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Sunshine vs Apollo: catalog facts
Sunshine	Apollo
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0, from the LizardByte project.	Free Free and open source with no paid tier.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
Works with AMD, Intel and NVIDIA hardware encoders, not just NVIDIA Configured and paired from a web interface in any browser	Streams at the client device's native resolution Virtual display support
macOS hosts cannot emulate gamepads at all Encoder support varies a lot by platform and graphics vendor	Needs a compatible client app to connect Mainly a single-developer fork
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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