Sunshine

LizardByte·LizardByte.Sunshine

Sunshine is a Gamestream host for Moonlight.

Sunshine is a self hosted, low latency, cloud gaming solution with support for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs. It is an open source implementation of NVIDIA's GameStream, as used by the NVIDIA Shield. Connect to Sunshine from any Moonlight client, available for nearly any device imaginable.

winget install --id LizardByte.Sunshine --exact --source winget

Latest 2026.914.233613·September 15, 2026

Release Notes

‼️ Attention This release contains a high-severity security update for Linux hosts. For more information, see:

  • GHSA-fp6g-27w5-489j Linux users should update as soon as possible! ⚠️ Breaking changes and migration notes
  • Windows hosts using Virtual HID Driver must update to version 2026.914.1218.10 or newer. Earlier driver versions are not supported by this Sunshine release. ✨ Highlights
  • Clearer Windows virtual-input choices. A new gamepad_driver setting lets users choose all available drivers, only Virtual HID Driver, or only ViGEmBus. Selecting ViGEmBus also suppresses Virtual HID Driver notifications. (#5653)
  • More reliable Linux capture and encoding. This release fixes multi-plane DMA-BUF handling for wlroots capture, corrects variable-rate behavior across KWin versions, and allows Portal capture with VA-API to use high-priority EGL contexts. (#5699, #5705, #5709)
  • Improved encoder compatibility. Updated to FFmpeg 9. Fixes include accurate AV1 and HEVC capability detection, FFmpeg 9 Vulkan queue support, NVENC support in Linux builds without CUDA, and ARM64 NVENC DLL loading on NVIDIA RTX Spark. (#5554, #5675, #5698, #5682)
  • Correct network-interface binding. Sunshine now consistently respects the configured bind_address, including IPv4 addresses in dual-stack mode, and Web UI links use the configured address correctly. (#5700)
  • Easier XDG Portal recovery. Linux and FreeBSD users can clear a stale Portal restore token directly from the Troubleshooting page and select their display again. (#5701)
  • Broader Linux availability. Release coverage now includes Alpine Linux 3.24 packages, openSUSE Leap 16.0 and Tumbleweed builds, and Ubuntu 26.10 packages. For a comprehensive list of changes, see below. What's Changed
  • chore(deps): update dependency @lucide/vue to v1.42.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5636
  • chore(deps): lock file maintenance by @renovate[bot] in #5634
  • chore(deps): Update build-deps to v2026.905.170812 by @LizardByte-bot in #5637
  • build(Linux): enable openSUSE Leap 16.0 and Tumbleweed by @ReenigneArcher in #5633
  • chore(flatpak): update org.kde.Platform runtime to 6.11 by @ReenigneArcher in #5639
  • feat(config): add gamepad_driver option by @ReenigneArcher in #5653
  • chore(l10n): update translations by @LizardByte-bot in #5632
  • chore(deps): update dependency marked to v18.0.12 by @renovate[bot] in #5648
  • build(deps): bump third-party/moonlight-common-c from 874ac95 to 62e0663 by @dependabot[bot] in #5657
  • chore(deps): update lizardbyte/actions action to v2026.909.30231 by @renovate[bot] in #5664
  • chore(deps): update ubuntu docker tag to v26 by @renovate[bot] in #5666
  • chore(deps): update vmactions/freebsd-vm action to v1.5.6 by @renovate[bot] in #5665
  • chore(deps): update dependency @lucide/vue to v1.43.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5655
  • ci(homebrew): run tests in separate step by @ReenigneArcher in #5669
  • fix(deps): fix legacy nvenc presets and bump third-party/build-deps by @ReenigneArcher in #5668
  • build(Linux): add Alpine packages by @ReenigneArcher in #4987
  • fix(linux/vulkan): use vkGetDeviceQueue2 with FFmpeg 9.0 queue flags by @solidv in #5675
  • build(Linux): harden Qt6 dependency detection by @ReenigneArcher in #5679
  • fix(av1,hevc): stop av1 probes from clobbering hevc results by @bitness in #5554
  • fix(api): return the final result of pairing by @ReenigneArcher in #5680
  • fix(nvapi,nvenc): Load ARM64 DLLs on RTX Spark by @cgutman in #5682
  • ci(homebrew): skip more_space action for release job by @ReenigneArcher in #5683
  • chore(deps): update dependency @lucide/vue to v1.44.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5674
  • fix(web-ui): localize config categories by @ReenigneArcher in #5688
  • ci(homebrew): drop sonoma by @ReenigneArcher in #5689
  • build(deps): bump third-party/plasma-wayland-protocols from 4c015e9 to 382dfab by @dependabot[bot] in #5687
  • build(deps): bump third-party/doxyconfig from b87f7e4 to 212e309 by @dependabot[bot] in #5686
  • fix: missing initializers and incorrect default for native_pen_touch by @cgutman in #5693
  • build(Linux): add Ubuntu 26.10 Docker bake target by @ReenigneArcher in #5622
  • fix(linux): handle NVENC in builds without CUDA by @ReenigneArcher in #5698
  • fix(network): respect configured bind address by @ReenigneArcher in #5700
  • fix(web-ui): add XDG Portal token reset by @ReenigneArcher in #5701
  • fix(linux): export all Wayland DMA-BUF planes by @ReenigneArcher in #5699
  • chore(deps): update dependency @lucide/vue to v1.45.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5694
  • build(deps): bump third-party/doxyconfig from 212e309 to 419127b by @dependabot[bot] in #5703
  • build(deps): bump packaging/linux/flatpak/deps/flatpak-builder-tools from 1fc3219 to de2225a by @dependabot[bot] in #5702
  • fix(pipewire): extend KWin version check to handle 6.8 beta/RC versions by @psyke83 in #5704
  • fix(linux): repair privileged DRM worker build by @ReenigneArcher in #5706
  • fix(pipewire): gate variable rate to KWin 5.x.x - 6.7.79 (up to stable 6.7 series) by @psyke83 in #5705
  • test: PowerShell tests with Pester and Sonar fixes by @ReenigneArcher in #5708
  • test(linux): synchronize environment sanitizer tests by @ReenigneArcher in #5710
  • build(copr): use cuda redistributatle for Fedora builds by @ReenigneArcher in #5719
  • build(linux): fix ubuntu 26.10 aarch64 artifact extraction by @ReenigneArcher in #5720
  • chore(deps): update dependency @lucide/vue to v1.46.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5715
  • chore(deps): lock file maintenance by @renovate[bot] in #5714
  • chore(deps): update dependency vite to v8.3.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5711
  • chore(deps): update dependency windows to v2025 by @renovate[bot] in #5712
  • feat(linux): use privileged EGL worker thread by @psyke83 in #5709
  • chore(deps): update astral-sh/setup-uv action to v10.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5684
  • chore(l10n): update translations by @LizardByte-bot in #5654
  • chore(deps): bump libvirtualhid by @ReenigneArcher in #5722 New Contributors
  • @solidv made their first contribution in #5675
  • @bitness made their first contribution in #5554 Full Changelog: v2026.906.222525...v2026.914.233613 Contributors ReenigneArcherrenovate[bot]dependabot[bot]LizardByte-botpsyke83cgutmanbitnesssolidv 📦 Assets: ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────┬───────────────── ⬇️ Download │#️⃣ Download │🛡️ VirusTotal │Count │

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Installer type: wix

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Details

Homepage
https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine
License
GPL-3.0
Publisher
LizardByte
Support
https://app.lizardbyte.dev/#Support
Moniker
sunshine

Tags

gamestreamgamingmoonlightstreamstreaming

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