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