ViGEmBus
Windows kernel-mode driver emulating well-known USB game controllers. (by nefarius)
sunshine
Host for Moonlight Streaming Client (by loki-47-6F-64)
| ViGEmBus | sunshine | |
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| 126 | 135 | |
| 2,386 | 1,731 | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 8 months ago | 11 months ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ViGEmBus
Posts with mentions or reviews of ViGEmBus.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-19.
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Moonlight, Deck controls not working
You might need to install ViGEmBus on your host computer, that's how Sunshine sees and uses the controller.
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(PC) Joystick bug with Gamepad? Please help
download and run VIGEmBUS: https://github.com/nefarius/ViGEmBus/releases/tag/v1.22.0
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Touchpad Passthru not working after ViGEM Update
This problem on GitHub explains what I have also. Does anyone know how to fix this? I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the newest ViGEm update (1.22), and restarting my computer, but nothing is working for me. Does anyone else have this problem as well? Thanks!
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Moonlight stops recognizing my controller after a few seconds
Solution edit: Downgrading the ViGEmBus driver on the host machine to v1.21.442.0 solved it: https://github.com/nefarius/ViGEmBus/releases/tag/v1.21.442.0
- ViGEmBus 1.22.0 "It's dead, Jim" Release
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[Mini-guide] Moonlight / Sunshine setup for G Cloud and Windows 10
I installed ViGEmBus for gamepad support, just download the linked exe and run it.
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Trouble with steam deck tools
Do you have ViGEm installed? https://github.com/ViGEm/ViGEmBus/releases
- Ubisoft Stadia Controller
- Trying to use Sunshine to play Diablo 4 on my Sony OLED - help!
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controller on pluto pc
and install version 1.17 from the vigem drivers https://github.com/ViGEm/ViGEmBus/releases/tag/setup-v1.17.333.
sunshine
Posts with mentions or reviews of sunshine.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-03.
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Give Moonlight a chance if you haven't tried it lately
EDIT: Just checked again, original was released early 2020, current maintained project started 2022.
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My TOTK disc finally arrived!
This was made with a Switch + Capture Card and a combination of my moonlight-wiiu port, sunshine and nxbt.
- [Cloudygamer] Des alternatives à moonlight sur AMD ?
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Hogwarts legacy is confirmed to be verified!
Sunshine https://github.com/loki-47-6F-64/sunshine
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remote play with PS5 is bonkers
Sunrise
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Just bought a 2060. Tried it with steam link and with Gamestream.. big difference. Keep or return ?
You can run https://github.com/loki-47-6F-64/sunshine as an alternative to GFE in February. With Moonlight as the client. It's not 100% there, but still pretty good.
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Star Citizen: Question and Answer Thread
There's an alternative to Moonlight called Sunshine you could try.
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Sunshine is a Game stream host for Moonlight, Sunshine is a self hosted, low latency, cloud gaming solution with support for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs
Im assuming that this project is just a fork of the original sunshine project ( https://github.com/loki-47-6F-64/sunshine ) for the sake of maintaining and updating it and continued development. It looks like the docs page for this new fork is more thorough, but the Readme thats shown on Github should probably have more immediate directions for installation and the things needed for the gamepad support. The less clicks people need to go through to get things set up and running, the better the experience for everyone its gonna be.
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Nvidia removing gamestream from SHIELD devices
For anyone that wants to still use/run Moonlight after this is shut off, there is an open source gamestream server called sunshine that should realistically still work. I used this previously with an AMD 5700XT, and never had any issues with it, and it performs significantly better then the Steam Link app did.
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Has there been any improvements on Steam deck for Pokémon SV? I’m still getting only 11-15 fps with powertools
I think this is the official one https://github.com/loki-47-6F-64/sunshine
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ViGEmBus and sunshine you can also consider the following projects:
XOutput - DirectInput to XInput wrapper
openstream-server
BetterJoy - Allows the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, Joycons and SNES controller to be used with CEMU, Citra, Dolphin, Yuzu and as generic XInput
vita-moonlight - NVIDIA Gamestream client for PlayStation Vita, based on moonlight-embedded
DS4Windows - Like those other ds4tools, but sexier
rustdesk - An open-source remote desktop, and alternative to TeamViewer.
HidHide - Gaming Input Peripherals Device Firewall for Windows.
switch-remote-play - Let the switch remotely play PC games (similar to steam link or remote play)
DualSenseX - Connect your DualSense Controller, use Adaptive Triggers, Emulate Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 through USB or Bluetooth on PC
moonlight-android - GameStream client for Android
AHK-ViGEm-Bus - A wrapper for AHK that drives the ViGEm bus to create virtual console controllers
RemotePlayWhatever - Tiny application that lets you force remote play together any game you have in your steam library including non-steam ones.
ViGEmBus vs XOutput
sunshine vs openstream-server
ViGEmBus vs BetterJoy
sunshine vs vita-moonlight
ViGEmBus vs DS4Windows
sunshine vs rustdesk
ViGEmBus vs HidHide
sunshine vs switch-remote-play
ViGEmBus vs DualSenseX
sunshine vs moonlight-android
ViGEmBus vs AHK-ViGEm-Bus
sunshine vs RemotePlayWhatever