moonlight-qt
GameStream client for PCs (Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam Link) (by moonlight-stream)
ViGEmBus
Windows kernel-mode driver emulating well-known USB game controllers. (by nefarius)
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| moonlight-qt | ViGEmBus | |
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| 101 | 126 | |
| 8,272 | 2,386 | |
| 6.7% | - | |
| 9.4 | 0.0 | |
| 4 days ago | 8 months ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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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.
moonlight-qt
Posts with mentions or reviews of moonlight-qt.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-11.
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Sunshine: HEVC not supported (even though it should)
I found this https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt/issues/967
- Playing your PS5 games with almost native quality in HDR on your Deck? Here is how: (For PC too)
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KDE Plasma 6.0 Is Enabling Wayland by Default
You could use sunshine (https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine) + moonlight (https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt). To be honest, at least for me, it works better than most of the RDP/VNC stuff.
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Introduction
I discovered the moonlight client and sunshine server a few months ago. These are open source solutions to provide remote gaming/desktop capabilities with built in input and audio passthrough. I tried NoMachine, but I wasn't able to get audio to work. This looks like a known issue on arch. On sunshine, I didn't have to do any extra tweaking! This allowed me to game on my desktop pc without having to sit at my desk. This was especially helpful while watching my 2nd son. I was really impressed by the performance, I could stream my host's display at high resolutions and frame rates with low latency despite my desktop being in the basement using WiFi. I was getting some instability with WiFi, so I wanted to try connecting my desktop to the router via Ethernet. I decided to go with a headless solution because that gives me more flexibility on the placement of the desktop; I ended up moving my desktop upstairs closer to my router. I figured out a way to stream my hosts display headless by using Nvidia TwinView to create the virtual display. This means I don't need to buy any HDMI/DP dummy plugs. I wrote a Linux Guide for sunshine on how to set this up. If you have any feedback on this guide, let me know! I haven't tried this, but wolf is an interesting docker alternative to sunshine.
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Moonlight v5.0 is here
Releases ยท moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt (github.com)
- Moonlight 5.0.0 Released
- Shield Pro - Change resolution in Moonlight
- Home Network Steamlink issues
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Gamesteaming from desktop to the ally changed everything for me... (at least at home!)
and on my Ally: https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt/releases (the windows installer)
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.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing moonlight-qt and ViGEmBus you can also consider the following projects:
moonlight-embedded - Gamestream client for embedded systems
XOutput - DirectInput to XInput wrapper
Internet-Hosting-Tool - Enable Moonlight streaming from your PC over the Internet with no configuration required
BetterJoy - Allows the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, Joycons and SNES controller to be used with CEMU, Citra, Dolphin, Yuzu and as generic XInput
Sunshine - Sunshine is a Gamestream host for Moonlight. [Moved to: https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine]
DS4Windows - Like those other ds4tools, but sexier
Sunshine - Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.
HidHide - Gaming Input Peripherals Device Firewall for Windows.
Moonlight-Switch - Moonlight port for Nintendo Switch
DualSenseX - Connect your DualSense Controller, use Adaptive Triggers, Emulate Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 through USB or Bluetooth on PC
sunshine - Host for Moonlight Streaming Client
AHK-ViGEm-Bus - A wrapper for AHK that drives the ViGEm bus to create virtual console controllers
moonlight-qt vs moonlight-embedded
ViGEmBus vs XOutput
moonlight-qt vs Internet-Hosting-Tool
ViGEmBus vs BetterJoy
moonlight-qt vs Sunshine
ViGEmBus vs DS4Windows
moonlight-qt vs Sunshine
ViGEmBus vs HidHide
moonlight-qt vs Moonlight-Switch
ViGEmBus vs DualSenseX
moonlight-qt vs sunshine
ViGEmBus vs AHK-ViGEm-Bus