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ikhoeyZX/Vita3K-Android

Public releases and CI for the Vita3K Android app

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-28
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 38 open

299

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 6,631 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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pdewacht/oberon-risc-emu

Emulator for the Oberon RISC machine

Stack

Updated: 2022-02-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-15
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 4 open

299

stars

Forks: 57
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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SysRay/psOff_public

Playstation 4 Emulator for Windows

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake npm

GitHub topics

#emulation #playstation-4 #ps4 #vulkan

Updated: 2024-10-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-02-27
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

295

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 1,059 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
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

292

stars

Forks: 51
Commits: 65 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 21 open

278

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 11,382 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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devofspine/spine

No description.

Updated: 2022-05-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-05-17
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

276

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 1 commit
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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BotRandomness/CODE-DMG

CODE-DMG, a Gameboy emulator, written in C#.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#dmg #gameboy #gameboy-emulator

Updated: 2025-02-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-01-02
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

266

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 21 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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drpetersonfernandes/SimpleLauncher

Simple Launcher is an open-source emulator frontend. Designed for both casual gamers and power users, it provides a seamless interface to organize, browse, and launch your retro gaming collection with deep integration for modern emulators and RetroAchievements.

AI dev

Stack

C# Avalonia .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #emulator-frontend #emulator-launcher #emulators #emulators-frontend

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-08-23
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

253

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 3,053 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

noword/Emu4VitaPlus

another emulator frontend for PS Vita

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-03-19
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 101 open

249

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 1,429 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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cosmo0/arcade-manager

Arcade management tool to handle your MAME/FBA romsets

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#arcade #arcade-management #best-game #emulation #fba #filter

Updated: 2026-08-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-02-23
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 8 open

247

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 600 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

AlexAltea/nucleus

High-performance retargetable emulator

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-02-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-26
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

243

stars

Forks: 39
Commits: 706 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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PSI-Rockin/Corgi3DS

An LLE dog-themed 3DS emulator

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2023-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-04
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 8 open

242

stars

Forks: 20
Commits: 191 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ppeccin/javatari.js

Javatari - Online Atari 2600 Emulator

Stack

HTML npm

Updated: 2024-12-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-16
History: 5 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 20 open

240

stars

Forks: 65
Commits: 209 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 26 open

239

stars

Forks: 24
Commits: 7,031 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 7 open

233

stars

Forks: 28
Commits: 461 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

230

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 410 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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aabalke/guac

NDS, GBA, GBC, DMG Emulator written in golang

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#dmg #emulator #gba #gbc #golang #nds

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-03-31
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 57 open

227

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 561 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

PCBox/PCBox

Emulator of PC-based machines based on 86Box.

Stack

C Qt CMake vcpkg

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-25
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

227

stars

Forks: 20
Commits: 26,574 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

liuk7071/ChonkyStation3

PlayStation®3 Emulator

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2025-09-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-11-28
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 4 open

226

stars

Forks: 12
Commits: 409 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Senryoku/Deecy

Dreamcast emulator written in Zig

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#dreamcast #emulation #emulator #zig #zig-program

Updated: 2026-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-11-27
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 36 open

223

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 1,769 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

daniel5151/clicky

A clickwheel iPod emulator (WIP)

Stack

Rust Express Cargo npm

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-09-10
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 8 open

219

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 227 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

214

stars

Forks: 45
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
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 9 open

204

stars

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

Website GitHub

RKX1209/nsemu

Experimental Nintendo Switch emulator

Stack

C++

Updated: 2022-07-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-23
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

196

stars

Forks: 27
Commits: 125 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 4 open

193

stars

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

GitHub

rasky/ndsemu

Nintendo DS Emulator written in Go

Stack

Updated: 2025-11-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-08
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

193

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 816 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

TASEmulators/freej2me-plus

A free J2ME emulator with libretro, awt and sdl2 frontends.

Stack

Java

Updated: 2026-09-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-23
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 26 open

193

stars

Forks: 28
Commits: 1,381 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

alucryd/oxyromon

Rusty ROM OrgaNizer

AI dev

Stack

Rust Axum Tauri Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulation #no-intro #redump

Updated: 2026-08-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-23
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 10 open

191

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 462 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

plutooo/3dmoo

3DS Emulator Prototype

Stack

C .NET SDK

Updated: 2017-08-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-19
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

186

stars

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

GitHub

themitosan/fpPS4-Temmie-s-Launcher

This is a a simple GUI / launcher created for fpPS4 project.

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#fpps4 #gui #js #launcher #nw #nwjs

Updated: 2025-08-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-12-12
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

186

stars

Forks: 18
Commits: 350 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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