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https://github.com/ryujinx/ryujinx

Experimental Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C#

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Last synced: 07 May 2025

https://github.com/Ryujinx/Ryujinx

Experimental Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C#

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Last synced: 26 Mar 2025

https://github.com/utmapp/utm

Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

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Last synced: 13 May 2025

https://github.com/utmapp/UTM

Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

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Last synced: 13 Mar 2025

https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4

PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS written in C++

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Last synced: 20 Jul 2025

https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadps4

PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS written in C++

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Last synced: 25 Nov 2025

https://github.com/kholia/osx-kvm

Run macOS on QEMU/KVM. With OpenCore + Monterey + Ventura + Sonoma support now! Only commercial (paid) support is available now to avoid spammy issues. No Mac system is required.

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Last synced: 13 May 2025

https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM

Run macOS on QEMU/KVM. With OpenCore + Monterey + Ventura + Sonoma support now! Only commercial (paid) support is available now to avoid spammy issues. No Mac system is required.

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Last synced: 15 Mar 2025

https://github.com/openemu/openemu

🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS

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Last synced: 23 Apr 2025

https://github.com/OpenEmu/OpenEmu

🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS

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Last synced: 26 Mar 2025

https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin

Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.

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Last synced: 13 May 2025

https://github.com/skyline-emu/skyline

Run Nintendo Switch homebrew & games on your Android device!

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Last synced: 29 Sep 2025

https://github.com/pcsx2/pcsx2

PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator

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Last synced: 04 Jan 2026

https://github.com/qemu/qemu

Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are ignored. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.

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Last synced: 17 Dec 2025

https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2

PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator

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Last synced: 20 Mar 2025

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup

Shell script to set up a Raspberry Pi/Odroid/PC with RetroArch emulator and various cores

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup

Shell script to set up a Raspberry Pi/Odroid/PC with RetroArch emulator and various cores

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Last synced: 24 Mar 2025

https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia

Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project

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Last synced: 16 Dec 2025

https://github.com/bfirsh/jsnes

A JavaScript NES emulator.

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Last synced: 13 May 2025

https://github.com/provenance-emu/provenance

iOS & tvOS multi-emulator frontend, supporting various Atari, Bandai, NEC, Nintendo, Sega, SNK and Sony console systems… Get Started: https://wiki.provenance-emu.com |

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Last synced: 13 May 2025

https://github.com/Provenance-Emu/Provenance

iOS & tvOS multi-emulator frontend, supporting various Atari, Bandai, NEC, Nintendo, Sega, SNK and Sony console systems… Get Started: https://wiki.provenance-emu.com |

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Last synced: 30 Mar 2025

https://github.com/vita3k/vita3k

Experimental PlayStation Vita emulator

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Last synced: 02 Jan 2026

https://github.com/zhkl0228/unidbg

Allows you to emulate an Android native library, and an experimental iOS emulation

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Last synced: 12 May 2025

https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K

Experimental PlayStation Vita emulator

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Last synced: 03 Apr 2025

https://github.com/rommapp/romm

A beautiful, powerful, self-hosted rom manager and player.

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Last synced: 13 May 2025

https://github.com/nefarius/ViGEmBus

Windows kernel-mode driver emulating well-known USB game controllers.

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Last synced: 09 Apr 2025

https://github.com/86box/86box

Emulator of x86-based machines.

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Last synced: 13 May 2025

https://github.com/tasemulators/desmume

DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator

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Last synced: 13 May 2025

https://github.com/nefarius/vigembus

Windows kernel-mode driver emulating well-known USB game controllers.

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Last synced: 27 Sep 2025

https://github.com/TASEmulators/desmume

DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator

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Last synced: 26 Mar 2025

https://github.com/fex-emu/fex

A fast usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator for Arm64 Linux

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/FEX-Emu/FEX

A fast usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator for Arm64 Linux

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Last synced: 10 Apr 2025

https://github.com/emuelec/emuelec

EmuELEC, retro emulation for Amlogic devices. Based on CoreELEC. https://emuelec.org or join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/jQWCFwTn5T

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Last synced: 07 Oct 2025

https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu

Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development)

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Last synced: 26 Dec 2025

https://github.com/tasemulators/bizhawk

BizHawk is a multi-system emulator written in C#. BizHawk provides nice features for casual gamers such as full screen, and joypad support in addition to full rerecording and debugging tools for all system cores.

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk

BizHawk is a multi-system emulator written in C#. BizHawk provides nice features for casual gamers such as full screen, and joypad support in addition to full rerecording and debugging tools for all system cores.

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Last synced: 03 May 2025

https://github.com/jpd002/play-

Play! - PlayStation2 Emulator

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/strato-emu/strato

Run Nintendo Switch homebrew & games on your Android device!

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Last synced: 15 May 2025

https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk

BizHawk is a multi-system emulator written in C#. BizHawk provides nice features for casual gamers such as full screen, and joypad support in addition to full rerecording and debugging tools for all system cores.

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Last synced: 15 Mar 2025

https://github.com/jpd002/Play-

Play! - PlayStation2 Emulator

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Last synced: 02 Apr 2025

https://github.com/pit-ray/win-vind

You can operate Windows with key bindings like Vim.

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Last synced: 15 May 2025

https://github.com/mikeroyal/steam-deck-guide

Steam Deck Guide. Learn all about the Tools, Accessories, Games, Emulators, and Gaming Tips that will make your Steam Deck an awesome Gaming Handheld or a Portable Computer Workstation.

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Last synced: 15 May 2025

https://github.com/mikeroyal/Steam-Deck-Guide

Steam Deck Guide. Learn all about the Tools, Accessories, Games, Emulators, and Gaming Tips that will make your Steam Deck an awesome Gaming Handheld or a Portable Computer Workstation.

