# Sunshine (open-source remote desktop app)

> Sunshine is a free, open-source remote desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. It has 41,963 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license, and people use it instead of Parsec and NVIDIA GameStream.

Sunshine Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. 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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 41,963 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | Parsec, NVIDIA GameStream |
| Language | C++ |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | yes (published by the project behind the app) |
| Category | Remote desktop & access |
| Latest release | v2026.914.233613 (Sep 15, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## Install

### Flathub (Linux)

```sh
flatpak install flathub dev.lizardbyte.app.Sunshine
```

Package page: https://flathub.org/apps/dev.lizardbyte.app.Sunshine

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