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RPCS3/rpcs3

PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#assembly-language #c #cpp #emulation #emulator #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-08-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-11-03
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,061 open

19,448

stars

Forks: 2,387
Commits: 19,734 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 2026-08-06
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-29
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 5,598 open

18,395

stars

Forks: 1,056
Commits: 17,187 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OpenEmu/OpenEmu

🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #macos #objective-c #openemu #retrogaming

Updated: 2025-10-22
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2009-01-14
History: 14 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 422 open

17,726

stars

Forks: 1,354
Commits: 7,411 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dolphin-emu/dolphin

Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.

Stack

C++ CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#cpp #emulation #emulator #gamecube #wii

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-07-12
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

15,369

stars

Forks: 3,206
Commits: 46,010 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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stenzek/duckstation

Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64/RV64

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#appimage #emulator #enhancements #fast #hardware-renderers #jit-compiler

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-09-09
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

10,611

stars

Forks: 958
Commits: 12,325 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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azerothcore/azerothcore-wotlk

Complete Open Source and Modular solution for MMO

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#azerothcore #emulator #game #game-server #gaming #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-08-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-26
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 2,501 open

8,850

stars

Forks: 3,714
Commits: 19,296 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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felixrieseberg/macintosh.js

🖥 A virtual Apple Macintosh with System 8, running in Electron. I'm sorry.

Stack

JavaScript Electron Vite npm

GitHub topics

#electron #emulator #javascript #macintosh

Updated: 2026-05-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-07-14
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 92 open

8,496

stars

Forks: 333
Commits: 120 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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FEX-Emu/FEX

A fast usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator for Arm64 Linux

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#arm64 #cpp #emulation #emulator #linux #x86

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 223 open

7,884

stars

Forks: 331
Commits: 14,938 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mgba-emu/mgba

mGBA Game Boy Advance Emulator

Stack

C pytest CMake .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#emulator #game-boy #game-boy-advance #game-boy-color #game-boy-emulator #gameboy

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-04
History: 4 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 851 open

7,332

stars

Forks: 1,066
Commits: 9,128 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Provenance-Emu/Provenance

iOS & tvOS multi-emulator frontend, supporting various Atari, Bandai, NEC, Nintendo, Sega, SNK and Sony console systems… Get Started: https://wiki.provenance-emu.com |

AI dev

Stack

C Bundler Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#atari #catalyst #emulation #emulator #game #gameboy

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-07
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 247 open

6,364

stars

Forks: 704
Commits: 10,084 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mininet/mininet

Emulator for rapid prototyping of Software Defined Networks

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#emulator #linux #mininet #network-namespaces #openflow #python

Updated: 2024-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-12-09
History: 9 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 385 open

5,850

stars

Forks: 1,804
Commits: 2,075 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ptitSeb/box64

Box64 - Linux Userspace x86_64 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM64, RV64 and LoongArch Linux devices

AI dev

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#arm64 #box64 #dynarec #emulator #linux

Updated: 2026-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-01
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 199 open

5,617

stars

Forks: 461
Commits: 8,762 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Baekalfen/PyBoy

Game Boy emulator written in Python

AI dev

Stack

Python PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#cython #emulator #gameboy #gameboy-emulator #gameboy-emulator-library #pypy

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-01-25
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 21 open

5,192

stars

Forks: 537
Commits: 1,036 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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zhkl0228/unidbg

Allows you to emulate an Android native library, and an experimental iOS emulation

Stack

Java CMake Maven

GitHub topics

#android #capstone #debugger #dynarmic #emulation #emulator

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-02-26
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 419 open

5,179

stars

Forks: 1,180
Commits: 1,796 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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amhndu/SimpleNES

An NES emulator in C++

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #emulator #nes-emulator #sfml

Updated: 2025-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-01
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

5,107

stars

Forks: 1,129
Commits: 187 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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86Box/86Box

Emulator of x86-based machines.

Stack

C Qt CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #ibm #pc-emulator #x86

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-25
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 19 open

4,726

stars

Forks: 568
Commits: 22,407 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

CalebFenton/simplify

Android virtual machine and deobfuscator

Stack

Java Android Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #android-malware #dalvik #deobfuscation #deobfuscator #emulator

Updated: 2022-04-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-27
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 32 open

4,657

stars

Forks: 455
Commits: 915 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ChefKissInc/Inferno

Apple Silicon device emulator.

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #ios #iphone #iphone-11 #qemu

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-02-18
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 39 open

3,881

stars

Forks: 319
Commits: 125,695 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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: 2026-08-18
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2011-01-11
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 803 open

2,745

stars

Forks: 465
Commits: 23,719 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 550 open

2,730

stars

Forks: 237
Commits: 8,715 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website 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
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 219 open

2,633

stars

Forks: 278
Commits: 1,810 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Trixarian/NetherSX2-patch

Continuation of NetherSX2 based on AetherSX2 4248

Stack

HTML

GitHub topics

#aethersx2 #android #arm64 #emulator #nethersx2 #pcsx2

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-08-22
History: 5 history points
License: Unlicense
Issues: 257 open

2,571

stars

Forks: 96
Commits: 301 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-01-10
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 153 open

2,515

stars

Forks: 307
Commits: 8,711 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-19
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 292 open

2,489

stars

Forks: 316
Commits: 7,307 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SourMesen/Mesen2

Multi-system emulator (NES, SNES, GB, GBA, PCE, SMS/GG, WS) for Windows, Linux and macOS

Archived

Stack

C++ Avalonia .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulator #game-gear #gameboy #gba #master-system #nes

Updated: 2026-06-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-02-12
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

2,421

stars

Forks: 344
Commits: 3,511 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 29 open

2,346

stars

Forks: 293
Commits: 2,207 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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

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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