Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Offering low latency, cloud gaming server capabilities with support for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs for hardware encoding. Software encoding is also available.
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Free GeForce NOW Alternatives for Windows
There are many alternatives to GeForce NOW for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is Sunshine - Game streaming host, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to GeForce NOW and four of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to GeForce NOW are Xbox Cloud Gaming, OpenNOW and GeForce Infinity.
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GeForce NOW alternatives are mainly Game Library Managers, but if you're looking for Remote Desktop Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Cloud Computing, Chrome OS and Remote Desktop. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to GeForce NOW.
Alternatives list
11 Sunshine - Game streaming host alternatives
13 Xbox Cloud Gaming alternativesXbox Cloud Gaming is our technology that allows you to play over 100 console games on the devices you already have with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and a compatible controller. As part of your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership, you can enjoy the console games you love, the people...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Xbox
- Fire TV
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10 OpenNOW alternativesOpen-source desktop client for GeForce NOW offering cross-platform support on Windows, macOS, and Linux, game browsing, library management, detailed stream controls, diagnostics overlays displaying real-time stats, built-in screenshots and recording, privacy-focused local storage, and no telemetry.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Delivers enhanced cloud gaming by refining the user interface, providing cross-platform access for Linux, macOS, and Windows, enabling customized notifications, user agent switching, Discord Rich Presence integration, and extensive personalization options.
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Hungary
EU
Doesn't support keyboard and mouse control, only the gamepad