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fcambus/jsemu
A list of emulators written in the JavaScript programming language
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-07-03
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-06-12
- History
- 5 history points
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 0 open
1,852
stars
- Forks
- 173
- Commits
- 414 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
rafaelvcaetano/melonDS-android
Android port of melonDS
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-05-18
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-11-25
- History
- 3 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 232 open
1,541
stars
- Forks
- 114
- Commits
- 938 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
finalburnneo/FBNeo
FinalBurn Neo - We are Team FBNeo.
- Updated
- 2026-07-27
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2011-12-03
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 128 open
1,430
stars
- Forks
- 473
- Commits
- 16,056 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
wheremyfoodat/Panda3DS
HLE 3DS emulator
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-07-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2022-09-15
- History
- 3 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 62 open
1,378
stars
- Forks
- 85
- Commits
- 2,521 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
higan-emu/higan
higan is a multi-system emulator focused on accuracy, preservation, and configurability.
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-09-01
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2007-12-22
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 76 open
1,342
stars
- Forks
- 120
- Commits
- 1,562 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
SourMesen/Mesen
Mesen is a cross-platform (Windows & Linux) NES/Famicom emulator built in C++ and C#
Archived
- Updated
- 2024-12-18
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-06-10
- History
- 3 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 104 open
1,321
stars
- Forks
- 331
- Commits
- 2,904 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
nba-emu/NanoBoyAdvance
A cycle-accurate Nintendo Game Boy Advance emulator.
Archived
- Updated
- 2026-06-21
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-12-15
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- Disabled
1,308
stars
- Forks
- 75
- Commits
- 1,552 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
CE-Programming/CEmu
Third-party TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE emulator, focused on developer features
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2015-11-13
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 37 open
1,298
stars
- Forks
- 89
- Commits
- 2,627 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
dreamlayers/em-dosbox
An Emscripten port of DOSBox
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2023-01-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2002-07-27
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 30 open
1,284
stars
- Forks
- 159
- Commits
- 4,346 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
decaf-emu/decaf-emu
Researching Wii U emulation.
- Updated
- 2024-09-03
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2015-05-18
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 51 open
1,276
stars
- Forks
- 146
- Commits
- 5,222 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
skylersaleh/SkyEmu
Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and DS Emulator
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-26
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2021-05-21
- History
- 3 history points
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 255 open
1,213
stars
- Forks
- 94
- Commits
- 1,076 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 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%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 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%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 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%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 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%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
trekawek/coffee-gb
Gameboy emulator in Java and Kotlin.
AI dev
- Updated
- 2026-07-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2016-12-31
- History
- 3 history points
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 0 open
1,150
stars
- Forks
- 84
- Commits
- 571 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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
- 3 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 244 open
1,129
stars
- Forks
- 348
- Commits
- 4,015 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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
- 2026-06-24
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2015-07-16
- History
- 3 history points
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 88 open
1,125
stars
- Forks
- 66
- Commits
- 14,808 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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%
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
- 3 history points
- License
- Unlicense
- Issues
- 100 open
1,076
stars
- Forks
- 35
- Commits
- 121 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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%
Gekkio/mooneye-gb
A Game Boy research project and emulator written in Rust
- Updated
- 2023-03-16
- Lists
- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2014-12-18
- History
- 2 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 43 open
967
stars
- Forks
- 60
- Commits
- 704 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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%
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%
- 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%
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
- 3 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 56 open
806
stars
- Forks
- 46
- Commits
- 2,391 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
DerKoun/bsnes-hd
bsnes fork that adds HD video features
- Updated
- 2025-12-05
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-05-26
- History
- 4 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 71 open
697
stars
- Forks
- 54
- Commits
- 57 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
