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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

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%

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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: 2026-10-14
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

chocolate-doom/chocolate-doom

Chocolate Doom is a Doom source port that is minimalist and historically accurate.

Stack

C CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c #doom #fps #fps-game #games #gplv2

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-07-23
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 335 open

2,411

stars

Forks: 718
Commits: 5,402 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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PixelVision8/PixelVision8

Pixel Vision 8's core philosophy is to teach retro game development with streamlined workflows. PV8 is also a platform that standardizes 8-bit fantasy console limitations built on top of the open-source C# game engine based on MonoGame.

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-game-engine #8-bit #csharp #fantasy-console #game-development

Updated: 2023-01-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-22
History: 5 history points
License: MS-PL
Issues: 9 open

1,778

stars

Forks: 122
Commits: 15 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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cxong/cdogs-sdl

Classic overhead run-and-gun game

Stack

C CMake Conan Poetry

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-game #c #game #games #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-04-01
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 112 open

1,091

stars

Forks: 157
Commits: 4,458 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

lethal-guitar/RigelEngine

A modern re-implementation of the classic DOS game Duke Nukem II

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#cpp #cpp17 #cross-platform #entity-component-system #game #game-2d

Updated: 2024-05-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-10-01
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 16 open

1,002

stars

Forks: 66
Commits: 2,638 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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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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

Website GitHub

Henrique194/chocolate-quake

A purist Quake source port that restores the original look and feel of v1.09 and earlier.

Stack

C CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c #fps #fps-game #games #gplv3 #quake

Updated: 2026-09-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-05-31
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 15 open

216

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 97 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ArnoAnsems/CatacombGL

CatacombGL is a source port with OpenGL graphics for Catacomb 3D (1991), The Catacomb Abyss (1992), The Catacomb Armageddon (1992) and The Catacomb Apocalypse (1993).

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#first-person-shooter #opengl #retrogaming #sdl2 #source-port

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-10
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 19 open

189

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 629 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bmsuseluda/emuze

Launch your Retro Games fast and simple

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Vite Yarn

GitHub topics

#emulation #frontend #launcher #retrogaming #steamdeck

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-03-07
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 1,026 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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momenbasel/ConsoleMini

Turn a Mac mini into a living-room retro/PS console - beautiful big-picture launcher (Electron + React)

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Tailwind CSS Vite npm

GitHub topics

#apple-silicon #duckstation #electron #emulator #emulator-frontend #gamepad

Updated: 2026-07-18
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-04-22
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 14 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

pedgarcia/fujisan

Cross-platform Atari 8-bit Emulator based on Atari800

Stack

C++ CMake npm

GitHub topics

#atari #atari800 #atari800xl #atari8bit #atart #emulator

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

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 342 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nicotsx/nextgba

Self-hosted app to play Gameboy games in your browser 🕹️

Stack

TypeScript Express Next.js React Remix Bun npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#gameboy-emulator #retrogaming #self-hosted

Updated: 2025-12-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-02-19
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 31 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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LakshyAAAgrawal/chip8emu

A Terminal Based Chip-8 Emulator

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#chip-8 #chip8-emulator #chip8-interpreter #emulator #hacktoberfest #retrocomputing

Updated: 2020-11-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-10-07
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 26 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 72 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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rnegron/dino-gb

Game Boy port of Google Chrome's Dino browser game

Stack

GitHub topics

#chrome-dino-game #chrome-dinosaur-game #dino #dmg #game #gameboy

Updated: 2024-08-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-13
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 20 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

optyfr-org/JRomManager

Java Rom Manager

AI dev

Stack

Java Gradle

GitHub topics

#clrmamepro #java #mame #retrogaming #rom

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2018-03-23
History: 42 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 4 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 1,924 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +10 +0.5%

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optyfr/JRomManager

Java Rom Manager

AI dev

Stack

Java Gradle

GitHub topics

#clrmamepro #java #mame #retrogaming #rom

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-23
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 12 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 1,544 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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