Install Sunshine on CachyOS

What should I do after installing Sunshine?

1. Open Sunshine from your app menu.
2. Or run sunshine in a terminal.
3. The package ships the systemd unit app-dev.lizardbyte.app.Sunshine.service. Read the project docs before you enable it.
4. Run pacman -Qi sunshine to see the installed version and the optional dependencies.

Full Sunshine guide: first run, key settings, common fixes and uninstall

How do I update or remove Sunshine?

Update:

Remove:

What is Sunshine?

Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.

Package description: Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight

Reviews of Sunshine on CachyOS

From GitHub

LizardByte/Sunshine · ★ 42,890 stars · last commit Nov 1, 2026 · latest release Sep 15, 2026

Real issues opened by users on the project's GitHub, shown as written with a link to each one. 10 most reacted issues opened in the last two years plus the 5 newest issues, bots, pull requests, non English and political posts skipped, capped at 15 per repo. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

1. Rendering artifact on VA-API HEVC AMD LinuxClosed

   This issue is present in the latest pre-release On both the latest version and the pre-release version, using HEVC hardware encoding on my AMD GPU (with VA-API) causes the display to be slightly scaled down, showing a green line at the bottom and black bars on the side of the…

   @Gitez-Spaghetti · Sep 30, 2025 · 20 reactions · 40 comments · View on GitHub

2. Linux - Broken output in Sway/wlroots with WLR_RENDERER=vulkanClosed

   This issue is present in the latest pre-release Since the output from Sunshine is broken with Sway/wlroots on Vulkan host. It is now also present in the latest stable release, v2025.628.4510 When starting stream in Moonlight, the video is garbled instead of being correct.…

   @quietvoid · Jul 5, 2025 · 14 reactions · 16 comments · View on GitHub

3. macOS 15: The cursor disappears and does not reappearOpen

   None When I enter text using the keyboard, the cursor disappears and the mouse cursor does not reappear. The cursor only reappears when I move the mouse around like crazy or click on the desktop to shrink all windows macOS 15.1.1 arm64/aarch64…

   @DWGIII · Dec 7, 2024 · 13 reactions · 27 comments · View on GitHub

4. Bazzite: No Steam Overlay in Gamescope GamemodeOpen

   None When running Sunshine during Bazzite's Gamemode (Gamescope) we are unable to get the Steam Overlay UI to show. You will hear a sound, and it will show on the native screen, but it does not show when streaming. These issues could be completely unrelated, but I included if it…

   @baltimoresports · May 8, 2025 · 13 reactions · 19 comments · View on GitHub

5. (Linux) audio_sink option should not change your default audio outputOpen

   This issue is present in the latest pre-release This is my audio setup before starting sunshine stream: As you can see I have set my default audio output to "Virtual Surround Sink". I have set sunshine to listen on my equalizer sink and there is no virtualsink set in my config.…

   @DanielGaaA · Apr 4, 2026 · 12 reactions · 5 comments · View on GitHub

6. Freezes Compositor when closing sunshine after prolonged useClosed

   This issue is present in the latest pre-release Sunshine freezes the compositor indefinitely(I am currently using hyprland) when closing sunshine after prolonged use Should not freeze Something to do here I tested cleanupgbm() dont think anything's wrong there,something's going…

   @Clutchnp · May 6, 2025 · 11 reactions · 17 comments · View on GitHub

7. Mouse/Stylus/Touch input is in wrong monitor when using multi-monitor on LinuxOpen

   This issue is present in the latest pre-release When hosting on my Linux machine with multi-monitor, the main monitor on Sunshine is set as the HDMI one, even if my main monitor is set as the DP one on the OS. After changing the motidor to be displayed in the setting "Display…

   @laurorual · Mar 1, 2025 · 9 reactions · 27 comments · View on GitHub

8. Flatpak does not work on KDE WaylandClosed

   Unable to test because of using the Flatpak version Similar to see in #3668 which was closed without being solved AFAIK, Sunshine fails to detect an existing running PulseAudio instance. As a result nothing works and I get a non-functional Sunshine. This is a KDE Plasma 6.3…

   @cameronbosch · Jun 8, 2025 · 9 reactions · 26 comments · View on GitHub

9. MacOS homebrew install fails on makeClosed

   This issue is present in the latest pre-release Running brew install sunshine or sunshine-beta fails on make step. Should install without errors Homebrew 4.4.21 macOS 15.3 arm64/aarch64 macOS - Homebrew AMD Apple M1 Pro None

   @nekitk · Feb 22, 2025 · 8 reactions · 30 comments · View on GitHub

10. There is an issue with the scrolling function in macOSClosed

    This issue is present in the latest pre-release When using the scroll wheel in Moonlight, it does not scroll directly up or down, but rather towards the top left or bottom right, resulting in inability to scroll on some interfaces. The mouse is the Logitech M720 and Logitech G903…

    @fatebugs · Mar 7, 2025 · 6 reactions · 11 comments · View on GitHub

11. Can't connect after computer reboot if there's global_prep_cmd setOpen

    This issue is present in the latest pre-release When the computer is at the login screen after a reboot (so nobody had logged in yet), starting "Desktop" via Moonlight fails with "Failed to start the specified application (Error 0)" (it's probably -1 but Moonlight displays it…

    @bgr · Oct 31, 2026 · 2 comments · View on GitHub

12. KWin + VA-API: Black screen on RX 6700 XT with EGL_BAD_PARAMETER (0x300C); memory-buffer workaround causes high latencyOpen

    Closely related to #5316, but with different GPU hardware and symptoms (black screen instead of a crash). This issue is present in the latest pre-release Sunshine 2026.914.233613 produces a completely black video stream when using KWin/PipeWire capture with VA-API hardware…

    @Tomblarom · Oct 28, 2026 · 1 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

13. update-path.bat corrupts the system PATH when its last entry ends with a backslashOpen

    This issue is present in the latest pre-release update-path.bat remove writes the PATH back with: If the last PATH entry ends with a backslash, the command line ends in \". Windows command-line parsing treats \" as an escaped literal quote, so reg.exe stores the last entry with a…

    @cleverlie · Oct 27, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub

14. KMS capture always streams the portrait monitor even though the correct connector is selectedOpen

    I'm too lazy to test With capture = kms and two monitors on one AMD GPU, the stream always shows the same monitor (the portrait one, as displayed) regardless of outputname. The debug log shows Sunshine choosing the correct, different connector for each outputname value, so…

    @DisparateDan · Oct 27, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub

15. KMS capture throws EGL_BAD_MATCH 00003009 and continuously loops creating encodersOpen

    This issue is present in the latest pre-release Here are the reproduction steps. Step 1: Run sudo mkinitcpio -P in the terminal to regenerate the initramfs. Step 2: Reboot the computer and log into a Wayland session. Step 3: Start the Sunshine application. Step 4: Connect using a…

    @aningQwQ · Oct 27, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub