleaseDate = new Date(latestPreRelease.published_at);
          const stableReleaseDate = new Date(latestStableRelease.published_at);

          // If the pre-release is newer, update the href attribute of the anchor tag
          if (preReleaseDate > stableReleaseDate) {
            document.querySelector('.beta-button').href = latestPreRelease.html_url;
            document.querySelector('#beta-version').textContent = latestPreRelease.tag_name;
            document.querySelector('.beta-button').classList.remove('d-none');
          } else {
            // If the pre-release is older, hide the button
            document.querySelector('.beta-button').classList.add('d-none');
          }
        } else {
          // If there is no pre-release, hide the button
          document.querySelector('.beta-button').classList.add('d-none');
        }
      }
    });
</script>