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mikechambers84/XTulator

XTulator is a portable, open source x86 PC emulator currently supporting the 8086 instruction set and 80186 extensions.

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#8086 #emulator #x86

Updated: 2024-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-07-07
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 4 open

187

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Forks: 27
Commits: 36 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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aabalke/guac

NDS, GBA, GBC, DMG Emulator written in golang

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#dmg #emulator #gba #gbc #golang #nds

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-03-31
History: 3 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 68 open

186

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 448 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Dillonb/n64

experimental low-level n64 emulator

Stack

C CMake pip

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #n64

Updated: 2026-04-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-06
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 5 open

185

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Forks: 9
Commits: 1,913 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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emu-russia/pureikyubu

Nintendo GameCube Emulator (WIP)

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulator #flipper #gamecube #gekko

Updated: 2026-05-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-06-29
History: 3 history points
License: CC0-1.0
Issues: 14 open

185

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 1,470 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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allkern/psxe

Multi-platform Sony PlayStation emulator written in C

Stack

GitHub topics

#c #emulator #playstation

Updated: 2026-05-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-05-26
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

171

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 310 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ant4g0nist/rudroid

Rudroid - Writing the World's worst Android Emulator in Rust 🦀

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#android #emulator #rust #rust-lang

Updated: 2021-09-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-09-04
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

168

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 6 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SysRay/psOff_compatibility

Playstation 4 Emulator

Stack

PowerShell

GitHub topics

#emulator #ps4

Updated: 2026-02-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-04-07
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 759 open

156

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 149 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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AdvDebug/Brovan

Brovan is a user-mode x86_64 binary emulator for your malware analysis & reverse engineering.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#antivirus #binary-analysis #csharp #cybersecurity #debugger #debugging

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-05-15
History: 2 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

148

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Forks: 11
Commits: 99 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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TheMrIron2/DeSmuME-PSP

A Nintendo DS emulator for PlayStation Portable.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#ds #emulator #homebrew #psp

Updated: 2022-04-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-08-08
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

133

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 101 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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NGEmu/NGEmu

A N-Gage emulator

Archived

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulator #ngage #ngage-emulator

Updated: 2017-12-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-02-14
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1 open

129

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Forks: 16
Commits: 25 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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soywiz-archive/cspspemu

C# PSP Emulator (.NET Core 3.1)

Archived

Stack

C# Avalonia CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-sharp #dotnet-core #emulator

Updated: 2021-02-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-11-02
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 48 open

128

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 720 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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alexanderdickson/Chip-8-Emulator

A Chip-8 Emulator

Stack

JavaScript

GitHub topics

#chip8 #emulator

Updated: 2022-05-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-09-11
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

126

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 22 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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hydra-emu/hydra

A multi-system emulator frontend

Archived

Stack

C++ Android Qt CMake Composer Gradle

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #multi-platform

Updated: 2024-03-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-04-02
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 8 open

118

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 260 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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raydac/zxpoly

a multi-CPU ZX-Spectrum 128 concept platform

Stack

Java Go modules Maven

GitHub topics

#emulator #java #multi-threading #spec256 #z80-emulator #zx-poly

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-24
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 18 open

108

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 1,551 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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noumidev/Nozomi

Experimental HLE Switch emulator

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#cpp17 #emulator #nintendo-switch

Updated: 2025-01-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-09-19
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

102

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 239 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Stovent/CeDImu

Experimental Philips CD-I emulator written in C++

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#cd-i #cdi #cplusplus #cpp #emulation #emulator

Updated: 2026-05-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-08
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 912 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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fingerprintjs/aev

Android library to verify the safety of user devices. Make sure that API calls from your app can be trusted. Instantly detect rooted devices, emulators, cloned apps, and other risk factors.

Archived

Stack

Kotlin Android Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #android-library #app-cloners #application-cloners #detection #emulator

Updated: 2023-03-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-02-04
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 192 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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schibo/1964js

Nintendo64 emulator in JavaScript

Stack

CoffeeScript Dart Pub

GitHub topics

#chrome #emulator #javacript #nintendo

Updated: 2025-09-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-04-22
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 8 open

stars

Forks: 27
Commits: 603 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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DenSinH/DSHBA

A highly performant GBA emulator with a hardware renderer

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#emulator #gba

Updated: 2021-06-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-10-20
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 199 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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FluBBaOfWard/NitroSwan

Bandai WonderSwan (Color/Crystal) & Benesse PocketChallenge V2 emulator for the Nintendo DS(i)/3DS.

Stack

GitHub topics

#bandai-wonderswan #emulator #nintendo-ds #wonderswan

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-10-17
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 14 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 240 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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momenbasel/ConsoleMini

Turn a Mac mini into a living-room retro/PS console - beautiful big-picture launcher (Electron + React)

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Tailwind CSS Vite npm

GitHub topics

#apple-silicon #duckstation #electron #emulator #emulator-frontend #gamepad

Updated: 2026-06-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-04-22
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 13 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fedex81/helios

A Java-based Sega Mega Drive/Genesis emulator. And other systems too.

Stack

Java Gradle

GitHub topics

#32x #colecovision #emulator #genesis #helios #java

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-06-18
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 1,379 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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whatdahopper-archive/LemonLime

A Nintendo 3DS LLE emulator written in C#

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3ds #emulation #emulator #lle #nintendo

Updated: 2019-01-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-16
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 45 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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pedgarcia/fujisan

Cross-platform Atari 8-bit Emulator based on Atari800

Stack

C++ CMake npm

GitHub topics

#atari #atari800 #atari800xl #atari8bit #atart #emulator

Updated: 2026-05-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-07-18
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 329 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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wavemotion-dave/ColecoDS

ColecoDS - An Emulator for the DS/DSi. Original port by Alekmaul. Phoenix-Edition by Wavemotion with support for Colecovision, ADAM, MSX1, Sord-M5, Memotech MTX, Spectravision SVI, Hanimex Pencil II, Tatung Einstein, SG-1000/SC-3000, PV-1000, PV-2000 and the Creativision.

Stack

GitHub topics

#colecovision #emulator

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-11-09
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 712 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Marat-Tanalin/bsnes-mt

bsnes-based SNES emulator featuring integer (pixel-perfect) scaling, PNG screenshots, multilanguage user interface, built-in hotkeys, bug fixes, etc.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#bsnes #emulation #emulator #emulators #image-scaling #integer-scaling

Updated: 2022-09-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-02
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 12 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 101 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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danirod/chip8

A multiplatform CHIP-8 emulator done in SDL 2. Implements all the opcodes for CHIP and SCHIP specifications.

Stack

GitHub topics

#autoconf #autotools #c #chip8 #emulator #libcheck

Updated: 2022-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-28
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 156 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ArthurFerreira2/reinette-II-plus-dot-py

Apple II emulator in python

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#appleii #emulator #python

Updated: 2023-09-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-09-10
History: 3 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 38 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bryanperris/cor64

N64 Emulator written in C#

Stack

C# .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#c-sharp #dotnet #dotnet-core #dotnetcore #emulation #emulator

Updated: 2024-02-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-08
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 33 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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StrikerX3/StrikeBox

StrikeBox - Original Xbox emulator

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cpp #emulator #xbox

Updated: 2019-12-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-12-04
History: 3 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 15 open

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 343 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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