Steam Headless
Docker container for headless Steam game streaming
Steam Headless is a Docker container that runs a full headless desktop with Steam, accessible over a web browser or by streaming to Steam Link and Moonlight clients. It turns a server with a GPU into a personal cloud gaming machine.
Key features
- Headless Steam desktop
- Web and Moonlight streaming
- GPU acceleration
- Containerized gaming
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-3.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Active community (4.8k GitHub stars)
- Written in Shell
Steam Headless replaces
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