Attention This release contains critical security updates. For more information see the following:

• GHSA-ph75-mgxh-mv57 Please update as soon as possible! Breaking Changes
• ViGEmBus is no longer installed automatically. Instead you can install it from the troubleshooting page of the web-ui if needed.
• CSRF protection has been added to web-ui. If you access Sunshine through an address other than localhost you must add this to your sunshine.conf file manually. See https://docs.lizardbyte.dev/projects/sunshine/latest/md_docs_2configuration.html#csrf_allowed_origins Highlighted Changes
• Added XDG, Pipewire, and KWin direct screencast capture on Linux
• Added Vulkan encoding on Linux
• Added official OpenSUSE packages to LizardByte copr repos
• Added FreeBSD packages
• Sunshine can now bind to a specific network interface
• Added msi/wix installer for Windows
• Added Windows support for ARM64
• Added signed dmg package for macOS
• Windows executables and installers are now signed for AMD64 packages
• New endpoints for Rest API [/api/covers]
• Updated icons, added themes, and modernized web-ui
• Capture audio on macOS using Tap API
• Add client enable/disable access control from web-ui
• Support for clients to request fractional NTSC framerates
• Support for split frame encoding on GPUs with 2+ nvenc blocks
• Updated FFmpeg to 8.1 branch For a comprehensive list of changes, see below. What's Changed
• ci(copr): Trigger release job only for non-prereleases by @ReenigneArcher in #4297
• build(Linux): Refactor Dockerfiles and build script for multi-stage, step-based builds by @ReenigneArcher in #4299
• build(deps): bump vue from 3.5.21 to 3.5.22 by @dependabot[bot] in #4301
• build(linux): update pkg-config systemd variable names by @PVermeer in #4303
• build(deps): bump third-party/build-deps from c38829d to 2840c8a by @dependabot[bot] in #4307
• build(packaging/homebrew): Rename class from @PROJECT_NAME@ to Sunshine by @ReenigneArcher in #4308
• build(deps): bump LizardByte/actions from 2025.917.25039 to 2025.927.193939 in the lizardbyte-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #4309
• build(deps): bump LizardByte/actions from 2025.927.193939 to 2025.929.125237 in the lizardbyte-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #4313
• fix(linux): service file for Trixie by @ReenigneArcher in #4319
• build(linux): static link std libraries by @PVermeer in #4321
• build(linux): enable cpack auto dependencies by @PVermeer in #4323
• build(linux): explicitely set CC and CXX compilers by @PVermeer in #4325
• feat(audio): allow sending continuous audio by @mariotaku in #4261
• build(deps): bump LizardByte/actions from 2025.929.125237 to 2025.1011.184228 in the lizardbyte-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #4327
• feat(fps): support x-nv-video[0].clientRefreshRateX100 for requesting fractional NTSC framerates by @andygrundman in #4019
• build(deps): bump third-party/build-deps from 2840c8a to 1dd1b68 by @dependabot[bot] in #4326
• fix(web-ui): translation function in DisplayOutputSelector label by @ReenigneArcher in #4328
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-node from 5 to 6 in the github-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #4334
• build(deps): bump LizardByte/actions from 2025.1011.184228 to 2025.1020.14905 in the lizardbyte-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #4347
• build(deps): bump packaging/linux/flatpak/deps/shared-modules from 231e052 to 6537464 by @dependabot[bot] in #4346
• build(deps): bump third-party/build-deps from 1dd1b68 to 6c9ec34 by @dependabot[bot] in #4345
• build(rpm): Update Fedora spec and CUDA math_functions.h patch for Fedora 43+ by @ReenigneArcher in #4353
• fix(windows): Memory leak when EnumAdapters1 uses dxgi::adapter_t address as parameter by @xd-byte in #4340
• build(deps): bump the github-actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #4356
• build(rpm): add OpenSUSE support by @ReenigneArcher in #4359
• ci(copr): fix release event conditions by @ReenigneArcher in #4360
• ci: move bundle analysis to separate job by @ReenigneArcher in #4361
• fix(config): ensure apps.json is writeable by @SuperSandro2000 in #4249
• chore(l10n): update translations by @LizardByte-bot in #4302
• build(deps): bump LizardByte/actions from 2025.1020.14905 to 2025.1028.23217 in the lizardbyte-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #4365
• build(flatpak): update org.freedesktop.Platform version by @ReenigneArcher in #4382
• docs(readme): Update for clarity and image sources by @ReenigneArcher in #4384
• build(deps): bump third-party/Simple-Web-Server from 187f798 to 546895a by @dependabot[bot] in #4370
• build(deps): bump boost to 1.89 by @ReenigneArcher in #4253
• build(deps): bump third-party/build-deps from 6c9ec34 to bcaf64b by @dependabot[bot] in #4375
• build(deps): bump packaging/linux/flatpak/deps/shared-modules from 6537464 to 8d705c8 by @dependabot[bot] in #4385
• feat(video): use unified color conversion matrix generator by @ns6089 in #4387
