Getting started 🚀

Cloudy Pad deploys a Cloud gaming gear using a Cloud provider of your choice:

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

Prerequisites
Installation
Cloud provider setup
Deploy your instance
Run Moonlight and connect to your instance
Sign-in to Steam and play your game
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
A Cloud provider account, one of:
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- Paperspace
Docker
- 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.

Cloud provider setup

You may need to setup a few things on your Cloud provider (eg. API key or SSH key).

➡️ Checkout per-Cloud provider setup specifities.

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 guide you through creation process:

Prompt important information (eg. machine type, GPU, cost alerts, etc.)
Create a new Cloud machine and related configurations automatically
Install GPU drivers and streaming server (Wolf or Sunshine)
Help your Pair with Moonlight streaming client

Run Moonlight and connect to your instance

Run Moonlight, select your instance and run Steam. cloudypad create should have let you pair your Moonlight client with your instance. If needed, you can pair your Moonlight client with your instance manually:

➡️ See Moonlight setup and pairing guide

To sign-in to Steam, either:

Type your login and password directly
- 💡 Copy/pasting your login and password in Moonlight: use CTRL+C on your host and paste in Moonlight with CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+V
Use Steam mobile app and scan QR code: run Steam app on your phone, and click on shield 🛡️ button (bottom middle of the screen). Scan QR code from Moonlight.

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 FAQ and known issues or create an issue

Cloudy Pad 🎮 🌥️