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jeffpar/pcjs
The original IBM PC and other machine emulations in JavaScript
- Updated
- 2026-03-18
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-03-01
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 42 open
1,202
stars
- Forks
- 179
- Commits
- 2,200 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
0xNikilite/oboromi
a proof-of-concept project for a possible Nintendo Switch 2 emulator.
- Updated
- 2026-07-20
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2025-06-09
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 3 open
1,196
stars
- Forks
- 49
- Commits
- 258 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
drhelius/Gearboy
Game Boy / Game Boy Color / Super Game Boy emulator, debugger and embedded MCP server for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-07-24
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2012-07-19
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 8 open
1,185
stars
- Forks
- 158
- Commits
- 2,241 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
simple64/simple64
Accurate N64 Emulator
Archived
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-02-14
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-06-02
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 45 open
1,180
stars
- Forks
- 74
- Commits
- 983 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
gopher64/gopher64
Highly compatible N64 emulator
- Updated
- 2026-07-24
- Lists
- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2023-10-04
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 16 open
1,177
stars
- Forks
- 37
- Commits
- 1,106 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
aappleby/metroboy
A repository of gate-level simulators and tools for the original Game Boy.
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-02-23
- Lists
- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2019-04-21
- History
- 5 history points
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 4 open
1,165
stars
- Forks
- 36
- Commits
- 4,168 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
schellingb/dosbox-pure
DOSBox Pure is a new fork of DOSBox built for RetroArch/Libretro aiming for simplicity and ease of use.
- Updated
- 2026-07-28
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-12-21
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 271 open
1,160
stars
- Forks
- 102
- Commits
- 801 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
trekawek/coffee-gb
Gameboy emulator in Java and Kotlin.
AI dev
- Updated
- 2026-07-29
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2016-12-31
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 24 open
1,156
stars
- Forks
- 84
- Commits
- 969 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
skmp/reicast-emulator
Reicast was a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast emulator
Archived
- Updated
- 2025-09-29
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-12-19
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 244 open
1,130
stars
- Forks
- 348
- Commits
- 4,015 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
TomHarte/CLK
A latency-hating emulator of: the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro and Archimedes, Amstrad CPC, Apple II/II+/IIe and early Macintosh, Atari 2600 and ST, ColecoVision, Enterprise 64/128, Commodore Vic-20 and Amiga, MSX 1/2, Oric 1/Atmos, early PC compatibles, Sega Master System, Sinclair ZX80/81 and ZX Spectrum, Tandy CoCo and Thomson MO5/6.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-07-28
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2015-07-16
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 90 open
1,129
stars
- Forks
- 66
- Commits
- 14,870 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
Hydr8gon/NooDS
A (hopefully!) speedy DS emulator
- Updated
- 2026-07-27
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-05-25
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 101 open
1,128
stars
- Forks
- 65
- Commits
- 581 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Trixarian/NetherSX2-classic
Continuation of NetherSX2 based on AetherSX2 3668
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-29
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-10-21
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- Unlicense
- Issues
- 102 open
1,097
stars
- Forks
- 35
- Commits
- 121 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Ilya114/Box64Droid
Running x86_64 applications on Android
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-05-15
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-03-27
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- Disabled
1,082
stars
- Forks
- 89
- Commits
- 999 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
BluestormDNA/ProjectPSX
Experimental C# Playstation Emulator
- Updated
- 2026-07-13
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-01-20
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 0 open
1,076
stars
- Forks
- 89
- Commits
- 429 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Rosalie241/RMG
Rosalie's Mupen GUI
- Updated
- 2026-07-29
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-09-12
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 133 open
1,076
stars
- Forks
- 99
- Commits
- 1,848 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
pound-emu/pound
Open source emulator for the Nintedo Switch 1 and 2. Highly work in progress
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-07-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2025-06-06
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 0 open
1,048
stars
- Forks
- 46
- Commits
- 76 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
skyfloogle/red-viper
A Virtual Boy emulator for the 3DS
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-07-27
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-11-18
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 16 open
1,032
stars
- Forks
- 29
- Commits
- 1,284 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
vpinball/vpinball
Visual Pinball
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-07-29
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2010-03-11
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 402 open
972
stars
- Forks
- 146
- Commits
- 9,976 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
grumpycoders/pcsx-redux
The PCSX-Redux project is a collection of tools, research, hardware design, and libraries aiming at development and reverse engineering on the PlayStation 1. The core product itself, PCSX-Redux, is yet another fork of the Playstation emulator, PCSX.
AI dev
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-07-24
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-12-12
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 149 open
963
stars
- Forks
- 146
- Commits
- 7,370 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
ekeeke/Genesis-Plus-GX
An enhanced port of Genesis Plus - accurate & portable Sega 8/16 bit emulator
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-07-14
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2007-08-09
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 24 open
938
stars
- Forks
- 259
- Commits
- 1,773 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
RareDevs/Rare
Rare is an open source alternative for Epic Games Launcher, using Legendary.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-07-27
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2021-02-10
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 41 open
921
stars
- Forks
- 39
- Commits
- 2,921 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
AppleWin/AppleWin
Apple II emulator for Windows
- Updated
- 2026-07-26
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2006-02-17
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 365 open
919
stars
- Forks
- 201
- Commits
- 2,799 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
0ldsk00l/nestopia
Cross-platform Nestopia emulator core with a GUI
- Updated
- 2026-04-26
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2012-09-02
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 24 open
915
stars
- Forks
- 180
- Commits
- 1,231 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
jsdf/pce
Emulates Mac Plus, PC, & Atari ST in the browser using WebAssembly
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2022-06-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2003-04-15
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 22 open
914
stars
- Forks
- 152
- Commits
- 1,714 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
emmercm/igir
🕹 A zero-setup ROM collection manager that sorts, filters, extracts or archives, patches, and reports on collections of any size on any OS.
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-07-26
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2022-07-05
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 22 open
877
stars
- Forks
- 45
- Commits
- 1,977 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
dbalsom/martypc
An IBM PC/XT emulator written in Rust.
- Updated
- 2026-06-28
- Lists
- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2022-05-23
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 23 open
848
stars
- Forks
- 40
- Commits
- 1,604 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
n64dev/cen64
Cycle-Accurate Nintendo 64 Emulator
- Updated
- 2025-10-26
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-03-08
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Issues
- 64 open
841
stars
- Forks
- 79
- Commits
- 956 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
nspire-emus/firebird
Multi-platform emulator of TI Nspire calculators
- Updated
- 2026-06-25
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-04-25
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 87 open
836
stars
- Forks
- 109
- Commits
- 1,265 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
YuriSizuku/OnscripterYuri
An enhancement ONScripter project porting to many platforms, especially web.
- Updated
- 2026-06-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-02-07
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 15 open
- Forks
- 55
- Commits
- 164 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
punesemu/puNES
Qt-based Nintendo Entertaiment System emulator and NSF/NSF2/NSFe Music Player (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows)
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-12-31
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2012-04-30
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 57 open
811
stars
- Forks
- 46
- Commits
- 2,391 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
