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ToDesk vs Moonlight: catalog facts
ToDesk	Moonlight
Freemium Free personal version, with paid professional, gaming, team and enterprise editions.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
Clients for all major desktop and mobile platforms Peripheral mapping for gamepads and drawing tablets	Hardware accelerated decoding with H.264, HEVC and AV1, plus HDR Up to sixteen gamepads with force feedback and motion controls
Website and support are in Chinese Higher performance modes require paid editions	Needs a host: Sunshine, or NVIDIA GameStream which NVIDIA retired Wireless streaming is only as good as your network
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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