Awesome Emulators

azahar-emu/azahar

An open-source 3DS emulator project based on Citra.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2026-06-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-30
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 389 open

7,396

stars

Forks: 513
Commits: 10,979 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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joncampbell123/dosbox-x

DOSBox-X fork of the DOSBox project

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-08
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 2,018 open

3,591

stars

Forks: 519
Commits: 21,545 commits
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weihuoya/citra

A Nintendo 3DS Emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#3ds #android #emulator #new3ds

Updated: 2025-11-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-30
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 548 open

2,681

stars

Forks: 231
Commits: 8,715 commits
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Website GitHub

InoriRus/Kyty

PS4 & PS5 emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2024-05-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-11-12
License: MIT
Issues: 44 open

2,601

stars

Forks: 163
Commits: 49 commits
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GitHub

nikita36078/J2ME-Loader

A J2ME emulator for Android.

Stack

Java Android Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #emulator #j2me #javame

Updated: 2026-02-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-21
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 214 open

2,563

stars

Forks: 263
Commits: 1,810 commits
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flyinghead/flycast

Flycast is a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2 and Atomiswave emulator

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #sega-dreamcast #sega-naomi

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-19
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 288 open

2,345

stars

Forks: 289
Commits: 7,227 commits
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strato-emu/strato

Run Nintendo Switch homebrew & games on your Android device!

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #c-plus-plus #cpp #emulation #emulator #nintendo

Updated: 2024-09-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-28
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 28 open

2,335

stars

Forks: 289
Commits: 2,207 commits
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Website GitHub

xenia-canary/xenia-canary

Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cpp #d3d12 #emulation #emulator #ppc

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-01-10
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 122 open

2,311

stars

Forks: 266
Commits: 8,576 commits
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Website GitHub

EKA2L1/EKA2L1

A Symbian OS/N-Gage emulator

Stack

C++ Android Qt CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#cpp17 #emulates #emulation #emulator #games #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-01-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-22
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 139 open

1,956

stars

Forks: 165
Commits: 5,852 commits
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Website GitHub

lightspark/lightspark

An open source flash player implementation

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-06-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-11-23
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: 76 open

1,885

stars

Forks: 228
Commits: 9,618 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

1,718

stars

Forks: 49
Commits: 510 commits
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GitHub

rafaelvcaetano/melonDS-android

Android port of melonDS

Stack

Kotlin CMake Gradle Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#android #emulator #nintendo-ds

Updated: 2026-05-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-25
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 233 open

1,496

stars

Forks: 105
Commits: 938 commits
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GitHub

wheremyfoodat/Panda3DS

HLE 3DS emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#3ds #android #arm #c-plus-plus #emulation #emulator

Updated: 2026-02-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-09-15
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 62 open

1,370

stars

Forks: 83
Commits: 2,520 commits
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Website GitHub

nba-emu/NanoBoyAdvance

A cycle-accurate Nintendo Game Boy Advance emulator.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#cycle-accurate #emulator #emulator-development #gameboy-advance #gameboy-advance-emulator #gba

Updated: 2026-06-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-12-15
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 71 open

1,301

stars

Forks: 75
Commits: 1,549 commits
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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: 2026-02-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-05-21
License: MIT
Issues: 254 open

1,197

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 1,074 commits
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Website GitHub

skmp/reicast-emulator

Reicast was a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast emulator

Archived

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#aarch64 #armv7 #dreamcast #dynarec #emulator #x86

Updated: 2025-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-19
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 244 open

1,132

stars

Forks: 349
Commits: 4,015 commits
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Hydr8gon/NooDS

A (hopefully!) speedy DS emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2025-11-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-25
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 97 open

1,104

stars

Forks: 61
Commits: 574 commits
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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
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Rosalie241/RMG

Rosalie's Mupen GUI

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-02-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-12
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 124 open

1,022

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 1,830 commits
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vpinball/vpinball

Visual Pinball

Stack

C .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#pinball #pinball-simulation #visualpinball

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-03-11
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 427 open

930

stars

Forks: 138
Commits: 9,752 commits
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nspire-emus/firebird

Multi-platform emulator of TI Nspire calculators

Stack

C++ Android Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #arm #c #calculator #cpp #emulator

Updated: 2026-01-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-04-25
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 88 open

835

stars

Forks: 100
Commits: 1,259 commits
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YuriSizuku/OnscripterYuri

An enhancement ONScripter project porting to many platforms, especially web.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle vcpkg

GitHub topics

#android #arm #arm64 #emscripten #galgame #game

Updated: 2026-05-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-07
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 14 open

805

stars

Forks: 50
Commits: 162 commits
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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.

