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https://github.com/libretro/retroarch

Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API. Licensed GPLv3.

c libretro retroarch

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch

Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API. Licensed GPLv3.

c libretro retroarch

Last synced: 20 Mar 2025

https://github.com/mausimus/ShaderGlass

Overlay for running GPU shaders on top of Windows desktop

crt crt-monitor directx libretro overlay retro retroarch retrogaming shader shaders slang windows

Last synced: 12 Feb 2026

https://github.com/mausimus/shaderglass

Overlay for running GPU shaders on top of Windows desktop

crt crt-monitor directx libretro overlay retro retroarch retrogaming shader shaders slang windows

Last synced: 08 Oct 2025

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

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

embedded-systems emulation libreelec libretro linux os packages raspberry-pi retro-gaming retroarch

Last synced: 14 May 2025

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

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

embedded-systems emulation libreelec libretro linux os packages raspberry-pi retro-gaming retroarch

Last synced: 26 Mar 2025

https://github.com/drhelius/gearboy

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

bsd emulation emulator game-boy gameboy gameboy-color-emulator gameboy-emulator libretro linux nintendo-gameboy raspberry-pi retroarch

Last synced: 02 Apr 2026

https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy

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

bsd emulation emulator game-boy gameboy gameboy-color-emulator gameboy-emulator libretro linux nintendo-gameboy raspberry-pi retroarch

Last synced: 08 May 2025

https://github.com/libretro/Lakka

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

embedded-systems emulation libretro linux packages retroarch retrogaming

Last synced: 24 Mar 2025

https://github.com/libretro-thumbnails/libretro-thumbnails

Thumbnails for RetroArch

libretro retroarch

Last synced: 28 Mar 2025

https://github.com/hex007/freej2me

A free J2ME emulator with libretro, awt and sdl2 frontends.

awt emulator emulator-frontend j2me libretro sdl2 sdl2-frontends

Last synced: 02 May 2025

https://github.com/drhelius/gearsystem

Sega Master System / Game Gear / SG-1000 emulator, debugger and embedded MCP server for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.

bsd emulation emulator game-gear gamegear libretro linux master-system mcp mcp-server raspberry-pi retroarch sega sg1000 sms vgm z80

Last synced: 31 May 2026

https://github.com/squirreljme/squirreljme

SquirrelJME is a Java ME 8 Virtual Machine for embedded and Internet of Things devices. It has the ultimate goal of being 99.9% compatible with the Java ME standard.

c compiler embedded iot j2me j2me-platform java java-me javame jvm libretro native ratufacoat retroarch squirreljme

Last synced: 23 Apr 2025

https://github.com/libretro/mupen64plus-libretro-nx

Improved mupen64plus libretro core reimplementation

emulation libretro mupen64plus n64

Last synced: 17 Jun 2025

https://github.com/retroachievements/ralibretro

RALibretro is a multi-emulator used to develop RetroAchievements.

cpp emulator libretro retroachievements retroachievements-api

Last synced: 08 Mar 2026

https://github.com/jessetg/melonds-ds

A remake of the libretro melonDS core that prioritizes standalone parity, reliability, and usability.

ds ds-homebrew dsi emulation emulator libretro libretro-cores melonds nds nintendo nintendo-ds nintendo-ds-emulator nintendo-ds-homebrew nintendo-dsi retro retroarch retrocomputing retrogaming

Last synced: 13 Apr 2025

https://github.com/drhelius/geargrafx

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 / SuperGrafx / PCE CD-ROM² emulator, debugger, and embedded MCP server for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.

bsd emulator libretro linux macos mcp pc-engine pcengine raspberry-pi raspberrypi retroarch supergrafx turbografx turbografx-16 vgm

Last synced: 14 Feb 2026

https://github.com/brandleesee/epsxe64ubuntu

OBSOLETE - ePSXe64Ubuntu is an interactive script that installs ePSXe Linux (x64) & shaders using BIOS HLE and Core Plugins on x86-64 Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and their derivatives.

bash-script debian duckstation emulation emulator emulator-frontend emulator-programming emulators epsxe libcurl libretro linux playstation psx psx-emulator retroarch shader-effects shaders ubuntu ubuntu-script

Last synced: 23 Aug 2025

https://github.com/libretro/libretro-lutro

An experimental lua game framework for libretro following the LÖVE API

game-framework libretro love2d lua

Last synced: 12 Apr 2025

https://github.com/drhelius/gearcoleco

ColecoVision emulator and debugger for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.

