LizardByte

LizardByte is an open-source software publisher focused on low-latency remote gaming and media streaming technology; its current catalogue centers on Sunshine, a self-hosted GameStream host that lets any moderately powerful Windows, Linux or macOS computer act like an NVIDIA Shield server, broadcasting real-time H.265/AV1 gameplay to Moonlight clients on phones, tablets, TVs or another PC. Typical use cases include cloud gaming from a home rig while travelling, couch-to-handheld play inside the same house, or headless LAN streaming from a workstation to a silent living-room client. The same lightweight host engine is increasingly adopted by hobbyists who pair it with containerised cloud GPUs to build personal GeForce-Now-style services, and by IT admins who need secure, hardware-accelerated remote desktops for CAD or video workstations. Because Sunshine exposes a standards-compliant RTSP/HTTPS interface, it also integrates with home-automation dashboards and third-party launchers, turning a generic gaming PC into a multi-user streaming appliance that supports simultaneous sessions, custom bitrate ladders and gamepad-agnostic input. LizardByte’s broader roadmap hints at additional open tools for latency-sensitive media, but for now Sunshine remains its flagship project, updated in lockstep with Moonlight protocol enhancements. The publisher’s software is available free of charge on get.nero.com, where downloads are delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always install the newest upstream build, and can be queued for unattended batch installation alongside other applications.