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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
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 164 open

2,180

stars

Forks: 271
Commits: 2,754 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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red-prig/fpPS4

PS4 compatibility layer (emulator) on Free Pascal

Stack

Pascal .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-12-08
History: 5 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 11 open

2,129

stars

Forks: 153
Commits: 748 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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JMBeresford/retrom

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

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Axum React Tailwind CSS Tauri Cargo npm pnpm

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-04-19
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 75 open

2,051

stars

Forks: 42
Commits: 1,074 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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libretro/Lakka-LibreELEC

Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown game console.

Stack

Makefile CMake

GitHub topics

#embedded-systems #emulation #libreelec #libretro #linux #os

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-03-18
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 45 open

2,040

stars

Forks: 310
Commits: 48,686 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Inori/GPCS4

A work-in-progress PlayStation 4 emulator.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#emulator #gcn #graphics #ps4 #vulkan

Updated: 2023-08-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-20
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

2,022

stars

Forks: 144
Commits: 1,554 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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EKA2L1/EKA2L1

A Symbian OS/N-Gage emulator

Stack

C++ Android Qt CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-08-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-22
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 137 open

2,009

stars

Forks: 175
Commits: 6,014 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bsnes-emu/bsnes

bsnes is a Super Nintendo (SNES) emulator focused on performance, features, and ease of use.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #snes #snes-emulator

Updated: 2026-05-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-12-22
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 151 open

1,975

stars

Forks: 197
Commits: 4,088 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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RPCSX/rpcsx

No description.

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-11-03
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 10 open

1,950

stars

Forks: 128
Commits: 18,657 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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iaddis/metalnes

Transistor level NES simulation

Stack

JavaScript CMake Conan .NET SDK

Updated: 2022-04-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-01-18
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

1,947

stars

Forks: 39
Commits: 7 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sarah-walker-pcem/pcem

PCem

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-21
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 134 open

1,933

stars

Forks: 248
Commits: 1,983 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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TapiocaFox/Daijishou

Daijishō is a retro launcher that manages your retro games libraries. This repo is for assets and served as a main page.

Stack

Python

GitHub topics

#android #daijishou #emulator-frontend #emulator-launcher #launcher

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-03-06
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 152 open

1,895

stars

Forks: 145
Commits: 2,287 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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lightspark/lightspark

An open source flash player implementation

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-08-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-11-23
History: 5 history points
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: 75 open

1,893

stars

Forks: 228
Commits: 9,665 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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microsoft/WSA

Developer-related issues and feature requests for Windows Subsystem for Android

Archived

Updated: 2024-08-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-10-17
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 179 open

1,860

stars

Forks: 910
Commits: 14 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 77 open

1,725

stars

Forks: 49
Commits: 510 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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cebix/macemu

Basilisk II and SheepShaver Macintosh emulators

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

Updated: 2025-01-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1999-10-03
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 119 open

1,620

stars

Forks: 370
Commits: 2,696 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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rafaelvcaetano/melonDS-android

Android port of melonDS

Stack

Kotlin CMake Gradle Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#android #emulator #nintendo-ds

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-25
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 249 open

1,613

stars

Forks: 129
Commits: 953 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 204 open

1,554

stars

Forks: 282
Commits: 2,749 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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finalburnneo/FBNeo

FinalBurn Neo - We are Team FBNeo.

Stack

C++ .NET SDK Meson

GitHub topics

#arcade #colecovision #cps1 #cps2 #cps3 #emulator

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-12-03
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 116 open

1,480

stars

Forks: 484
Commits: 16,294 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

alephsecurity/xnu-qemu-arm64

No description.

Stack

C pip

Updated: 2021-09-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2003-02-18
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 20 open

1,460

stars

Forks: 128
Commits: 73,552 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

wheremyfoodat/Panda3DS

HLE 3DS emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-09-15
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 65 open

1,393

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 2,527 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

bochs-emu/Bochs

Bochs - Cross Platform x86 Emulator Project

Stack

C++

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-10-09
History: 5 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 69 open

1,350

stars

Forks: 182
Commits: 14,622 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

higan-emu/higan

higan is a multi-system emulator focused on accuracy, preservation, and configurability.

Stack

GLSL

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator

Updated: 2025-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-12-22
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 76 open

1,350

stars

Forks: 122
Commits: 1,562 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SourMesen/Mesen

Mesen is a cross-platform (Windows & Linux) NES/Famicom emulator built in C++ and C#

Archived

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulator #famicom #nes

Updated: 2024-12-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-06-10
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 104 open

1,329

stars

Forks: 330
Commits: 2,904 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nba-emu/NanoBoyAdvance

A cycle-accurate Nintendo Game Boy Advance emulator.

Archived

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-06-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-12-15
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

1,309

stars

Forks: 74
Commits: 1,552 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

CE-Programming/CEmu

Third-party TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE emulator, focused on developer features

Stack

C++ Qt CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#calculator #emulation #emulator #ez80 #ti-83-premium-ce #ti-84-plus-ce

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-11-13
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 15 open

1,305

stars

Forks: 90
Commits: 2,693 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

WinDurango/WinDurango

The world's first Xbox One compatibility layer for Windows.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK vcpkg

GitHub topics

#compatibility-layer #emulation #windurango #xb1 #xbox-one

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-01-24
History: 5 history points
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: 9 open

1,298

stars

Forks: 66
Commits: 265 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dreamlayers/em-dosbox

An Emscripten port of DOSBox

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#dos #dosbox #emscripten #emulator #emulators #gaming

Updated: 2023-01-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2002-07-27
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 30 open

1,286

stars

Forks: 160
Commits: 4,346 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

decaf-emu/decaf-emu

Researching Wii U emulation.

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#cpp #decaf-emu #emulator #wii-u

Updated: 2024-09-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-18
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 51 open

1,278

stars

Forks: 147
Commits: 5,222 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

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
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 146 open

1,265

stars

Forks: 90
Commits: 109,445 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

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
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 258 open

1,250

stars

Forks: 100
Commits: 1,076 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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