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obhq/obliteration

Experimental free and open-source PlayStation 4 kernel

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#aarch64 #freebsd #hypervisor-framework #kernel #kvm #linux

Updated: 2026-09-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-11-12
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 83 open

817

stars

Forks: 29
Commits: 1,367 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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koute/pinky

An NES emulator written in Rust

Stack

Rust Cargo

Updated: 2023-11-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-10-23
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 11 open

812

stars

Forks: 55
Commits: 82 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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ptyfyre/mandarine-neo

A Citra fork with new features and hacks which are experimental and may not be present in Azahar. Continuation of Mandarine 3DS emulator.

Stack

C++ Android Ktor CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#3ds #3ds-emulator #citra #citra-enhanced #citra-fork #emulation

Updated: 2026-04-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-30
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 35 open

749

stars

Forks: 28
Commits: 10,313 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 75 open

708

stars

Forks: 59
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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libretro/ludo

A libretro frontend written in golang

Stack

Go gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#bindings #emulation #glfw #golang #libretro #libretro-api

Updated: 2026-08-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-17
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 62 open

704

stars

Forks: 75
Commits: 786 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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DaedalusX64/daedalus

The Nintendo 64 Emulator itself

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-09-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-12-24
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 12 open

688

stars

Forks: 75
Commits: 3,149 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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hex007/freej2me

A free J2ME emulator with libretro, awt and sdl2 frontends.

Stack

Java

GitHub topics

#awt #emulator #emulator-frontend #j2me #libretro #sdl2

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-23
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 66 open

680

stars

Forks: 130
Commits: 312 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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henrikpersson/potatis

🥔 MOS-6502 and NES emulator in Rust (SDL/WebAssembly/Android/Embedded/Cloud)

Stack

Rust Android Cargo Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#embedded-hal #emulator #jni #jni-android #mos-6502 #nes

Updated: 2026-06-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-09-27
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

675

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 32 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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xqemu/xqemu

Open-source emulator to play original Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Stack

C pip

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #games #linux #lle #macos

Updated: 2023-02-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2003-02-18
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 122 open

669

stars

Forks: 75
Commits: 68,839 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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shonumi/gbe-plus

DMG/GBC/GBA emulator and experimental NDS emulator.

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-09-21
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 83 open

598

stars

Forks: 85
Commits: 5,080 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Ancurio/mkxp

Free Software implementation of the Ruby Game Scripting System (RGSS)

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#game-engine #game-engine-2d #mkxp #rpg #rpg-maker #rpg-maker-vx

Updated: 2026-01-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-01
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 45 open

591

stars

Forks: 258
Commits: 835 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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simias/rustation

Playstation emulator in the Rust programing language

Stack

Rust Cargo

Updated: 2026-06-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-16
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 22 open

584

stars

Forks: 22
Commits: 282 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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JaCzekanski/Avocado

🥑 PlayStation 1 emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#cpp #emulation #emulator #hacktoberfest #playstation #ps1

Updated: 2023-09-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-11
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 59 open

583

stars

Forks: 34
Commits: 895 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OatmealDome/dolphin-ios

Dolphin for iOS, reborn

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-06-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-07-12
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 175 open

573

stars

Forks: 96
Commits: 45,164 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Manic-EMU/ManicEMU

Manic EMU is an all-in-one retro game emulator for iOS. It packs powerful features while keeping a clean, sleek UI and delivering buttery-smooth gameplay.

Stack

Swift npm Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-07-13
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 19 open

555

stars

Forks: 47
Commits: 141 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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openMSX/openMSX

the MSX emulator that aims for perfection

Stack

C++ Meson

GitHub topics

#emulator #emulator-programming #msx #msx-computers #msx-documentation #msx-emulator

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2001-05-04
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 449 open

555

stars

Forks: 144
Commits: 18,410 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

deltabeard/Peanut-GB

A very fast and portable Game Boy (DMG) emulator single header library written in C99.

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #dmg #emulator-library #gameboy #gameboy-emulator

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-08-24
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 46 open

531

stars

Forks: 71
Commits: 585 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Grarak/DSVita

Extremely fast NDS Emulator for ARM32/PSVita

AI dev

Stack

Rust Android Cargo Gradle

GitHub topics

#arm32 #emulation #jit #nds #neon #opengles

Updated: 2026-07-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-11-12
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 78 open

530

stars

Forks: 12
Commits: 798 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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PSI-Rockin/DobieStation

A dog-themed PS2 emulator

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2021-07-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-14
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 52 open

517

stars

Forks: 56
Commits: 1,873 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

nostlan/nostlan

The nostalgia launcher for video game emulators

Stack

npm

GitHub topics

#bsnes #cemu #cemu-launcher #citra #dolphin #emulator-frontend

Updated: 2026-08-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-02-26
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 7 open

510

stars

Forks: 21
Commits: 12 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Trixarian/EtherealSX2

Port of PCSX2 for mobile platforms

Updated: 2024-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-09-06
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 15 open

504

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 6 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

kanjitalk755/macemu

Basilisk II and SheepShaver Macintosh emulators

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1999-10-03
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 4 open

503

stars

Forks: 102
Commits: 3,613 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mupen64plus-ae/mupen64plus-ae

Mupen64Plus Android Edition (AE) is a front end of Mupen64Plus for Android. (Not officially supported by the Mupen64Plus team)

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-10-02
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 79 open

500

stars

Forks: 129
Commits: 6,850 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

allkern/iris

Sony PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#emulator #playstation-2

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-10-16
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

477

stars

Forks: 23
Commits: 821 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

taniarascia/chip8

🎮 ‎ A Chip-8 emulator written in JavaScript for web, CLI, and native UI.

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#chip-8 #chip-8-emulator #emulator #javascript #node

Updated: 2022-05-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-03
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

473

stars

Forks: 43
Commits: 191 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

SamoZ256/hydra

A Nintendo Switch emulator for macOS

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-10-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-02-05
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

469

stars

Forks: 27
Commits: 1,460 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

sebastianbiallas/pearpc

PearPC - PowerPC Architecture Emulator

AI dev

Stack

C++

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2004-05-05
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 21 open

443

stars

Forks: 76
Commits: 1,027 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

chernandezba/zesarux

ZEsarUX - ZX Second-Emulator And Released for UniX

AI dev

Stack

GitHub topics

#chrome #emulator #inves #pentagon #prism #sam-coupe

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-03-04
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

432

stars

Forks: 41
Commits: 9,927 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

MAXBURAOT/SmartSteamEmu

SSELauncher Comfy Edition 2018 By LoodBot/Syahmixp (Steam Emulator)

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#csrin #smartsteamemu #sselauncher #steam #steamemulator

Updated: 2022-12-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-20
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 17 open

431

stars

Forks: 60
Commits: 6 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

atari800/atari800

Atari 8-bit computer and 5200 console emulator

Stack

C Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-10-10
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 25 open

429

stars

Forks: 117
Commits: 3,157 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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