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Sunshine vs Wolf: catalog facts
Sunshine	Wolf
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0, from the LizardByte project.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux, Self-hosted
Works with AMD, Intel and NVIDIA hardware encoders, not just NVIDIA Configured and paired from a web interface in any browser	Several users can stream from one server at once Each session runs in its own container
macOS hosts cannot emulate gamepads at all Encoder support varies a lot by platform and graphics vendor	Requires Docker and comfort with server setup Linux server only
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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