Stack

C++ Android Ktor CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#3ds #3ds-emulator #citra #citra-enhanced #citra-fork #emulation

Updated: 2026-04-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-30
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 35 open

730

stars

Forks: 27
Commits: 10,313 commits
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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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JaCzekanski/Avocado

🥑 PlayStation 1 emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#cpp #emulation #emulator #hacktoberfest #playstation #ps1

Updated: 2023-09-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-11
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 59 open

578

stars

Forks: 32
Commits: 895 commits
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OatmealDome/dolphin-ios

Dolphin for iOS, reborn

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2025-10-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-07-12
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 168 open

505

stars

Forks: 77
Commits: 45,159 commits
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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: 76 open

460

stars

Forks: 120
Commits: 6,852 commits
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residualvm/residualvm

ResidualVM main repository

Archived

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2024-09-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-08-15
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 3 open

400

stars

Forks: 108
Commits: 8,224 commits
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Tinob/Ishiiruka

No description.

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2023-01-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-07-12
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 99 open

373

stars

Forks: 125
Commits: 12,212 commits
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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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SapphireRhodonite/melonDS-android

Android port of melonDS

Stack

Kotlin CMake Gradle

Updated: 2026-05-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-25
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 10 open

303

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 731 commits
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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: 48 open

288

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 1,976 commits
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Borked3DS/Borked3DS

An experimental Nintendo 3DS Emulator based off of Citra.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2025-04-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-30
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 21 open

280

stars

Forks: 18
Commits: 11,382 commits
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ikhoeyZX/Vita3K-Android

Public releases and CI for the Vita3K Android app

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-28
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 41 open

277

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 7,121 commits
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shadergz/cosmic-station

🧪Exclusive Android Sony Playstation 2 emulator, from scratch, using Kotlin, C++ 20, OpenGLES, Vulkan, and Cubes

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #emulator

Updated: 2024-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-07-09
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

234

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 410 commits
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blueminder/flycast-dojo

A fork of Flycast, a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator. Intended for netplay and quality of life improvements for training & online tournament play

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2025-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-19
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 25 open

233

stars

Forks: 20
Commits: 7,031 commits
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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

200

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 1,014 commits
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pontos2024/PCSX2_ARM64

pcsx2 android

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2025-11-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-06-22
License: Unknown
Issues: 5 open

158

stars

Forks: 29
Commits: 48 commits
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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
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 8 open

118

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 260 commits
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CidVonHighwind/VirtualBoyGo

VirtualBoy emulator for the oculus go

Stack

C++ Gradle

Updated: 2023-11-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-07-27
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 11 open

103

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 36 commits
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MrPurple666/AetherSX2

https://archive.org/details/aethersx2-libemucore.tar

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2023-04-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-01-22
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

90

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 46 commits
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oomek/attractplus

Attract-Mode Plus

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-02
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 25 open

90

stars

Forks: 21
Commits: 1,668 commits
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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: 2026-06-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-06-18
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

67

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 1,379 commits
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7800-devtools/a7800

an Atari 7800 emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2024-11-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-03-23
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 10 open

45

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 111 commits
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ichisadashioko/midp-emulator

MIDP/J2ME emulator

Stack

Java Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#emulator #j2me #j2me-games #java #midp-platform

Updated: 2021-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-09
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

29

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 80 commits
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jenergy/jzIntvImGui

A cross-platform GUI for jzIntv

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #dear-imgui #file-dialog #gui #intellivision #jzintv

Updated: 2022-05-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-11-04
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

28

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 16 commits
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odkq/awp34s

WP 34S Calculator Port for Android

Stack

Java Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2023-03-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-02-13
License: Unknown
Issues: 5 open

25

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 10 commits
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Callum5042/RetroGBm

A gameboy colour emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-05-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-03-18
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

20

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 276 commits
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beaumanvienna/marley

"Many Awesome Retro Linux Emulators, Yay!" -- A bundle of gaming console emulators for the x86_64 Linux platform

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2022-07-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-04
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 9 open

18

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 771 commits
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