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brunodev85/winlator

Android application for running Windows applications with Wine and Box86/Box64

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2026-06-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-07-26
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: Disabled

18,389

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Forks: 1,565
Commits: 110 commits
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Website GitHub

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 |

AI dev

Stack

C Bundler Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#atari #catalyst #emulation #emulator #game #gameboy

Updated: 2026-07-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-07
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 255 open

6,344

stars

Forks: 703
Commits: 9,980 commits
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ptitSeb/box64

Box64 - Linux Userspace x86_64 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM64, RV64 and LoongArch Linux devices

AI dev

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#arm64 #box64 #dynarec #emulator #linux

Updated: 2026-07-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-01
License: MIT
Issues: 222 open

5,542

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Forks: 449
Commits: 8,584 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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Website GitHub

86Box/86Box

Emulator of x86-based machines.

Stack

C Qt CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #ibm #pc-emulator #x86

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-25
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 16 open

4,422

stars

Forks: 539
Commits: 21,702 commits
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ptitSeb/box86

Box86 - Linux Userspace x86 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM Linux devices

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#arm #arm-platforms #dynarec #linux #x86

Updated: 2026-01-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-28
License: MIT
Issues: 183 open

3,788

stars

Forks: 250
Commits: 5,071 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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joncampbell123/dosbox-x

DOSBox-X fork of the DOSBox project

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-08
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 2,031 open

3,660

stars

Forks: 545
Commits: 21,731 commits
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AlexAltea/orbital

Experimental PlayStation 4 emulator

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2024-04-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-28
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

3,647

stars

Forks: 272
Commits: 300 commits
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Website GitHub

LIJI32/SameBoy

Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in C

Stack

GitHub topics

#emulator #gameboy #gameboy-color

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-30
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 161 open

2,153

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Forks: 263
Commits: 2,754 commits
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Website GitHub

sarah-walker-pcem/pcem

PCem

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-21
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 133 open

1,917

stars

Forks: 246
Commits: 1,983 commits
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oxters168/Pluvia

Lightweight unofficial Steam client for Android

Stack

C CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #steam #winlator

Updated: 2026-02-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-10-05
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 77 open

1,719

stars

Forks: 49
Commits: 510 commits
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mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core

Core module of the Mupen64Plus project

Stack

GitHub topics

#emulation #n64

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-10-02
License: Unknown
Issues: 202 open

1,549

stars

Forks: 280
Commits: 2,749 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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alephsecurity/xnu-qemu-arm64

No description.

Stack

C pip

Updated: 2021-09-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2003-02-18
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 20 open

1,460

stars

Forks: 128
Commits: 73,552 commits
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devos50/qemu-ios

A QEMU emulator for legacy Apple devices

Stack

C Meson pip

Updated: 2025-02-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-02-18
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 146 open

1,242

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Forks: 88
Commits: 109,445 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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skylersaleh/SkyEmu

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

Stack

C Android pytest CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #gameboy #gameboy-advance #gameboy-color #gameboy-emulator

Updated: 2026-06-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-05-21
License: MIT
Issues: 257 open

1,221

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 1,076 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

simple64/simple64

Accurate N64 Emulator

Archived

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulation #n64

Updated: 2025-02-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-02
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 45 open

1,180

stars

Forks: 74
Commits: 983 commits
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pound-emu/pound

Open source emulator for the Nintedo Switch 1 and 2. Highly work in progress

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #homebrew #nintendo #nintendo-switch #nintendo-switch-2

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-06-06
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

1,048

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 76 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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skyfloogle/red-viper

A Virtual Boy emulator for the 3DS

Stack

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-18
License: Unknown
Issues: 16 open

1,032

stars

Forks: 29
Commits: 1,284 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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vpinball/vpinball

Visual Pinball

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#pinball #pinball-simulation #visualpinball

Updated: 2026-07-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-03-11
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 402 open

972

stars

Forks: 146
Commits: 9,976 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ekeeke/Genesis-Plus-GX

An enhanced port of Genesis Plus - accurate & portable Sega 8/16 bit emulator

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-08-09
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 24 open

938

stars

Forks: 259
Commits: 1,773 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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AppleWin/AppleWin

Apple II emulator for Windows

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#6502 #appleii #emulator

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-02-17
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 365 open

919

stars

Forks: 201
Commits: 2,799 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jsdf/pce

Emulates Mac Plus, PC, & Atari ST in the browser using WebAssembly

Stack

C npm

GitHub topics

#atari-st #classic-mac-os #emscripten #emulator #ibm-pc #pce

Updated: 2022-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-04-15
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 22 open

914

stars

Forks: 152
Commits: 1,714 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

n64dev/cen64

Cycle-Accurate Nintendo 64 Emulator

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2025-10-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-08
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 64 open

841

stars

Forks: 79
Commits: 956 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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punesemu/puNES

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

Stack

C Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#6502 #c #c-plus-plus #clang #d3d9 #emulation

Updated: 2025-12-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-04-30
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 57 open

811

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 2,391 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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xqemu/xqemu

Open-source emulator to play original Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Stack

C pip

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #games #linux #lle #macos

Updated: 2023-02-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2003-02-18
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 122 open

665

stars

Forks: 76
Commits: 68,839 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

deltabeard/Peanut-GB

A very fast and portable Game Boy (DMG) emulator single header library written in C99.

