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punesemu/puNES
Qt-based Nintendo Entertaiment System emulator and NSF/NSF2/NSFe Music Player (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows)
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-12-31
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2012-04-30
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 56 open
801
stars
- Forks
- 45
- Commits
- 2,391 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
obhq/obliteration
Experimental free and open-source PlayStation 4 kernel
- Updated
- 2026-05-31
- Lists
- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2021-11-12
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Issues
- 81 open
793
stars
- Forks
- 26
- Commits
- 1,342 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
ptyfyre/mandarine-neo
A Citra fork with new features and hacks which are experimental and may not be present in Azahar. Continuation of Mandarine 3DS emulator.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-04-19
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-08-30
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 35 open
730
stars
- Forks
- 27
- Commits
- 10,313 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
libretro/ludo
A libretro frontend written in golang
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-04
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-04-17
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 60 open
703
stars
- Forks
- 73
- Commits
- 785 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
DerKoun/bsnes-hd
bsnes fork that adds HD video features
- Updated
- 2025-12-05
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-05-26
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 69 open
692
stars
- Forks
- 53
- Commits
- 57 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
DaedalusX64/daedalus
The Nintendo 64 Emulator itself
- Updated
- 2026-02-16
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2010-12-24
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 11 open
672
stars
- Forks
- 72
- Commits
- 3,140 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
henrikpersson/potatis
🥔 MOS-6502 and NES emulator in Rust (SDL/WebAssembly/Android/Embedded/Cloud)
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-10
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2022-09-27
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 0 open
671
stars
- Forks
- 12
- Commits
- 32 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
xqemu/xqemu
Open-source emulator to play original Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Updated
- 2023-02-08
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2003-02-18
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 122 open
658
stars
- Forks
- 74
- Commits
- 68,839 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
hex007/freej2me
A free J2ME emulator with libretro, awt and sdl2 frontends.
- Updated
- 2026-01-13
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-09-23
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 65 open
647
stars
- Forks
- 115
- Commits
- 305 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
shonumi/gbe-plus
DMG/GBC/GBA emulator and experimental NDS emulator.
- Updated
- 2026-06-10
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-09-21
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 79 open
591
stars
- Forks
- 83
- Commits
- 4,965 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
simias/rustation
Playstation emulator in the Rust programing language
- Updated
- 2023-10-21
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2015-02-16
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 22 open
581
stars
- Forks
- 23
- Commits
- 281 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Ancurio/mkxp
Free Software implementation of the Ruby Game Scripting System (RGSS)
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-01-18
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-09-01
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 45 open
580
stars
- Forks
- 217
- Commits
- 835 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
JaCzekanski/Avocado
🥑 PlayStation 1 emulator
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2023-09-19
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2015-07-11
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 59 open
578
stars
- Forks
- 32
- Commits
- 895 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
openMSX/openMSX
the MSX emulator that aims for perfection
- Updated
- 2026-06-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2001-05-04
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 451 open
531
stars
- Forks
- 131
- Commits
- 18,020 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
PSI-Rockin/DobieStation
A dog-themed PS2 emulator
- Updated
- 2021-07-25
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-01-14
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 52 open
515
stars
- Forks
- 55
- Commits
- 1,873 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Trixarian/EtherealSX2
Port of PCSX2 for mobile platforms
- Updated
- 2024-09-12
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2024-09-06
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 15 open
508
stars
- Forks
- 4
- Commits
- 6 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
nostlan/nostlan
The nostalgia launcher for video game emulators
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-09
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2025-02-26
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 5 open
506
stars
- Forks
- 19
- Commits
- 11 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
OatmealDome/dolphin-ios
Dolphin for iOS, reborn
- Updated
- 2025-10-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2008-07-12
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 168 open
505
stars
- Forks
- 77
- Commits
- 45,159 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
deltabeard/Peanut-GB
A very fast and portable Game Boy (DMG) emulator single header library written in C99.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-01-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-08-24
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 46 open
495
stars
- Forks
- 64
- Commits
- 583 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
taniarascia/chip8
🎮 A Chip-8 emulator written in JavaScript for web, CLI, and native UI.
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2022-05-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-01-03
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 2 open
470
stars
- Forks
- 43
- Commits
- 191 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
kanjitalk755/macemu
Basilisk II and SheepShaver Macintosh emulators
- Updated
- 2026-06-06
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 1999-10-03
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 2 open
467
stars
- Forks
- 87
- Commits
- 3,582 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
allkern/iris
Sony PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2024-10-16
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 10 open
464
stars
- Forks
- 18
- Commits
- 821 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Grarak/DSVita
Extremely fast NDS Emulator for ARM32/PSVita
- Updated
- 2026-06-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-11-12
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 60 open
464
stars
- Forks
- 11
- Commits
- 681 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
mupen64plus-ae/mupen64plus-ae
Mupen64Plus Android Edition (AE) is a front end of Mupen64Plus for Android. (Not officially supported by the Mupen64Plus team)
- Updated
- 2026-04-17
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2009-10-02
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 76 open
- Forks
- 120
- Commits
- 6,852 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
SamoZ256/hydra
A Nintendo Switch emulator for macOS
- Updated
- 2026-06-08
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2025-02-05
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 6 open
439
stars
- Forks
- 22
- Commits
- 1,417 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
sebastianbiallas/pearpc
PearPC - PowerPC Architecture Emulator
AI dev
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-05-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2004-05-05
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 17 open
434
stars
- Forks
- 74
- Commits
- 1,018 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
MAXBURAOT/SmartSteamEmu
SSELauncher Comfy Edition 2018 By LoodBot/Syahmixp (Steam Emulator)
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2022-12-09
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-01-20
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 17 open
429
stars
- Forks
- 61
- Commits
- 6 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Rinnegatamante/DaedalusX64-vitaGL
Daedalus X64 port for PSVITA through vitaGL.
- Updated
- 2026-02-01
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-04-09
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 26 open
- Forks
- 49
- Commits
- 632 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
SourMesen/Mesen-S
Mesen-S is a cross-platform (Windows & Linux) SNES emulator built in C++ and C#
Archived
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2024-12-18
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-02-12
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 57 open
419
stars
- Forks
- 98
- Commits
- 917 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
mikage-emu/mikage-dev
Mikage Developer Edition
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-09-01
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2024-03-07
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 34 open
411
stars
- Forks
- 34
- Commits
- 117 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%