Wolf game streaming server
Shares rank 17 of 22 game streaming software by recommenders
Free, self-hosted server that streams PC games to Moonlight clients, aims to be easy for all skill levels, and can run in Docker; critics note it makes sharing game directories awkward.
Free, self-hosted server that streams PC games to Moonlight clients, aims to be easy for all skill levels, and can run in Docker; critics note it makes sharing game directories awkward.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Easy for all technical levels
“Wolf aims to be easy for all levels of technical familiarity.”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Show HN: Wolf – Turn Slack threads into multiplayer agent workspaces” Runs from Docker containers
“there's Wolf if you want to do it from Docker containers”
Comment from 30 Nov 2025 in “Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming” Stable enough for production use
“After lots of stability work we are now running that mode in production”
Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “Streaming AI agent desktops with gaming protocols”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Awkward sharing of game directories
“it makes it weird to share the game directories”
Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “Moonshine: Lets you stream games from your PC to any device running Moonlight”
Other game streaming software people recommend
The four most recommended other game streaming software, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moonlight | 68 | 10 | 87% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Sunshine | 55 | 16 | 77% | 10 | — | Approved |
| RustDesk | 32 | 20 | 62% | 8 | — | — |
| Sunshine and Moonlight | 18 | 6 | 75% | 7 | 3 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Wolf game streaming serverThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it makes it weird to share the game directories”
“Wolf aims to be easy for all levels of technical familiarity.”
“i can easily disallow styles overriding, font overriding, and use bitmap fonts”
“just shows they didn't even try to understand what they were doing”
“there's Wolf if you want to do it from Docker containers”
“After lots of stability work we are now running that mode in production”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.