Installation
The recommended method for running Sunshine is to use the binaries bundled with the latest release.
Binaries
Binaries of Sunshine are created for each release. They are available for Linux, and Windows. Binaries can be found in the latest release.
Todo
Create binary package(s) for MacOS. See here.
Tip
Some third party packages also exist. See Third Party Packages.
Docker
Todo
Docker images of Sunshine are planned to be included in the future. They will be available on Dockerhub.io and ghcr.io.
Linux
Follow the instructions for your preferred package type below.
AppImage
The current known compatibility of the AppImage is shown below.
[✖] Debian oldstable (buster)
[✔] Debian stable (bullseye)
[✔] Debian testing (bookworm)
[✔] Debian unstable (sid)
[✔] Ubuntu jammy
[✔] Ubuntu impish
[✔] Ubuntu focal
[✖] Ubuntu bionic
[✖] Ubuntu xenial
[✖] Ubuntu trusty
[✖] CentOS 7
Download and extract
sunshine-appimage.zip
to your home directory.
Debian Packages
Download
sunshine.deb
and run the following code.sudo apt install -f ./sunshine.deb
Tip
You can double click the deb file to see details about the package and begin installation.
Red Hat Packages
Add rpmfusion repositories by running the following code.
sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm \ https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
Download
sunshine.rpm
and run the following code.sudo dnf install ./sunshine.rpm
Tip
You can double click the rpm file to see details about the package and begin installation.
MacOS
- Portfile
Install MacPorts
Update the Macports sources.
sudo nano /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf
Add this line, replacing your username, below the line that starts with
rsync
.file://Users/<username>/ports
Ctrl+x
, thenY
to exit and save changes.Download the
Portfile
to~/Downloads
and run the following code.mkdir -p ~/ports/multimedia/sunshine mv ~/Downlaods/Portfile ~/ports/multimedia/sunshine cd ~/ports portindex sudo port install sunshine
The first time you start Sunshine, you will be asked to grant access to screen recording and your microphone.
Windows
- Installed option:
Download and install
sunshine-windows.exe
- Standalone option:
Download and extract
sunshine-windows.zip