Awesome Emulators

ruffle-rs/ruffle

A Flash Player emulator written in Rust

Stack

Rust React Vite Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#emulator #flash #hacktoberfest #reimplementation #rust #swf

Updated: 2026-06-17
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-29
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 5,775 open

18,191

stars

Forks: 1,037
Commits: 16,859 commits
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touchHLE/touchHLE

High-level emulator for iPhone OS apps. This repo is used for issues, releases and CI. Submit patches at: https://review.gerrithub.io/admin/repos/touchHLE/touchHLE

Stack

Rust Android Cargo Gradle

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-12-01
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 93 open

3,739

stars

Forks: 253
Commits: 2,664 commits
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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.

Stack

C# Cargo CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #c-sharp #dotnet #emulation #emulator #saturn

Updated: 2026-06-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-01-11
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 776 open

2,671

stars

Forks: 454
Commits: 23,647 commits
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JMBeresford/retrom

A centralized game library/collection management service with a focus on emulation

AI dev

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TypeScript Axum React Tailwind CSS Tauri Cargo npm pnpm

Updated: 2026-06-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-04-19
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 77 open

1,975

stars

Forks: 41
Commits: 1,058 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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0xNikilite/oboromi

a proof-of-concept project for a possible Nintendo Switch 2 emulator.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulator #proof-of-concept #switch2 #wip

Updated: 2026-04-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-06-09
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

1,134

stars

Forks: 44
Commits: 257 commits
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GitHub

gopher64/gopher64

Highly compatible N64 emulator

Stack

Rust Cargo Gradle

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #game #n64 #rust

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-10-04
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 6 open

1,094

stars

Forks: 29
Commits: 1,028 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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Website GitHub

dbalsom/martypc

An IBM PC/XT emulator written in Rust.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #ibm #rust #x86

Updated: 2026-05-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-05-23
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 23 open

835

stars

Forks: 40
Commits: 1,578 commits
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koute/pinky

An NES emulator written in Rust

Stack

Rust Cargo

Updated: 2023-11-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-10-23
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 11 open

803

stars

Forks: 54
Commits: 82 commits
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obhq/obliteration

Experimental free and open-source PlayStation 4 kernel

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#aarch64 #freebsd #hypervisor-framework #kernel #kvm #linux

Updated: 2026-05-31
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-11-12
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 81 open

793

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 1,342 commits
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Website GitHub

henrikpersson/potatis

🥔 MOS-6502 and NES emulator in Rust (SDL/WebAssembly/Android/Embedded/Cloud)

Stack

Rust Android Cargo Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#embedded-hal #emulator #jni #jni-android #mos-6502 #nes

Updated: 2026-06-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-09-27
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

671

stars

Forks: 12
Commits: 32 commits
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simias/rustation

Playstation emulator in the Rust programing language

Stack

Rust Cargo

Updated: 2023-10-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-16
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 22 open

581

stars

Forks: 23
Commits: 281 commits
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GitHub

Grarak/DSVita

Extremely fast NDS Emulator for ARM32/PSVita

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#arm32 #emulation #jit #nds #neon #opengles

Updated: 2026-06-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-11-12
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 60 open

464

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 681 commits
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OpenGMK/OpenGMK

A rewrite of the GameMaker Classic engine runners with additional tooling

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulator #game-engine #gamemaker #gamemaker8 #gm81 #gmk

Updated: 2026-05-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-06-12
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 31 open

397

stars

Forks: 32
Commits: 3,623 commits
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GitHub

jsgroth/jgenesis

Sega Genesis / Sega CD / SNES / Master System / Game Gear emulator

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulator #rust

Updated: 2026-06-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-04-19
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 189 open

347

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 2,352 commits
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GitHub

kelpsyberry/dust

A Nintendo DS emulator written in Rust for desktop devices and the web, with debugging features and a focus on accuracy

Stack

Rust Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#debugging-tools #ds #emulator #nintendo-ds #rust

Updated: 2026-02-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-12-11
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 7 open

326

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 244 commits
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GitHub

kaezrr/starpsx

A cross-platform Sony PlayStation 1 emulator written in Rust.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#egui #emulation #playstation

Updated: 2026-05-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-06-12
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 4 open

313

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 639 commits
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GitHub

Rodrigodd/gameroy

A Game Boy emulator, disassembler and debugger, written in Rust

Stack

Rust Android Cargo Gradle

GitHub topics

#emulator #gameboy #rust

Updated: 2025-09-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-04-10
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 4 open

305

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 1,015 commits
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emu-rs/rustual-boy

Rustual Boy - A Virtual Boy emulator.

Archived

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulator #rust #virtual-boy

Updated: 2021-11-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-12-08
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 7 open

233

stars

Forks: 28
Commits: 461 commits
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daniel5151/clicky

A clickwheel iPod emulator (WIP)

Stack

Rust Express Cargo npm

Updated: 2025-05-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-09-10
License: Unknown
Issues: 4 open

206

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 158 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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GitHub

alucryd/oxyromon

Rusty ROM OrgaNizer

AI dev

Stack

Rust Axum Svelte SvelteKit Tailwind CSS Cargo npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#emulation #no-intro #redump

Updated: 2026-05-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-23
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 19 open

187

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 455 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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rasky/r64emu

Nintendo 64 emulator (written in Rust)

Stack

Rust Cargo

Updated: 2022-11-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-06-09
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 6 open

178

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 516 commits
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Comba92/nen-emulator

A simple and clean NES emulator, written in Rust. Fast, lightweight, and with high compatibility.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #nes #nes-emulator

Updated: 2025-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-10-27
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

37

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 254 commits
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henryksloan/kind-nes

An NES emulator in Rust

Stack

Rust Cargo

Updated: 2023-08-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-31
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

32

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 114 commits
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GhostlyDark/EMG

Electron mupen64plus GUI

Stack

JavaScript Cargo CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#electron #emulation #emulator-frontend #n64

Updated: 2026-06-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-09-23
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

24

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 945 commits
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simias/pockystation

PocketStation emulator

Stack

Rust Cargo

Updated: 2026-06-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-29
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

23

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 82 commits
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kirjavascript/trueLMAO

sega megadrive emulator

Stack

Rust Cargo

Updated: 2023-03-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-12-23
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

17

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 291 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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Re0xCat/uplay-r1-loader

Uplay emulator

Stack

Rust Cargo

Updated: 2021-12-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-12-30
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

17

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 4 commits
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Kintaro/DreamOxide

Dreamcast Emulator written in Rust. Only CPU for now.

Stack

Rust Cargo

Updated: 2015-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-06-19
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 0 open

5

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 21 commits
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TheLukeGuy/firn

❄️ A generic system emulator, currently focused on x86.

Archived

Stack

Rust Cargo

Updated: 2022-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-03-21
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 0 open

3

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 87 commits
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SolracHQ/R8

Yet Another CHIP-8 Interpreter in Rust 😉

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

Updated: 2026-06-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-09-15
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

1

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 36 commits
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