Moonlight PC v2.0.0

Download links:

• Windows Installer 64-bit (for most Windows PCs)
• Windows Portable 64-bit (for work/public PCs without the ability to install new programs)
• Windows Installer 32-bit
• Windows Portable 32-bit
• macOS
• Snap (for Ubuntu-based Linux distros)
• Flatpak (for other Linux distros)
• AppImage (Linux, no installation required)
• Raspberry Pi 4
• NVIDIA Jetson and Nintendo Switch (Ubuntu L4T)
• Steam Link device

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

Keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q - Quit session
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z - Toggle mouse capture
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X - Toggle windowed/full-screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S - Toggle performance stats overlay
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M - Toggle mouse mode (pointer capture or direct control)

Gamepad shortcuts:
Start (press and hold) - Toggle mouse mode
Start+Select+L1+R1 - Quit session
Start - Open settings UI (when not streaming)

New features:

• Remote desktop-optimized mouse mode which doesn't require capturing the mouse cursor
• Touchscreen input now directly controls the mouse cursor
• 7.1 surround sound support
• AppImage for Linux
• Support for Raspberry Pi 4 (Beta)
• Support for L4T-based Ubuntu devices like Jetson Nano and Nintendo Switch (Beta)

Bugfixes:

• Improved performance on some lossy networks
• Improved mouse performance on Windows and macOS
• Fixed disconnect delay when streaming from GeForce Experience 3.20.3.63
• Fixed frame rate not exceeding 60 when streaming from GeForce Experience 3.20.3.63
• Fixed video displaying with incorrect colors on macOS
• Fixed incorrect Xbox One S Bluetooth gamepad mapping on macOS when updated to the 4.8 firmware
• Fixed rumble support and lightbar colors on Bluetooth PS4 controllers on Windows and macOS
• Fixed a hang caused by some SteelSeries and ASUS audio drivers
• Fixed an issue that may cause some custom box art to fail to display
• Fixed parsing of command-line options when passing flags prior to the action
• Fixed an issue that may cause excessive mDNS network traffic while Moonlight is running
• Fixed hardware decoding on Intel GPUs running Mesa 20.0 and/or the Iris driver
• Fixed hardware decoding on Comet Lake and later Intel GPUs using the iHD VA-API driver
• Fixed hardware decoding on AMD Radeon GPUs with XWayland
• Fixed a gray overlay randomly appearing in the top right corner on the Steam Link
• Fixed a crash when using the iHD VA-API driver on Wayland
• Fixed delay after exiting the stream on Wayland
• Updated included SDL gamepad mappings

Known Issues:

• Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
• Remote desktop mouse mode and touchscreen input may behave incorrectly when the host PC has more than one monitor. This bug is on Nvidia's end and will require a GeForce Experience update to fix.
• Touchscreen support can be buggy on Linux (X11) when mouse capture is enabled. You may need to enable remote desktop mouse mode for it to work correctly.

Moonlight PC v1.2.1

This is a hotfix for bugs specific to Windows, Mac and Steam Link. Linux builds are unchanged from v1.2.0.

February 12, 2020: Steam Link build has been updated to fix an incompatibility with new Steam Link firmware

Download links:

• Windows Installer 64-bit (for most Windows PCs)
• Windows Portable 64-bit (for work/public PCs without the ability to install new programs)
• Windows Installer 32-bit
• Windows Portable 32-bit
• macOS
• Snap (for Ubuntu-based Linux distros)
• Flatpak (for other Linux distros)
• Steam Link device

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

Keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q - Quit session
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z - Toggle mouse capture
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X - Toggle windowed/full-screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S - Toggle performance stats overlay

Gamepad shortcuts:
Start (press and hold) - Toggle mouse mode
Start+Select+L1+R1 - Quit session
Start - Open settings UI (when not streaming)

Changes:

• Fixed hosts incorrectly appearing as offline in certain network configurations on Windows
• Fixed crash when a gamepad is unplugged on macOS Catalina
• Fixed compatibility with Steam Link firmware build 750 and later

Known Issues:

• Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
• A jagged gray overlay may appear in the top right corner of the screen when streaming on Steam Link hardware. If this happens, disconnecting and reconnecting the stream will usually fix it. See #254 for details.

