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devos50/qemu-ios
A QEMU emulator for legacy Apple devices
- Updated
- 2026-10-09
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2003-02-18
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 146 open
1,281
stars
- Forks
- 91
- Commits
- 109,445 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
decaf-emu/decaf-emu
Researching Wii U emulation.
- Updated
- 2024-09-03
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2015-05-18
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 51 open
1,276
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
jeffpar/pcjs
The original IBM PC and other machine emulations in JavaScript
- Updated
- 2026-10-09
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-03-01
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 44 open
1,220
stars
- Forks
- 185
- Commits
- 2,212 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
drhelius/Gearboy
Game Boy / Game Boy Color / Super Game Boy emulator and debugger with embedded MCP server for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.
AI dev
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-09
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2012-07-19
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 4 open
1,214
stars
- Forks
- 167
- Commits
- 2,499 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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
- 6 history points
- License
- Unlicense
- Issues
- 105 open
1,204
stars
- Forks
- 38
- Commits
- 121 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
simple64/simple64
Accurate N64 Emulator
Archived
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-02-14
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-06-02
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 45 open
1,178
stars
- Forks
- 76
- Commits
- 983 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
schellingb/dosbox-pure
DOSBox Pure is a new fork of DOSBox built for RetroArch/Libretro aiming for simplicity and ease of use.
- Updated
- 2026-10-06
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-12-21
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- Disabled
1,176
stars
- Forks
- 110
- Commits
- 1 commit
- 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
- 7 history points
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 4 open
1,172
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
trekawek/coffee-gb
Accurate Gameboy Color emulator.
AI dev
- Updated
- 2026-10-01
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2016-12-31
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 0 open
1,172
stars
- Forks
- 83
- Commits
- 1,579 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Hydr8gon/NooDS
A (hopefully!) speedy DS emulator
- Updated
- 2026-08-09
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-05-25
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 100 open
1,162
stars
- Forks
- 66
- Commits
- 589 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
AI dev
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2025-06-06
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 6 open
1,151
stars
- Forks
- 57
- Commits
- 225 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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
- 2026-10-15
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2015-07-16
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 95 open
1,144
stars
- Forks
- 68
- Commits
- 14,921 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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
- 6 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 244 open
1,134
stars
- Forks
- 347
- Commits
- 4,015 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Rosalie241/RMG
Rosalie's Mupen GUI
- Updated
- 2026-10-03
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-09-12
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 139 open
1,119
stars
- Forks
- 108
- Commits
- 1,869 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Ilya114/Box64Droid
Running x86_64 applications on Android
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-05-15
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-03-27
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- Disabled
1,083
stars
- Forks
- 92
- Commits
- 999 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
- 6 history points
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 0 open
1,081
stars
- Forks
- 89
- Commits
- 429 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
skyfloogle/red-viper
A Virtual Boy emulator for the 3DS
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-09-19
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-11-18
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 22 open
1,049
stars
- Forks
- 32
- Commits
- 1,298 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
vpinball/vpinball
Visual Pinball
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-14
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2010-03-11
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 417 open
1,032
stars
- Forks
- 166
- Commits
- 10,838 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
grumpycoders/pcsx-redux
The PCSX-Redux project is a collection of tools, research, hardware design, and libraries aiming at development and reverse engineering on the PlayStation 1. The core product itself, PCSX-Redux, is yet another fork of the Playstation emulator, PCSX.
AI dev
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-10
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-12-12
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 99 open
1,011
stars
- Forks
- 157
- Commits
- 8,254 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
ekeeke/Genesis-Plus-GX
An enhanced port of Genesis Plus - accurate & portable Sega 8/16 bit emulator
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-10-06
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2007-08-09
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 29 open
966
stars
- Forks
- 279
- Commits
- 1,792 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
0ldsk00l/nestopia
Cross-platform Nestopia emulator core with a GUI
- Updated
- 2026-09-13
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2012-09-02
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 15 open
945
stars
- Forks
- 182
- Commits
- 1,239 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
dbalsom/martypc
A cycle-accurate IBM PC/XT/Jr/Tandy emulator
- Updated
- 2026-10-05
- Lists
- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2022-05-23
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 14 open
945
stars
- Forks
- 55
- Commits
- 1,735 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
emmercm/igir
🕹 A zero-setup ROM collection manager that sorts, filters, extracts or archives, patches, and reports on collections of any size on any OS.
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-09
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2022-07-05
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 27 open
939
stars
- Forks
- 49
- Commits
- 2,109 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
- 2026-10-08
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2006-02-17
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 368 open
935
stars
- Forks
- 204
- Commits
- 2,818 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
RareDevs/Rare
Rare is an open source alternative for Epic Games Launcher, using Legendary.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-09
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2021-02-10
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 40 open
931
stars
- Forks
- 42
- Commits
- 2,977 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 24 open
917
stars
- Forks
- 153
- Commits
- 1,714 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
YuriSizuku/OnscripterYuri
An enhancement ONScripter project porting to many platforms, especially web.
- Updated
- 2026-06-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-02-07
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 19 open
- Forks
- 65
- Commits
- 164 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
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 89 open
850
stars
- Forks
- 116
- Commits
- 1,265 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
n64dev/cen64
Cycle-Accurate Nintendo 64 Emulator
- Updated
- 2025-10-26
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-03-08
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Issues
- 64 open
842
stars
- Forks
- 80
- Commits
- 956 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
punesemu/puNES
Qt-based Nintendo Entertaiment System emulator and NSF/NSF2/NSFe Music Player (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows)
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-09-01
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2012-04-30
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 59 open
826
stars
- Forks
- 48
- Commits
- 2,392 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%