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RPCS3/rpcs3
PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-09-25
- Lists
- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2012-11-03
- History
- 9 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 1,076 open
19,873
stars
- Forks
- 2,454
- Commits
- 20,058 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
ruffle-rs/ruffle
A Flash Player emulator written in Rust
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-09-19
- Lists
- 3 list mentions
- First commit
- 2016-08-29
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 5,632 open
18,550
stars
- Forks
- 1,099
- Commits
- 17,557 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
OpenEmu/OpenEmu
🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-10-22
- Lists
- 5 list mentions
- First commit
- 2009-01-14
- History
- 15 history points
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 430 open
17,807
stars
- Forks
- 1,360
- Commits
- 7,411 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
dolphin-emu/dolphin
Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2008-07-12
- History
- 11 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- Disabled
15,548
stars
- Forks
- 3,257
- Commits
- 46,092 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
stenzek/duckstation
Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64/RV64
AI dev
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-14
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-09-09
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- Disabled
10,841
stars
- Forks
- 975
- Commits
- 12,713 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
azerothcore/azerothcore-wotlk
Complete Open Source and Modular solution for MMO
AI dev
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-10
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2016-06-26
- History
- 5 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 2,378 open
9,022
stars
- Forks
- 3,863
- Commits
- 19,897 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
felixrieseberg/macintosh.js
🖥 A virtual Apple Macintosh with System 8, running in Electron. I'm sorry.
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-05-05
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-07-14
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 92 open
8,498
stars
- Forks
- 333
- Commits
- 120 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
FEX-Emu/FEX
A fast usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator for Arm64 Linux
AI dev
- Updated
- 2026-10-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-11-16
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 260 open
8,248
stars
- Forks
- 385
- Commits
- 15,247 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
mgba-emu/mgba
mGBA Game Boy Advance Emulator
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-08
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-04-04
- History
- 5 history points
- License
- MPL-2.0
- Issues
- 860 open
7,490
stars
- Forks
- 1,118
- Commits
- 9,155 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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
- Updated
- 2026-10-14
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-08-07
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 237 open
6,386
stars
- Forks
- 711
- Commits
- 10,717 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
mininet/mininet
Emulator for rapid prototyping of Software Defined Networks
- Updated
- 2024-07-09
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2009-12-09
- History
- 10 history points
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Issues
- 385 open
5,862
stars
- Forks
- 1,805
- Commits
- 2,075 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
ptitSeb/box64
Box64 - Linux Userspace x86_64 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM64, RV64 and LoongArch Linux devices
AI dev
- Updated
- 2026-10-14
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-12-01
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 181 open
5,664
stars
- Forks
- 475
- Commits
- 8,999 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
zhkl0228/unidbg
Allows you to emulate an Android native library, and an experimental iOS emulation
- Updated
- 2026-10-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-02-26
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Issues
- 419 open
5,271
stars
- Forks
- 1,193
- Commits
- 1,808 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Baekalfen/PyBoy
Game Boy emulator written in Python
AI dev
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-07
- Lists
- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2016-01-25
- History
- 7 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 19 open
5,219
stars
- Forks
- 543
- Commits
- 1,123 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
amhndu/SimpleNES
An NES emulator in C++
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-10-05
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2016-06-01
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- Disabled
5,109
stars
- Forks
- 1,126
- Commits
- 187 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
86Box/86Box
Emulator of x86-based machines.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2016-06-25
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 16 open
4,888
stars
- Forks
- 616
- Commits
- 24,025 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
CalebFenton/simplify
Android virtual machine and deobfuscator
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2022-04-30
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-12-27
- History
- 5 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 33 open
4,671
stars
- Forks
- 458
- Commits
- 915 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
ChefKissInc/Inferno
Apple Silicon device emulator.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-09-20
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2003-02-18
- History
- 5 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 36 open
3,962
stars
- Forks
- 329
- Commits
- 125,695 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-06
- Lists
- 3 list mentions
- First commit
- 2011-01-11
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 817 open
2,786
stars
- Forks
- 478
- Commits
- 23,734 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
weihuoya/citra
A Nintendo 3DS Emulator
- Updated
- 2025-11-14
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-08-30
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 550 open
2,762
stars
- Forks
- 246
- Commits
- 8,715 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Trixarian/NetherSX2-patch
Continuation of NetherSX2 based on AetherSX2 4248
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-09-22
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-08-22
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- Unlicense
- Issues
- 262 open
2,691
stars
- Forks
- 97
- Commits
- 313 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
nikita36078/J2ME-Loader
A J2ME emulator for Android.
- Updated
- 2026-02-06
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-05-21
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Issues
- 222 open
2,685
stars
- Forks
- 293
- Commits
- 1,810 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
xenia-canary/xenia-canary
Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-14
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-01-10
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 134 open
2,640
stars
- Forks
- 337
- Commits
- 8,802 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
flyinghead/flycast
Flycast is a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2 and Atomiswave emulator
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-12-19
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 312 open
2,578
stars
- Forks
- 358
- Commits
- 7,356 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
SourMesen/Mesen2
Multi-system emulator (NES, SNES, GB, GBA, PCE, SMS/GG, WS) for Windows, Linux and macOS
Archived
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-04
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-02-12
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- Disabled
2,415
stars
- Forks
- 377
- Commits
- 3,511 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
strato-emu/strato
Run Nintendo Switch homebrew & games on your Android device!
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2024-09-02
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-06-28
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 30 open
2,348
stars
- Forks
- 296
- Commits
- 2,207 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
LIJI32/SameBoy
Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in C
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-13
- Lists
- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2016-03-30
- History
- 7 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 166 open
2,222
stars
- Forks
- 280
- Commits
- 2,822 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
EKA2L1/EKA2L1
A Symbian OS/N-Gage emulator
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-05
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-03-22
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 118 open
2,033
stars
- Forks
- 187
- Commits
- 6,295 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Inori/GPCS4
A work-in-progress PlayStation 4 emulator.
- Updated
- 2023-08-29
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-06-20
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 3 open
2,029
stars
- Forks
- 145
- Commits
- 1,554 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
bsnes-emu/bsnes
bsnes is a Super Nintendo (SNES) emulator focused on performance, features, and ease of use.
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2007-12-22
- History
- 6 history points
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 155 open
2,001
stars
- Forks
- 202
- Commits
- 4,091 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- No 7-day history