Moonlight PC v1.2.0

Download links:
Windows builds of v1.2.0 have a major issue affecting connectivity to host PCs. Please use v1.2.1 instead.

• Windows Installer 64-bit (for most Windows PCs)
• Windows Portable 64-bit (for work/public PCs without the ability to install new programs)
• Windows Installer 32-bit
• Windows Portable 32-bit
• macOS
• Snap (for Ubuntu-based Linux distros)
• Flatpak (for other Linux distros)
• Steam Link device
• Source code

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

Keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q - Quit session
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z - Toggle mouse capture
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X - Toggle windowed/full-screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S - Toggle performance stats overlay

Gamepad shortcuts:
Start (press and hold) - Toggle mouse mode
Start+Select+L1+R1 - Quit session
Start - Open settings UI (when not streaming)

Changes:

• Improved video stream encoding efficiency
• Improved performance when streaming over a VPN
• Improved UI scaling when using a High DPI display on Windows
• Changed default full-screen mode to Borderless Windowed on macOS
• Fixed incorrect colors when streaming to AMD GPUs or Steam Link hardware
• Fixed RTSP handshake error on certain networks
• Fixed gamepad rumble not working on macOS
• Fixed 5.1 surround sound channel mapping on Steam Link
• Fixed RTSS hooks causing Moonlight to crash
• Fixed a pairing error when double-clicking on an unpaired PC
• Added automatic update notifications to Steam Link
• Updated included SDL gamepad mappings
• Updated to Qt 5.14.0

Known Issues:

• OpenVPN users on Windows may experience connection issues with Moonlight v1.2.0. Please update to Moonlight v1.2.1 if you are affected.
• Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
• A jagged gray overlay may appear in the top right corner of the screen when streaming on Steam Link hardware. If this happens, disconnecting and reconnecting the stream will usually fix it. See #254 for details.

Moonlight PC v1.1.1

Download links:

• Windows Installer 64-bit (for most Windows PCs)
• Windows Portable 64-bit (for work/public PCs without the ability to install new programs)
• Windows Installer 32-bit
• Windows Portable 32-bit
• macOS
• Snap (for Ubuntu-based Linux distros)
• Flatpak (for other Linux distros)
• Steam Link device
• Source code

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

Keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q - Quit session
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z - Toggle mouse capture
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X - Toggle windowed/full-screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S - Toggle performance stats overlay

Gamepad shortcuts:
Start (press and hold) - Toggle mouse mode
Start+Select+L1+R1 - Quit session
Start - Open settings UI (when not streaming)

Bugfixes:

• Added an app icon to the Discord Rich Presence integration
• Improved reliability of public IP address detection
• Fixed connecting to a host PC with multiple network connections
• Fixed a hang after exiting a full-screen stream with GNOME on Wayland
• Fixed gamepad hotplugging bug in the Flatpak version
• Minor UI fixes
• Updated to Qt 5.13.1

Known Issues:

• Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"

Moonlight PC v1.1

Download links:

• Windows Installer 64-bit (for most Windows PCs)
• Windows Portable 64-bit (for work/public PCs without the ability to install new programs)
• Windows Installer 32-bit
• Windows Portable 32-bit
• macOS
• Snap (for Ubuntu-based Linux distros)
• Flatpak (for other Linux distros)
• Steam Link device

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

Keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q - Quit session
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z - Toggle mouse capture
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X - Toggle windowed/full-screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S - Toggle performance stats overlay

Gamepad shortcuts:
Start (press and hold) - Toggle mouse mode
Start+Select+L1+R1 - Quit session
Start - Open settings UI (when not streaming)

New features:

• Added Discord Rich Presence support for Windows and macOS (can be disabled in settings)
• Added support for NVDEC for NVIDIA GPUs on Wayland
• Added an option to disable gamepad mouse mode for games that require holding the Start button
• Added automatic detection of IPv6 addresses for Internet streaming over IPv6 networks

Bugfixes:

