Flatsonar

Moonlight

by Moonlight Game Streaming Team

Stream games and other applications from another PC running Sunshine or GeForce Experience

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0+ v6.1.0
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About

Moonlight can stream games and other applications from another PC with Sunshine or GeForce Experience software installed.

Features include:

  • Hardware accelerated video decoding with VAAPI, VDPAU, and NVDEC support
  • H.264, HEVC, and AV1 codec support
  • 7.1 surround sound audio support
  • 10-point multitouch support
  • Gamepad support with force feedback for up to 16 players
  • Support for both pointer capture (for games) and direct mouse control (for remote desktop)
  • Support for passing system-wide keyboard shortcuts like Alt+Tab to the host

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • access to operating-system files
    --filesystem=host-os:ro
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • access to xdg-config/kdeglobals
    --filesystem=xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro
  • access to xdg-run/gamescope-0
    --filesystem=xdg-run/gamescope-0
  • talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
    --talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
  • talks to org.kde.kconfig.notify
    --talk-name=org.kde.kconfig.notify
  • talks to org.kde.KGlobalSettings
    --talk-name=org.kde.KGlobalSettings
  • screensaver inhibit
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver
  • restricts LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME
    --unset-env=LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME
  • restricts LIBVA_DRIVERS_PATH
    --unset-env=LIBVA_DRIVERS_PATH

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

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