Apollo
Apollo is a free, open-source remote desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Sunshine fork - The easiest way to stream with the native resolution of your client device. It has 11,385 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license.
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About Apollo
Apollo is a self-hosted desktop stream host for Artemis(Moonlight Noir). Offering low latency, native client resolution, cloud gaming server capabilities with support for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs for hardware encoding. Software encoding is also available. A web UI is provided to allow configuration and client pairing from your favorite web browser. Pair from the local server or any mobile device.
Install Apollo
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winget install ClassicOldSong.Apollochoco install apolloSimilar apps
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Is Apollo free and open source?
Yes. Apollo's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Apollo?
winget: winget install ClassicOldSong.Apollo and Chocolatey: choco install apollo. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v0.4.6).
Is Apollo still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on May 21, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.