• Improved startup speed on Windows
• Switched to borderless windowed as the default full-screen mode for macOS
• Improved speed and reliability of automatic PC detection on the local network
• Fixed audio latency increasing under certain network conditions
• Fixed 5.1 surround sound sometimes causing no audio to play when streaming over the Internet
• Fixed graceful termination of games not being detected properly on GFE 3.19
• Fixed mouse and keyboard input on build 692 of the Steam Link firmware
• Fixed touchscreen functionality on Windows with raw input enabled
• Fixed a hang or crash when running Moonlight on the Optimus dGPU
• Fixed several audio issues on Linux by switching back to SDL for audio
• Fixed keyboard capture permission prompt appearing on macOS Catalina
• Fixed the '5' numpad key not working with numlock disabled on Windows
• Changed client certificate signature algorithm from SHA-1 to SHA-256 for Debian Buster compatibility
• Updated included gamepad mappings
• Updated Windows and macOS builds to Qt 5.13, OpenSSL 1.1.1c, and SDL 2.0.10

Known Issues:

• Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"

Moonlight PC v1.0.1

Download links:

• Windows Installer 64-bit (for most Windows PCs)
• Windows Portable 64-bit (for work/public PCs without the ability to install new programs)
• Windows Installer 32-bit
• Windows Portable 32-bit
• macOS
• Snap (for Ubuntu-based Linux distros)
• Flatpak (for other Linux distros)
• Steam Link device - Mouse input broken on latest Steam Link build. See #251 for a fixed version.

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

Keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q - Quit session
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z - Toggle mouse capture
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X - Toggle windowed/full-screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S - Toggle performance stats overlay

Gamepad shortcuts:
Start (press and hold) - Toggle mouse mode
Start+Select+L1+R1 - Quit session
Start - Open settings UI (when not streaming)

Bugfixes:

• Fixed broken video on GeForce Experience 3.19

Known Issues:

• Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
• If your client PC is using Optimus, you may experience a crash or hang when using Moonlight in full-screen due to a driver bug. As a work around, you can set Moonlight to run on the integrated graphics using NVIDIA Control Panel. This issue will be fixed in the next release.

Moonlight PC v1.0.0

Download links (Updated May 21, 2019 4:21 PM UTC with new macOS build):

• Windows Installer 64-bit (for most Windows PCs)
• Windows Portable 64-bit (for work/public PCs without the ability to install new programs)
• Windows Installer 32-bit
• Windows Portable 32-bit
• macOS
• Snap (for Ubuntu-based Linux distros) - Read the Known Issues section below
• Flatpak (for other Linux distros)
• Steam Link device - See this thread for more information

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

Keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q - Quit session
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z - Toggle mouse capture
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X - Toggle windowed/full-screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S - Toggle performance stats overlay

Gamepad shortcuts:
Start (press and hold) - Toggle mouse mode
Start+Select+L1+R1 - Quit session
Start - Open settings UI (when not streaming)

New features:

• Mouse mode for gamepads (Press and hold Start to toggle)
• Improved gamepad UI navigation

Bugfixes:

• Fixed duplicate non-working gamepads appearing on the host
• Fixed excessive frame queue delay on macOS
• Fixed excessive audio latency on Steam Link
• Fixed hiding mouse cursor after streaming on Steam Link
• Fixed incorrect receive time stats on 32-bit platforms
• Added UDP ports 48002 and 48010 for Wake-on-LAN
• Updated included gamepad mappings

Known Issues:

• Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
• If you use the Snap package, you may need to run snap install core for Moonlight to launch successfully. See this issue for details.
• The initial release of the v1.0.0 macOS client may crash if V-Sync is disabled. The download link on this page has been updated to a fixed build as of May 21, 2019 4:21 PM UTC.

Moonlight PC v0.10.1

Download links:

• Windows Installer 64-bit (for most Windows PCs)
• Windows Portable 64-bit (for work/public PCs without the ability to install new programs)
• Windows Installer 32-bit
• Windows Portable 32-bit
• macOS
• Snap (for Ubuntu-based Linux distros) - Read the Known Issues section below
• Flatpak (for other Linux distros)
• Steam Link device - See this thread for more information

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

Keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q - Quit session
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z - Toggle mouse capture
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X - Toggle windowed/full-screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S - Toggle performance stats overlay

Gamepad shortcuts:
Start+Select+L1+R1 - Quit session
Start - Open settings UI (when not streaming)

New features:

