description Moonlight Game Streaming Overview
Moonlight is a highly regarded, open-source client designed to stream games from a powerful PC running on your local network. Its primary advantage is its flexibility and community support, allowing advanced users to build highly customized, low-latency streaming setups. It requires manual setup but offers unparalleled control over the streaming pipeline.
help Moonlight Game Streaming FAQ
What host software should I use with Moonlight now that NVIDIA GameStream is discontinued?
Sunshine is the commonly used open-source host paired with the Moonlight client. It supports hardware encoding on compatible NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel GPUs and can run on Windows, Linux, and macOS hosts.
Can Moonlight stream games outside my home network?
Yes, but remote streaming requires a reachable host through a VPN, port configuration, or another secure networking arrangement. Performance depends heavily on upload bandwidth, latency, packet loss, and the remote connection's stability.
Which devices can run the Moonlight client?
Moonlight clients are available for platforms including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Apple TV, and several embedded or television environments. Controller support varies with the client device and operating system.
Why does Moonlight feel laggy even on fast Wi-Fi?
Raw internet speed does not eliminate local interference, retransmissions, host encoding delay, or television display processing. Ethernet for the host, a 5 GHz or 6 GHz client connection, hardware encoding, and the TV's game mode can each reduce latency.
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