bsd coleco coleco-vision colecovision emulation emulator libretro linux raspberry-pi retroarch sgm z80

Last synced: 06 Apr 2025

https://github.com/libretro/libretro-chailove

:heart: 2D Game Framework with ChaiScript

chailove chaiscript libretro

Last synced: 17 Jun 2025

https://github.com/kivutar/rombundler

A tiny libretro frontend to release homebrews as executables

bundler emulator exe frontend game homebrew libretro rom

Last synced: 16 Mar 2025

https://github.com/thelogicmaster/cranked

A WIP Playdate console emulator

cpp emulator libretro lua playdate playdate-console python

Last synced: 12 Apr 2025

https://github.com/libretro/ludos

Just enough OS for libretro using the Ludo frontend on a LibreELEC 9.2 base

embedded-linux emulation libreelec libretro linux-distribution ludo raspberry-pi retrogaming

Last synced: 30 Oct 2025

https://github.com/realnc/dosbox-core

A DOSBox core for use in RetroArch and other libretro frontends.

core dos dos-emulator dosbox emulator libretro ms-dos msdos msdos-emulator retroarch

Last synced: 17 Mar 2025

https://github.com/robloach/raylib-libretro

libretro frontend using raylib :space_invader:

libretro raylib

Last synced: 11 Jun 2026

https://github.com/libretro/freeintv

A libretro emulation core for the Mattel Intellivision designed to be compatible with joypads from the SNES era forward

emulation intellivision libretro mattel

Last synced: 17 Jun 2025

https://github.com/tytydraco/ludere

A LibRetro-powered ROM packager for portable emulation on Android.

android emulation libretro

Last synced: 14 Apr 2025

https://github.com/avojak/replay

Native Linux multi-system emulator built in Vala and GTK for elementary OS

elementary-os emulator gameboy-advance-emulator gameboy-color-emulator gameboy-emulator gtk libretro libretro-frontend vala

Last synced: 01 Apr 2025

https://github.com/robloach/libretro-dats

Build some of the libretro-database DATs

libretro

Last synced: 24 Jul 2025

https://github.com/skurdt/sk.libretro

Libretro wrapper written in C# with support for the Unity game engine

csharp-code libretro libretro-api libretro-frontend libretroapi unity

Last synced: 09 Apr 2025

https://github.com/drhelius/gearlynx

Atari Lynx emulator and debugger for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.

atari bsd emulator libretro linux lynx macos raspberry-pi raspberrypi

Last synced: 08 Mar 2026

https://github.com/skurdt/libretrounityfe

Example scenes on how to use the SK.Libretro package/library.

csharp emulation frontend libretro libretro-api libretro-frontend libretroapi unity

Last synced: 18 Jul 2025

https://github.com/leiradel/lrcpp

A C++ wrapper for Libretro, plus a composable class to load and use Libretro cores

emulation libretro libretro-frontend

Last synced: 24 Aug 2025

https://github.com/libretro/libretro-mpv

mpv media player libretro core

c libretro mpv retroarch

Last synced: 17 Jun 2025

https://github.com/jessetg/libretro.py

A Python binding for libretro. Intended for writing test scripts for cores, but can be used for any purpose.

ctypes emulation emulator libretro libretro-api libretro-cores libretro-frontend retro retroarch retrocomputing retrogaming test-automation testing testing-tools

Last synced: 11 Apr 2025

https://github.com/jessetg/ruffle_libretro

Experimental libretro core for Ruffle, the Flash emulator.

adobe-flash emulation emulator flash libretro libretro-cores retroarch retroarch-cores retrogaming ruffle rust

Last synced: 23 Sep 2025

https://github.com/clownacy/clownmdemu-libretro

Frontend for ClownMDEmu that exposes it as a libretro core.

