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fcambus/jsemu

A list of emulators written in the JavaScript programming language

GitHub topics

#emscripten #emulator #javascript

Updated: 2026-08-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-06-12
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

1,855

stars

Forks: 173
Commits: 423 commits
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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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gopher64/gopher64

Highly compatible N64 emulator

Stack

Rust Cargo Gradle

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #game #n64 #rust

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-10-04
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 15 open

1,230

stars

Forks: 42
Commits: 1,117 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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0xNikilite/oboromi

a proof-of-concept project for a possible Nintendo Switch 2 emulator.

Stack

Rust Cargo CMake

GitHub topics

#emulator #proof-of-concept #switch2 #wip

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-06-09
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

1,228

stars

Forks: 51
Commits: 268 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jeffpar/pcjs

The original IBM PC and other machine emulations in JavaScript

Stack

JavaScript Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#6502 #8080 #8088 #dos #emulator #ibm-pc

Updated: 2026-03-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-03-01
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 43 open

1,212

stars

Forks: 178
Commits: 2,200 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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drhelius/Gearboy

Game Boy / Game Boy Color / Super Game Boy emulator, debugger and embedded MCP server for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#bsd #emulation #emulator #game-boy #gameboy #gameboy-color-emulator

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-07-19
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 6 open

1,191

stars

Forks: 160
Commits: 2,360 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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aappleby/metroboy

A repository of gate-level simulators and tools for the original Game Boy.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#emulator #gameboy #gameboy-emulator #hdl #simulator #verilog

Updated: 2025-02-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-04-21
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 4 open

1,170

stars

Forks: 37
Commits: 4,168 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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trekawek/coffee-gb

Gameboy emulator in Java and Kotlin.

AI dev

Stack

Java Android Gradle Maven

GitHub topics

#emulator #gameboy #gameboy-emulator #z80

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-12-31
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

1,168

stars

Forks: 83
Commits: 1,502 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-classic

Continuation of NetherSX2 based on AetherSX2 3668

Stack

HTML

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-10-21
History: 5 history points
License: Unlicense
Issues: 104 open

1,148

stars

Forks: 34
Commits: 121 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#acorn-electron #amstrad-cpc #apple2 #appleii #archimedes #atari-st

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 91 open

1,139

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 14,870 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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skmp/reicast-emulator

Reicast was a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast emulator

Archived

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#aarch64 #armv7 #dreamcast #dynarec #emulator #x86

Updated: 2025-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-19
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 244 open

1,131

stars

Forks: 346
Commits: 4,015 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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pound-emu/pound

Open source emulator for the Nintedo Switch 1 and 2. Highly work in progress

AI dev

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #homebrew #nintendo #nintendo-switch #nintendo-switch-2

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-06-06
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 4 open

1,087

stars

Forks: 49
Commits: 197 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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BluestormDNA/ProjectPSX

Experimental C# Playstation Emulator

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#csharp #emulator #mips #net #playstation #ps1

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-20
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

1,078

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 429 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Gekkio/mooneye-gb

A Game Boy research project and emulator written in Rust

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulator #game-boy #gameboy #gameboy-emulator #rust

Updated: 2023-03-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-12-18
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 43 open

970

stars

Forks: 59
Commits: 704 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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0ldsk00l/nestopia

Cross-platform Nestopia emulator core with a GUI

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulator #nestopia #nintendo #nintendo-nes

Updated: 2026-04-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-09-02
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 21 open

924

stars

Forks: 182
Commits: 1,231 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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AppleWin/AppleWin

Apple II emulator for Windows

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#6502 #appleii #emulator

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-02-17
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 366 open

922

stars

Forks: 199
Commits: 2,799 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jsdf/pce

Emulates Mac Plus, PC, & Atari ST in the browser using WebAssembly

Stack

C npm

GitHub topics

#atari-st #classic-mac-os #emscripten #emulator #ibm-pc #pce

Updated: 2022-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-04-15
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 23 open

916

stars

Forks: 152
Commits: 1,714 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dbalsom/martypc

A cycle-accurate IBM PC/XT/Jr/Tandy emulator

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #ibm #rust #x86

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-05-23
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 14 open

897

stars

Forks: 48
Commits: 1,706 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nspire-emus/firebird

Multi-platform emulator of TI Nspire calculators

Stack

C++ Android Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #arm #c #calculator #cpp #emulator

Updated: 2026-06-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-04-25
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 87 open

840

stars

Forks: 111
Commits: 1,265 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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punesemu/puNES

Qt-based Nintendo Entertaiment System emulator and NSF/NSF2/NSFe Music Player (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows)

Stack

C Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#6502 #c #c-plus-plus #clang #d3d9 #emulation

Updated: 2025-12-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-04-30
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 59 open

817

stars

Forks: 47
Commits: 2,391 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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DerKoun/bsnes-hd

bsnes fork that adds HD video features

Stack

GLSL

GitHub topics

#bsnes #emulator #hd #highresolution #mode7 #snes

Updated: 2025-12-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-26
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 75 open

701

stars

Forks: 57
Commits: 57 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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