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Moonlight Game Streaming vs XStreaming

Moonlight Game Streaming

moonlight-stream.org

XStreaming

github.com

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FigureMoonlight Game StreamingXStreaming
Price fromFree—
Free planYes—
Free trial——
Open sourceYes—
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
LinuxYes—
iOSYesYes
AndroidYesYes
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published20
Spec score · Game Remote Play Software8.7 (#3)5.2 (#27)

Plans

Moonlight Game Streaming

  • FreeFree
  • Moonlight Game StreamingFree

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XStreaming

No plans published.

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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.

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XStreaming

XStreaming has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

Visit github.com