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utmapp/UTM

Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple #emulation #ios #jailbreak #macos #qemu

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2019-04-12
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,122 open

35,523

stars

Forks: 1,822
Commits: 3,810 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

RPCS3/rpcs3

PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#assembly-language #c #cpp #emulation #emulator #llvm

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

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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: 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

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 Gradle

GitHub topics

#cpp #emulation #emulator #gamecube #wii

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

Website GitHub

rommapp/romm

A beautiful, powerful, self-hosted ROM manager and player.

AI dev

Stack

Python FastAPI pytest Starlette Tailwind CSS npm uv

GitHub topics

#emulation #open-source #retrogaming #rommapp #self-hosted

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-03-08
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 189 open

13,841

stars

Forks: 795
Commits: 13,815 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

qemu/qemu

Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are disabled. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.

AI dev

Stack

C pytest Cargo Meson pip

GitHub topics

#emulation #qemu #virtualization

Updated: 2026-09-28
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2003-02-18
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

13,790

stars

Forks: 7,231
Commits: 133,545 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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: 2026-10-07
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

Website GitHub

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: 2026-10-14
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%

Website GitHub

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: 2026-10-07
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%

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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: 2026-10-07
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

Website GitHub

ChefKissInc/Inferno

Apple Silicon device emulator.

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#apple #apple-silicon #emulation #emulator #ios #iphone

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%

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: 2026-10-06
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%

Website GitHub

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: 2026-10-14
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%

Website GitHub

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: 2026-10-07
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

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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: 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%

Website GitHub

libretro/Lakka-LibreELEC

Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown game console.

Stack

Makefile CMake

GitHub topics

#embedded-systems #emulation #libreelec #libretro #linux #os

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-03-18
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 52 open

2,050

stars

Forks: 308
Commits: 48,695 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

EKA2L1/EKA2L1

A Symbian OS/N-Gage emulator

Stack

C++ Android Qt CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#cpp17 #emulates #emulation #emulator #games #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-10-05
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%

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: 2026-10-07
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

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indigo-dc/udocker

A basic user tool to execute simple docker containers in batch or interactive systems without root privileges.

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#batch #chroot #containers #deep-hybrid-datacloud #docker #docker-containers

Updated: 2025-08-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-28
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 42 open

1,792

stars

Forks: 172
Commits: 2,051 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core

Core module of the Mupen64Plus project

Stack

GitHub topics

#emulation #n64

Updated: 2026-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-10-02
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 205 open

1,562

stars

Forks: 281
Commits: 2,756 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: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-09-15
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 67 open

1,404

stars

Forks: 90
Commits: 2,528 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 76 open

1,358

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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WinDurango/WinDurango

The world's first Xbox One compatibility layer for Windows.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK vcpkg

GitHub topics

#compatibility-layer #emulation #windurango #xb1 #xbox-one

Updated: 2026-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-01-24
History: 6 history points
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: 9 open

1,329

stars

Forks: 73
Commits: 266 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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: 2026-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-11-13
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 15 open

1,319

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 2,706 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

skylersaleh/SkyEmu

Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and DS Emulator

AI dev

Stack

C Android pytest CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #gameboy #gameboy-advance #gameboy-color #gameboy-emulator

Updated: 2026-10-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-05-21
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 250 open

1,301

stars

Forks: 106
Commits: 1,094 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

gopher64/gopher64

Highly compatible N64 emulator

Stack

Rust Cargo Gradle

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #game #n64 #rust

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-10-04
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 14 open

1,283

stars

Forks: 50
Commits: 1,155 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

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

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

Website GitHub

simple64/simple64

Accurate N64 Emulator

Archived

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulation #n64

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%

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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: 2026-09-11
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%

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gaseous-project/gaseous-server

A game ROM manager, with a built in web based emulator using multiple sources to identify and provide metadata

Stack

C# ASP.NET Core .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulation #open-source #retrogaming #rom-management #self-hosted

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-14
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 60 open

946

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 479 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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