# Moonlight 68 Hacker News commenters recommended Moonlight and 10 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 11 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Free client for streaming PC games to other devices; works well on a LAN, though some report lag and input delay. ## Why people recommend it - Low lag on local network (5 comments): "Over Wifi 7 I get basically no discernable lag, which was crazy to me the first time I tried it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48974606)) "it's absolutely perfect, I couldn't even tell in most cases it was streamed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635167)) "all single-player games are fully playable without any noticeable lag" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48684853)) - Runs on many devices (5 comments): "An alternative to steam link. You can use install it on the lg tv by sideloading the app." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46255543)) "Game streaming with Sunlight works fine to Samsung TV via the TizenOS Moonlight app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48127248)) "Instead I put moonlight on my steam deck and plugged that into the tv." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46258702)) - Remote access to home PC (5 comments): "I also have Moonlight to sometimes control the PC remotely either in the house (bedroom) or externally via Tailscale" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48686234)) "I have also used it to real-time 1080p stream my gaming PC from another room using Moonlight" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48485723)) "The kids stream from them using moonlight on whatever smart device they want to play on." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580269)) - Plays games with anti-cheat (2 comments): "I still use my old Windows PC for gaming with anti-cheat software via Moonlight and Sunshine, and it works perfectly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45989615)) "enables you to stream games protected with kernel level anti cheat to Linux machines" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46634461)) ## What people warn about - Lag and input delay (3 comments): "Streaming with Moonlight works well enough, but there's still lag." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48935210)) "Sunshine/Moonlight work but the input lag is noticeable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48910293)) "Moonlight is pretty slow and high latency." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49311406)) - Weak outside the local network (2 comments): "moonlight and sunshine is janky as hell outside the local network due to the fact it uses like 5 different streams" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303792)) "you can stream using Moonlight or Parsec but unless both sides are wired it isn't great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48113500)) - Needs logins or admin rights (3 comments): "Sunshine / moonlight can work but you need to run them as admin." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48685714)) "You can't do that with Moonlight in Linux, I always needed to log in to my session first in person." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48976935)) "didn't like having to unlock my Linux home PC to play" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48976436)) - Display glitches and occasional bugs (4 comments): "Moonlight and the xow driver it bundled, was nowhere near being able to provide this as a feature." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49345175)) "I do have a once-per-run Moonlight glitch that may even be because I'm on an older version." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50075050)) "Sunshine/moonlight seem to be close to working but weird display issues are constant." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48680695)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Sunshine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sunshine.md): 55 recommend - [Sunshine and Moonlight](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sunshine-and-moonlight.md): 18 recommend - [Parsec](https://hackerapproved.com/p/parsec.md): 16 recommend - [Steam Remote Play](https://hackerapproved.com/p/steam-remote-play.md): 10 recommend - [Wolf game streaming server](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wolf.md): 5 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Moonlight", https://hackerapproved.com/p/moonlight/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).