ansi-c c89 c90 emulator genesis libretro mega-drive megadrive retroarch

Last synced: 22 Feb 2026

https://github.com/weimingtom/onscripter-libretro_fork

[WIP] My onscripter-libretro fork

libretro onscripter retroarch

Last synced: 20 Jul 2025

https://github.com/jasonrhansen/rustednes

Nintendo Entertainment System emulator written in Rust

emulators libretro nes-emulator nintendo nintendo-nes rust

Last synced: 14 Apr 2025

https://github.com/libretro/webdb

A website to browse the content of the libretro RDB files

database game-database libretro no-intro rdb static-site-generator website

Last synced: 17 Jun 2025

https://github.com/nicolasroehm/ngx-retroarch

RetroArch web component : online retro-gaming emulator

angular emulator-js libretro neptune-js retroarch retroarch-web web-component

Last synced: 25 Sep 2025

https://github.com/celerizer/tamalibretro

TamaLIB Tamagotchi P1 emulator implementation in the libretro API

emulator libretro tamagotchi

Last synced: 15 Apr 2025

https://github.com/avojak/libretrodb-sqlite

Reformatted version of the Libretro database (i.e. RetroArch .rdb files) as a single SQLite database file

libretro retroarch sqlite

Last synced: 23 Apr 2025

https://github.com/robloach/sokoban

Sokoban for Dinothawr

libretro

Last synced: 21 Jan 2026

https://github.com/basilean/retroarch_install

This script will help you to install RetroArch from a Lakka image to an already working OS LibreELEC with Kodi.

kodi lakka libreelec libretro retroarch

Last synced: 25 Feb 2026

https://github.com/swordfish90/libretro-sqlite-db

Convert libretro rdb files into sqlite

libretro rdb retroarch sqlite

Last synced: 16 Apr 2025

https://github.com/monteslu/retroemu

Run Retro console emulation in your terminal with Node.js

emulator gameboy libretro nes nodejs retro-gaming sega-genesis snes terminal webassembly

Last synced: 06 Mar 2026

https://github.com/lleny/holani-retro

Libretro implementation of holani, an Atari Lynx emulator

atari emulator libretro lynx

Last synced: 24 Jan 2026

https://github.com/clownacy/clownlibretro

My really bad libretro frontend. I'm just programming this for fun, so don't expect quality.

libretro libretro-frontend

Last synced: 21 Apr 2026

https://github.com/nnarain/gameboycore-retro

GameboyCore libretro core

emulator gameboy libretro retroarch

Last synced: 21 May 2026

https://github.com/velocityra/game.shader.presets

Kodi binary addon for libretro meta-shader (.cgp) support

cg kodi kodi-addon libretro shader

Last synced: 30 Jul 2025

https://github.com/skurdt/sk.libretro.godot

GDExtension to run libretro cores inside of Godot 4

emulation gdextension godot libretro

Last synced: 09 Jul 2025

https://github.com/longjoel/nosebleed

Web-first libretro runtime for low-latency browser emulation streaming

emulation game-streaming libretro retro-gaming webrtc websocket

Last synced: 19 Jun 2026

https://github.com/xfnty/armored-core-sdl

Libretro frontend for playing Armored Core 1 (1997) with mouse.

armored-core emulation libretro libretro-frontend psx psx-emulator

Last synced: 13 Jun 2025

https://github.com/mattieb/pocket-shots

cross-platform tool to create Analogue Pocket library image collections

analogue-pocket libretro retro-gaming

Last synced: 11 Apr 2025

https://github.com/malciin/nanoarch.py

Minimal working example of using libretro cores from python

libretro libretro-frontend python

Last synced: 15 Mar 2025

https://github.com/slankka/homebrew-research

some personal research about homebrews. i.e. ams and libnx

devkitpro homebrew libnx libretro retroarch reverse-engineering switch unicode

Last synced: 06 Aug 2025

https://github.com/adamelliotfields/retroarch-config

My RetroArch settings 🕹️

libretro powershell retroarch

Last synced: 17 Oct 2025

https://github.com/gouchi/libretro-cores-serenityos

Libretro cores for SerenityOS

libretro libretro-cores serenityos

Last synced: 24 Dec 2025

https://github.com/xfnty/armored-core

Libretro frontend for playing Armored Core 1, Project Phantasma and Master of Arena with mouse support and hardware-accelerated rendering.

armored-core emulator emulator-frontend libretro libretro-frontend psx retrogaming

Last synced: 30 Jun 2026

https://github.com/mattias800/spela

Nu spelar vi! Self-hosted retro game emulation platform with cloud saves, multiplayer netplay, and achievements. 16 consoles, play anywhere.

cloud-saves docker emulation game-library kotlin-multiplatform libretro netplay retro-gaming self-hosted

Last synced: 01 Jun 2026

https://github.com/henrybarreto/advanced

It's an experimental and learning propose libRetro front-end to mGBA.

bevy libretro mgba pixels

Last synced: 26 Feb 2025