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #dmg #emulator-library #gameboy #gameboy-emulator

Updated: 2026-01-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-08-24
License: Unknown
Issues: 46 open

508

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 583 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mupen64plus-ae/mupen64plus-ae

Mupen64Plus Android Edition (AE) is a front end of Mupen64Plus for Android. (Not officially supported by the Mupen64Plus team)

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-04-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-10-02
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 80 open

475

stars

Forks: 125
Commits: 6,852 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

allkern/iris

Sony PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#emulator #playstation-2

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-10-16
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

465

stars

Forks: 21
Commits: 821 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

atari800/atari800

Atari 8-bit computer and 5200 console emulator

Stack

C Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-10-10
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 19 open

418

stars

Forks: 111
Commits: 3,082 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

chernandezba/zesarux

ZEsarUX - ZX Second-Emulator And Released for UniX

Stack

GitHub topics

#chrome #emulator #inves #pentagon #prism #sam-coupe

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-03-04
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

418

stars

Forks: 37
Commits: 9,189 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

AZO234/NP2kai

Neko Project II kai

AI dev

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#libretro

Updated: 2026-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-21
License: MIT
Issues: 101 open

408

stars

Forks: 98
Commits: 1,158 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

iCatButler/pcsxr

https://pcsxr.svn.codeplex.com/svn/pcsxr

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2021-08-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-04-16
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

402

stars

Forks: 62
Commits: 1,731 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

extremscorner/not64

Experimental modification of Mupen64GC using devkitRice.

Stack

GitHub topics

#emulator #gamecube #homebrew #nintendo-64 #wii

Updated: 2026-04-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-09-01
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

365

stars

Forks: 31
Commits: 1,134 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

burhanr13/Tanuki3DS

3DS Emulator

Stack

Updated: 2026-06-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-08-21
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 38 open

339

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 855 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

sputt/wabbitemu

Wabbitemu is a Z80 TI Calculator emulator

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#calculator #emulation

Updated: 2023-01-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-05-16
License: MIT
Issues: 35 open

329

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 318 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Graslu/1964GEPD

1964 0.8.5 for GoldenEye 007/Perfect Dark

Stack

C .NET SDK

Updated: 2023-07-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-25
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

311

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 67 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

FCare/Kronos

Kronos is a Sega Saturn emulator.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-07-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-09-11
License: Unknown
Issues: 275 open

301

stars

Forks: 34
Commits: 7,742 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

vpinball/pinmame

PinMAME - Pinball Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #pinball #pinmame

Updated: 2026-07-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2002-08-30
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 93 open

301

stars

Forks: 71
Commits: 7,145 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

woesss/JL-Mod

J2ME emulator for Android (unofficial fork of https://github.com/nikita36078/J2ME-Loader)

Stack

C Android Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #j2me #j2me-emulator #java #opengles-android

Updated: 2026-04-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-21
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 49 open

301

stars

Forks: 28
Commits: 1,976 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pdewacht/oberon-risc-emu

Emulator for the Oberon RISC machine

Stack

Updated: 2022-02-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-15
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

297

stars

Forks: 58
Commits: 96 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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YouMakeTech/Pico-GB

Game Boy emulation on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller.

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2025-02-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-03-19
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

287

stars

Forks: 50
Commits: 65 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

PCBox/PCBox

Emulator of PC-based machines based on 86Box.

Stack

C Qt CMake vcpkg

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-25
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

214

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 25,613 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

AntonioND/giibiiadvance

A GB, GBC and GBA emulator with GB Camera support.

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #gameboy #gameboy-advance #gameboy-advance-emulator #gameboy-color #gameboy-color-emulator

Updated: 2026-01-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-03-06
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

211

stars

Forks: 44
Commits: 501 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

meepingsnesroms/Mu

A new Palm OS emulator targeting compatibility, speed and accuracy in that order.

Stack

C Android Gradle

GitHub topics

#emulator #palmos #retroarch

Updated: 2024-06-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-21
License: Unknown
Issues: 9 open

201

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 1,014 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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
License: Unknown
Issues: 4 open

188

stars

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

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plutooo/3dmoo

3DS Emulator Prototype

Stack

C .NET SDK

Updated: 2017-08-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-19
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

186

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 873 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

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
License: Unknown
Issues: 5 open

185

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 1,913 commits
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allkern/psxe

Multi-platform Sony PlayStation emulator written in C

Stack

GitHub topics

#c #emulator #playstation

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-05-26
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

175

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 312 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

risolvipro/PlayGB

A Game Boy emulator for Playdate, based on Peanut-GB.

Stack

Updated: 2026-04-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-05-22
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

160

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 18 commits
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stardot/b-em

An opensource BBC Micro emulator for Win32 and Linux

Stack

C .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-07
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 65 open

134

stars

Forks: 62
Commits: 2,168 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mrdanielps/r3Ddragon

A Virtual Boy emulator for the 3DS

Archived

Stack

Updated: 2024-02-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-18
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

131

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 204 commits
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Last pushed: 2026-07-24
GitHub updated: 2026-08-20
Created: 2023-02-01
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