Getting started 🚀

Deploy a Cloud gaming instance using your own servers or directly on a Cloud provider like AWS, Azure or Google Cloud

💰 While Cloudy Pad itself is free and open-source, charges may be incurred for Cloud provider usage. Make sure you understand the costs
Cloudy Pad is Linux-based. Using Steam requires Proton. You can check your game compatibility on ProtonDB website or see how to play games on Steam.

Cloudy Pad App

Instructions below are aimed for tech-savvy users who are familiar with terms such as "server", "ssh" and "NVIDIA drivers".

If that's not your cup of tea, you might prefer to use Cloudy Pad App instead: a simple, intuitive web platform to deploy your gaming instance in a few minutes.

🎮 Join Cloudy Pad App

Prerequisites
Installation
Choose your Provider
Deploy your instance
Stop your instance after gaming sessions
Problem ?

Prerequisites

Moonlight streaming client
- Moonlight is client allowing you to connect to your instance and play your games
Either your own server with an NVIDIA GPU or a Cloud provider:
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- Paperspace
- Scaleway
Docker client
- Rootless Docker is not supported yet
- For MacOS, OrbStack is recommended over Docker Desktop

Installation

Install latest version of cloudypad CLI:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PierreBeucher/cloudypad/master/install.sh | bash

➡️ See Installation page for more installation methods on Linux, Mac and Windows.

Choose your Provider

Choose a provider:

SSH - Deploy on your own server or machine directly via SSH
AWS - Create an instance directly on AWS
Azure - Create an instance directly on Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud - Create an instance directly on Google Cloud
Scaleway - Create an instance directly on Scaleway
Paperspace - Create an instance directly on Paperspace

➡️ Check out per-Cloud provider setup specificities.

Deploy your instance

Create your instance with cloudypad CLI:

cloudypad create
# How shall we name your Cloudy Pad instance? (default: mypad) 
#
# Creating Cloudy Pad instance 'mypad'
#
# [...]
#
# 🥳 Your Cloudy Pad instance is ready !

Cloudy Pad will do everything for you automatically:

Prompt for important information (you can also pass CLI args)
Provision and configure your instance
Install GPU drivers and streaming server (Wolf or Sunshine)
Help you pair with Moonlight streaming client

Once the installation is complete, run Moonlight, connect and start playing ! 🎮

➡️ Steam Sign-in guide

➡️ Moonlight usage and optimization guide

Stop your instance after gaming sessions

Once you are done, remember to stop your instance to avoid unnecessary costs 💸

cloudypad stop mypad
# or 
# cloudypad destroy mypad

Problem ?

😱 Something went wrong? See Help and Troubleshooting section on the left, FAQ and known issues or create an issue

Cloudy Pad 🎮 🌥️