LizardByte/Sunshine

Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.

Games & graphicsC++#game-streaming-server#game-stream#game-streaming#remote-desktop#moonlight

2.1 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 14, 2026.

About the project

Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight clients, with hardware encoding on AMD, Intel and Nvidia GPUs and a web UI for configuration and pairing.

Useful for

Stream games from a home PC to a TV or phone using a Moonlight client
Configure NVENC or VAAPI hardware encoding to reduce latency for 4K streaming
Pair clients and change server settings through the web UI in a browser

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

22 stars today.
GitHub Trending C++ today: #3, +35 stars.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 41,163
Stars in a day: 22
Forks: 2,112
Issues and pull requests: 4,925
Watchers: 152
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
Latest release: v2026.912.143204 · September 12, 2026
Created: December 15, 2021
Last push: September 13, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 13, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #3, +35 stars

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