Apollo vs Moonlight Game Streaming
Apollo
github.com
Moonlight Game Streaming
moonlight-stream.orgSide by side
| Figure | Apollo | Moonlight Game Streaming |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 2 |
| Spec score · Game Remote Play Software | 7.8 (#13) | 8.7 (#3) |
| Host requirements | The listed minimum operating systems are Windows 10 or later, macOS 12 or later, Debian 11, Fedora 39 or later, and Ubuntu 22.04 or later. | The current Sunshine guide lists Windows 10/11, macOS 12 or newer experimentally, or Linux distributions including Debian 11, Ubuntu 22.04, and Fedora 38 or newer, with a modern AMD, NVIDIA, or Intel GPU. |
Plans
In their own words
Moonlight Game Streaming
Moonlight Game Streaming sends games from a gaming PC to supported devices for remote play. It is a free, open-source implementation of NVIDIA's GameStream protocol; the listed plan costs nothing, with no subscriptions or paid versions with extra features. Clients are available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Apple TV, ChromeOS, Steam Link, and Raspberry Pi. On a capable client, Moonlight can stream a full Windows desktop at up to 4K with HDR. Its PC client supports up to 120 FPS and can disable V-Sync for lower latency. Users can host their own gaming server using options such as port forwarding, IPv6, ZeroTier, Tailscale, and NordVPN Meshnet. Moonlight recommends Sunshine as a host; GeForce Experience is also listed as compatible, though NVIDIA is discontinuing its GameStream feature. Wolf can stream games and applications running in Docker containers. There is no pure web client because the protocol requires raw TCP and UDP sockets that browsers do not support. The project began as a 2013 hackathon project by Case Western Reserve University students.