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.

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

According to AppImageLint the AppImage can run on the following distros.

[✖] 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 sunshine-appimage.zip and extract the contents to your home directory.

AUR Package

Open terminal and run the following code.

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/sunshine-git.git
cd sunshine-git
makepkg -fi

Debian Package

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.

Flatpak Package

Todo

This package needs to have CUDA added.

Install Flatpak as required.
Download sunshine.flatpak and run the following code.
System level (recommended)
flatpak install --system sunshine.flatpak
User level
flatpak install --user sunshine.flatpak

RPM Package

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

pkg

Warning

The pkg does not include runtime dependencies and should be considered experimental.

Download the sunshine.pkg file and install it as normal.

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, then Y 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