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 (for ARM-based PCs and older Intel/AMD PCs)
- 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:
- Added the ability to hide unwanted apps and games
- Added a network test to determine if your Internet connection is blocking Moonlight
- Added the option to swap mouse buttons
- Added codec and resolution to the on-screen performance stats
- Added a warning if the connection is too unstable to receive any complete video frames
- Added a Discord link to the toolbar in settings
- Enabled the new EGL renderer by default on Linux
Bugfixes:
- Fixed streaming over networks that block QoS-tagged packets
- Selecting a frame rate higher than 60 FPS no longer sets the host desktop to 720p
- Right-side modifier keys no longer press the corresponding left-side keys too
- Fixed mouse position never reaching the edge of the screen with certain desktop resolutions
- Improved synchronization between host and client mouse cursor in remote desktop mouse mode
- Improved performance on Wi-Fi on Windows by changing the wireless adapter to media streaming mode
- Cached box art is now deleted when the PC is removed from Moonlight
- Caps Lock button now toggles as expected on macOS
- Number pad arrow keys work properly with NumLock off on Windows
- Mouse buttons are now swapped properly in Moonlight if they are swapped in Windows
- Fixed several CLI options not properly overriding GUI options
- Updated included gamepad mappings
- Updated to Qt 5.15.1
Known Issues:
- Software decoding doesn't work properly on Macs from 2011 or earlier due to lack of support for the Metal rendering API. If you want to use software decoding on these Macs, you should continue to use Moonlight v2.1.0 until a fix is released.
- 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.
- The Discord icon in the toolbar appears in black instead of white on the Raspberry Pi and L4T packages.