• Performance optimizations (especially significant on Steam Link)
• VAAPI hardware decoding support on Wayland (Linux)

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a crash when attempting to dismiss the connection terminated dialog
• Fixed a crash when using the overlay on the software decoder
• Fixed software decoder not displaying output in some cases
• Fixed unexpectedly writing qmlcache files again after Qt 5.12 update
• Fixed some minor UI issues on the PC grid
• Fixed generating scroll events on macOS when scrolling slowly
• Fixed OpenGL error at startup on some PCs introduced in v0.10.0
• Improved visibility of toolbar highlights
• Updated to SDL 2.0.9 on Mac
• Updated to Qt 5.12.3 on Windows and Mac builds

Known Issues:

• Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
• If you use the Snap package, you may need to run snap install core for Moonlight to launch successfully. See this issue for details.

Moonlight PC v0.10.0

Download links:

• Windows Installer 64-bit (for most Windows PCs)
• Windows Portable 64-bit (for work/public PCs without the ability to install new programs)
• Windows Installer 32-bit
• Windows Portable 32-bit
• macOS
• Snap (for Ubuntu-based Linux distros) - Read the Known Issues section below
• Flatpak (for other Linux distros)
• Steam Link device - See this thread for more information

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

Keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q - Quit session
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z - Toggle mouse capture
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X - Toggle windowed/full-screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S - Toggle performance stats overlay

Gamepad shortcuts:
Start+Select+L1+R1 - Quit session
Start - Open settings UI (when not streaming)

New features:

• Redesigned App Grid with larger game artwork and less blank space
• Redesigned UI dialogs using Material Design
• Added a connection warning overlay (which can be disabled in settings)
• Streaming window no longer minimizes when it loses focus in borderless windowed mode on Windows
• The Steam Link device is now a supported platform

Bugfixes:

• Fixed several bugs that could cause UI hangs or lag
• Fixed rumble support on gamepads with limited rumble motor control
• Fixed increased memory usage if the software renderer gets delayed
• Fixed crashes on certain desktop configurations when loading the UI
• Fixed handling of pairing certificates with a bogus date
• Fixed issues with the software renderer hanging when resizing the streaming window or using Alt+Tab on Windows
• Updated to Qt 5.12.2 on Windows and Mac builds
• Blacklisted EZFRD32.dll and EZFRD64.dll to prevent crashes

Known Issues:

• Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
• If you use the Snap package, you may need to run snap install core for Moonlight to launch successfully. See this issue for details.

Moonlight PC v0.9.1

Download links:

• Windows Installer 64-bit (for most Windows PCs)
• Windows Portable 64-bit (for work/public PCs without the ability to install new programs)
• Windows Installer 32-bit
• Windows Portable 32-bit
• macOS
• Snap (for Ubuntu-based Linux distros)
• Flatpak (for other Linux distros)

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

Keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q - Quit session
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z - Toggle mouse capture
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X - Toggle windowed/full-screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S - Toggle performance stats overlay

Gamepad shortcuts:
Start+Select+L1+R1 - Quit session

This hotfix supersedes the original v0.9.0 release with an additional fix for broken hotkeys on non-QWERTY keyboards. The original changelog for v0.9.0 is below.

New features:

• Added gamepad rumble support
• Added a dedicated quit button to the running app tile
• Reduced video latency on Windows and Linux
• Added a performance stats overlay for Windows and macOS

Bugfixes:

• Fixed delayed first video frame with GFE 3.17
• Fixed erroneously setting host resolution to 720p in certain configurations
• Fixed video quality issues on Intel GPUs caused by Intel's video "enhancements"
• The connection termination dialog is no longer displayed for intentional termination
• Fixed some gamepads only functioning for UI navigation and not in game
• Fixed audio latency increasing when switching audio devices
• Fixed VDPAU scaling behavior on AMD cards
• Fixed several bugs in gamepad navigation behavior
• Reverted game controller indexing change to fix some cases where XInput is buggy
• Work around a bug in QGnomePlatform that breaks dialog rendering on Linux
• Updated to Qt 5.12.1 for Windows and macOS
• Updated included SDL gamepad mappings
• Fixed hotkey behavior on non-latin keyboards
• Fixed incorrect frame drop percentages in debug stats

Known Issues:

• Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"