• build(deps): bump third-party/build-deps from bcaf64b to ca3f2da by @dependabot[bot] in #4392
• fix(config): Add missing framerateX100 fields at the initializers for the video::config_t literals by @mcourteaux in #4391
• fix(video): fix leaky abstraction in ogl luma shader by @ns6089 in #4404
• build(deps): bump third-party/moonlight-common-c from 5f22801 to 2d984f4 by @dependabot[bot] in #4409
• build: add freebsd support by @ReenigneArcher in #4049
• fix(launch): Fix several launch failure conditions (exceptions thrown in child.wait, and boost::split_unix) by @mcourteaux in #4390
• ci: harden workflows by @ReenigneArcher in #4412
• fix(win): Windows.Graphics.Capture API frame rate capped at 60fps by @StringWeaver in #4424
• build(deps): bump vmactions/freebsd-vm from 1.2.6 to 1.2.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #4425
• chore(l10n): update translations by @LizardByte-bot in #4386
• build(packaging/Arch): fix cuda gcc version detection by @Garmelon in #4442
• build(deps): bump third-party/tray from 0309a7c to d43f4c2 by @dependabot[bot] in #4445
• build(deps): bump third-party/wayland-protocols from 0091197 to 6141e11 by @dependabot[bot] in #4446
• build(deps): bump third-party/build-deps from ca3f2da to afe70fa by @dependabot[bot] in #4447
• build(arch): temporarily disable broken Arch build by @cgutman in #4451
• build(deps): bump third-party/moonlight-common-c from 2d984f4 to b126e48 by @dependabot[bot] in #4452
• build(deps): bump vue-i18n from 11.1.12 to 11.2.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #4454
• build(deps): bump vue from 3.5.22 to 3.5.25 by @dependabot[bot] in #4444
• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 in the github-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #4435
• build(deps): bump packaging/linux/flatpak/deps/flatpak-builder-tools from ea92dc2 to fdbe66a by @dependabot[bot] in #4443
• build(deps): bump packaging/linux/flatpak/deps/shared-modules from 8d705c8 to 3456e75 by @dependabot[bot] in #4431
• fix(tray): use the blocking event loop to avoid wasting power by @cgutman in #4457
• build(deps): bump vmactions/freebsd-vm from 1.2.7 to 1.2.8 by @dependabot[bot] in #4463
• ci(homebrew): enable test coverage on Linux by @ReenigneArcher in #3842
• ci(windows): Remove unused test preparation by @ReenigneArcher in #4467
• ci(homebrew): free runner space on Linux by @ReenigneArcher in #4477
• build(deps): bump third-party/build-deps from afe70fa to d65e305 by @dependabot[bot] in #4472
• build(linux): add support for self-compiling on ubuntu 25.10 by @a-turtle9302 in #4471
• ci(linux): migrate Archlinux build to GitHub workflow by @ReenigneArcher in #4478
• build(tests): static link libgcc and libstdc++ on Linux by @ReenigneArcher in #4485
• build(homebrew): Run test_sunshine and coverage only for main repo by @ReenigneArcher in #4491
• style(Homebrew): Update Homebrew formula dependencies and conflicts by @ReenigneArcher in #4484
• fix: namespace declaration for boost::process::v1 by @ReenigneArcher in #4518
• chore: change libevdev source to LizardByte mirror by @ReenigneArcher in #4524
• chore(homebrew): add bottle do section placeholder by @ReenigneArcher in #4525
• feat(network): allow binding to specific interface by @ReenigneArcher in #4481
• build(deps): bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #4503
• chore: update global workflows by @LizardByte-bot in #4486
• build(deps): bump vmactions/freebsd-vm from 1.2.8 to 1.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #4489
• build(deps): bump peter-evans/create-pull-request from 7 to 8 by @dependabot[bot] in #4496
• build(deps): bump packaging/linux/flatpak/deps/shared-modules from 3456e75 to 72028a8 by @dependabot[bot] in #4517
• build(deps): bump LizardByte/actions from 2025.1221.31807 to 2025.1224.155016 in the lizardbyte-actions group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in #4533
• build(deps): bump vue from 3.5.25 to 3.5.26 by @dependabot[bot] in #4522
• build(deps): bump vue-i18n from 11.2.2 to 11.2.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #4529
• build(deps): bump third-party/wayland-protocols from 6141e11 to 8822301 by @dependabot[bot] in #4513
• build(deps): bump third-party/build-deps from d65e305 to 814fa85 by @dependabot[bot] in #4526
• chore(l10n): update translations by @LizardByte-bot in #4497
• ci(homebrew): fix formula version patch by @ReenigneArcher in #4535
• ci(homebrew): fix livecheck patch by @ReenigneArcher in #4538
• build(deps): bump LizardByte/actions from 2025.1224.155016 to 2025.1227.191137 in the lizardbyte-actions group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in #4541
• build(Archlinux): Update GCC version in PKGBUILD to 15 by @ReenigneArcher in #4546
• fix(nvenc): Include bitstream restrictions in H.264/HEVC SPS by @cgutman in #4556
• build(packaging): bash comparison in PKGBUILD by @ReenigneArcher in #4565
• build(vaapi): Add vaMapBuffers2() stub by @cgutman in #4581
• ci: run workflows for any branch by @ReenigneArcher in #4584
• build(deps): bump third-party/build-deps from 814fa85 to 4463f7a by @dependabot[bot] in #4578