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Last synced: 26 Mar 2025

https://github.com/libretro/lakka-libreelec

Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown game console.

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes

bsnes is a Super Nintendo (SNES) emulator focused on performance, features, and ease of use.

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Last synced: 09 Apr 2025

https://github.com/libretro/Lakka-LibreELEC

Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown game console.

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Last synced: 26 Mar 2025

https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast

Flycast is a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2 and Atomiswave emulator

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/eka2l1/eka2l1

A Symbian OS/N-Gage emulator

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/EKA2L1/EKA2L1

A Symbian OS/N-Gage emulator

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Last synced: 13 Apr 2025

https://github.com/mandiant/speakeasy

Windows kernel and user mode emulation.

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/shadow/shadow

Shadow is a discrete-event network simulator that directly executes real application code, enabling you to simulate distributed systems with thousands of network-connected processes in realistic and scalable private network experiments using your laptop, desktop, or server running Linux.

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://indigo-dc.github.io/udocker/

A basic user tool to execute simple docker containers in batch or interactive systems without root privileges.

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Last synced: 07 May 2025

https://github.com/xenia-canary/xenia-canary

Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project

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Last synced: 28 Sep 2025

https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core

Core module of the Mupen64Plus project

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Last synced: 12 Apr 2025

https://github.com/indigo-dc/udocker

A basic user tool to execute simple docker containers in batch or interactive systems without root privileges.

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Last synced: 10 Apr 2025

https://github.com/ChefKissInc/QEMUAppleSilicon

Apple Silicon devices emulated on QEMU, currently only iPhone 11.

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Last synced: 18 Jun 2025

https://github.com/mihaip/infinite-mac

A classic Mac loaded with everything you'd want

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/higan-emu/higan

higan is a multi-system emulator focused on accuracy, preservation, and configurability.

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Last synced: 10 Oct 2025

https://github.com/ce-programming/cemu

Third-party TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE emulator, focused on developer features

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/CE-Programming/CEmu

Third-party TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE emulator, focused on developer features

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Last synced: 15 Mar 2025

https://github.com/amberelec/amberelec

Handheld firmware optimized for the Anbernic RG351P/M/V/MP, RG552 and other compatible devices.

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/AmberELEC/AmberELEC

Handheld firmware optimized for the Anbernic RG351P/M/V/MP, RG552 and other compatible devices.

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Last synced: 11 Apr 2025

https://ce-programming.github.io/CEmu/

Third-party TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE emulator, focused on developer features

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Last synced: 26 Sep 2025

https://github.com/decalage2/vipermonkey

A VBA parser and emulation engine to analyze malicious macros.

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Last synced: 16 May 2025

https://github.com/Emupedia/emupedia.github.io

The purpose of Emupedia is to serve as a nonprofit meta-resource, hub and community for those interested mainly in video game preservation which aims to digitally collect, archive and preserve games and software to make them available online accessible by a user-friendly UI that simulates several retro operating systems for educational purposes.

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Last synced: 25 Sep 2025

https://github.com/decalage2/ViperMonkey

A VBA parser and emulation engine to analyze malicious macros.

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Last synced: 02 Sep 2025

https://github.com/drhelius/gearboy

Game Boy / Gameboy Color emulator and debugger for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares

ares is a cross-platform, open source, multi-system emulator, focusing on accuracy and preservation.

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Last synced: 03 Apr 2025

https://github.com/gabrieloc/GIOVANNI

A Gameboy Emulator for the Apple Watch

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Last synced: 02 May 2025

https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy

Game Boy / Gameboy Color emulator and debugger for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.

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Last synced: 08 May 2025

https://github.com/jsdf/little-virtual-computer

Learn how computers work by simulating them in Javascript

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Last synced: 06 Oct 2025

https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu

Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and DS Emulator

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Last synced: 08 May 2025

https://github.com/libretro/Lakka

Deprecated. Use https://github.com/lakkatv/Lakka-LibreELEC instead

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Last synced: 24 Mar 2025

https://github.com/RetroDECK/RetroDECK

RetroDECK brings you an all-in-one sandboxed application to play your retro games (and even not-so-retro games) on Linux/SteamOS.

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Last synced: 16 Jul 2025

https://github.com/FirmWire/FirmWire

FirmWire is a full-system baseband firmware emulation platform for fuzzing, debugging, and root-cause analysis of smartphone baseband firmwares

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Last synced: 12 Jul 2025

https://github.com/frankmorgner/vsmartcard

umbrella project for emulation of smart card readers or smart cards

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Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/blitterstudio/amiberry

Optimized Amiga emulator for Linux/macOS

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Last synced: 23 Jun 2025

https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amiberry

Optimized Amiga emulator for Linux/macOS

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Last synced: 08 Apr 2025

https://github.com/coreemu/core

Common Open Research Emulator

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Last synced: 15 May 2025

https://github.com/jaromaz/macintoshpi

MacintoshPi is a project that allows running full-screen versions of Apple's Mac OS 7, Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9 with sound, active online connection and modem emulation under Raspberry Pi.

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Last synced: 04 Apr 2025

https://github.com/punesemu/punes

Qt-based Nintendo Entertaiment System emulator and NSF/NSF2/NSFe Music Player (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows)

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Last synced: 15 May 2025

https://github.com/punesemu/puNES

Qt-based Nintendo Entertaiment System emulator and NSF/NSF2/NSFe Music Player (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows)

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Last synced: 31 Mar 2025

https://github.com/therealsaumil/emux

EMUX Firmware Emulation Framework (formerly ARMX)

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Last synced: 28 Apr 2025