Overview
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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.
System Requirements
Warning
This table is a work in progress. Do not purchase hardware based on this.
Minimum Requirements
GPU | AMD: VCE 1.0 or higher, see obs-amd hardware support |
Intel: VAAPI-compatible, see: VAAPI hardware support | |
Nvidia: NVENC enabled cards, see nvenc support matrix | |
CPU | AMD: Ryzen 3 or higher |
Intel: Core i3 or higher | |
RAM | 4GB or more |
OS | Windows: 10+ (Windows Server not supported) |
macOS: 11.7+ | |
Linux/Debian: 11 (bullseye) | |
Linux/Fedora: 36+ | |
Linux/Ubuntu: 20.04+ (focal) | |
Network | Host: 5GHz, 802.11ac |
Client: 5GHz, 802.11ac |
4k Suggestions
GPU | AMD: Video Coding Engine 3.1 or higher |
Intel: HD Graphics 510 or higher | |
Nvidia: GeForce GTX 1080 or higher | |
CPU | AMD: Ryzen 5 or higher |
Intel: Core i5 or higher | |
Network | Host: CAT5e ethernet or better |
Client: CAT5e ethernet or better |
HDR Suggestions
GPU | AMD: Video Coding Engine 3.4 or higher |
Intel: UHD Graphics 730 or higher | |
Nvidia: Pascal-based GPU (GTX 10-series) or higher | |
CPU | AMD: todo |
Intel: todo | |
Network | Host: CAT5e ethernet or better |
Client: CAT5e ethernet or better |
Integrations
Support
Our support methods are listed in our LizardByte Docs.