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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: 2026-07-19
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-11-03
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,052 open

19,211

stars

Forks: 2,334
Commits: 19,598 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: 2026-07-18
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-29
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 5,648 open

18,315

stars

Forks: 1,043
Commits: 17,075 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: 13 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 419 open

17,674

stars

Forks: 1,351
Commits: 7,411 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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 .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#cpp #emulation #emulator #gamecube #wii

Updated: 2026-07-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-07-12
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

15,273

stars

Forks: 3,162
Commits: 45,904 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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: 2026-07-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-09-09
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

10,396

stars

Forks: 935
Commits: 12,093 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 npm pip

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-26
History: 2 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 2,540 open

8,572

stars

Forks: 3,539
Commits: 18,686 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: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 92 open

8,486

stars

Forks: 334
Commits: 120 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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: 2026-07-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-16
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 217 open

7,744

stars

Forks: 301
Commits: 14,805 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-04
History: 2 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 836 open

7,165

stars

Forks: 1,024
Commits: 9,086 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: 2026-06-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-07
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 257 open

6,338

stars

Forks: 704
Commits: 9,913 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: 8 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 385 open

5,842

stars

Forks: 1,805
Commits: 2,075 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-01
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 214 open

5,509

stars

Forks: 444
Commits: 8,472 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

Stack

Python PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-06-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-01-25
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 35 open

5,175

stars

Forks: 535
Commits: 1,003 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

5,097

stars

Forks: 1,130
Commits: 187 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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: 2026-06-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-02-26
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 419 open

5,061

stars

Forks: 1,165
Commits: 1,789 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 32 open

4,653

stars

Forks: 454
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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86Box/86Box

Emulator of x86-based machines.

Stack

C Qt CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-25
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 16 open

4,422

stars

Forks: 539
Commits: 21,702 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

ChefKissInc/Inferno

Apple Silicon device emulator.

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-02-18
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 38 open

3,802

stars

Forks: 316
Commits: 125,692 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: 3 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 551 open

2,699

stars

Forks: 232
Commits: 8,715 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: 2026-07-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-01-11
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 779 open

2,691

stars

Forks: 461
Commits: 23,695 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: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 219 open

2,598

stars

Forks: 275
Commits: 1,810 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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: 3 history points
License: Unlicense
Issues: 250 open

2,450

stars

Forks: 90
Commits: 301 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

2,411

stars

Forks: 302
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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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: 2026-07-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-19
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 279 open

2,400

stars

Forks: 300
Commits: 7,297 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-01-10
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 134 open

2,375

stars

Forks: 287
Commits: 8,599 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 29 open

2,338

stars

Forks: 292
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: 2026-06-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-30
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 160 open

2,127

stars

Forks: 258
Commits: 2,751 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: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

2,018

stars

Forks: 143
Commits: 1,554 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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: 2026-07-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-22
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 143 open

1,981

stars

Forks: 171
Commits: 5,852 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 148 open

1,957

stars

Forks: 191
Commits: 4,088 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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