RetroArch
Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API. Licensed GPLv3. (by libretro)
docker-emulatorjs
Web based retro emulation frontend with rom scanning and automated art ingestion. (by linuxserver)
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| RetroArch | docker-emulatorjs | |
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| 265 | 12 | |
| 9,263 | 458 | |
| 2.9% | 4.1% | |
| 9.8 | 8.6 | |
| 4 days ago | 10 days ago | |
| C | Dockerfile | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
RetroArch
Posts with mentions or reviews of RetroArch.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-08.
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Looking for a setup guide for retroarcher on plex
You could try hosting the web version of Retroarch on your server, and use this but I don't think what you're looking for exists
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Netplay Custom Relay Server
Hi all Ive come across this github feature request from the project https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/8124
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SillyTavern can now run Doom!*
Thanks to the amazing people at EmulatorJS and Libretro for making this all possible.
- Is there a way to filter playlists via metadata?
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Can someone explain how runahead works?
It wasn't originally developed for BSNES. It seems to go as far back as 2018 with a patch by Nitsuja for a TAS geared Gens fork then submitted to RA by Dwedit in 2018
- where do I get gameboy shaders at to download?
- [question] Anyone know to how to get rid of the mouse cursor in DOSbox-pure? Yes, I've tried f11 mouse toggle. Normally in pc/mac to fix this, I would go into Full screen mode, and it would hide the mouse cursor. I'm using a firestick on my TV in this picture instead. Can the arrow be hidden?
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How to ask for an approval on a new funcition to Sync saves on retroarch?
It's a pretty hairy topic once you get into the details but you can read through this issue thread to get up to speed: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/6875
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Trying to map R and L Dreamcast triggers to analog right UP and DOWN
So this is the issue: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/13913
- Settings not getting saved
docker-emulatorjs
Posts with mentions or reviews of docker-emulatorjs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-08.
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Looking for a setup guide for retroarcher on plex
Look at emulator js: emulatorjs
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Most used selfhosted services in 2022?
emulatorjs (https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-emulatorjs) - JS retroarch hosting for fun. Works pretty well for earlier systems for me at least.
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Self hosting retro game servers?
I was looking for something similar recently. Maybe try EmulatorJs?
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help with getting emulatorjs up and running.
The linuxserver.io is pretty straightforward to get working on docker: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-emulatorjs
- I inherited 2 x Optiplex 3080’s, what should I use them for?
- Retro Gaming Server - Cloud Game streaming
- What is missing in the selfhosted world?
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Retro games (ROMs) in browser?
Emulator.js (https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-emulatorjs) is alllllmost there, but the dev has said they aren’t going to add a place for saves server-side, which is 100% their choice and right and I respect that, but saving progress is kind of key.
- I want to self host some games just for fun
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RIP Xbox Dev Mode (if being used exclusively for Retroarch)
I hope emscripten gets some more experienced development attention. I have been doing what I can to get stuff to run smoothly on Xbox consoles. https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-emulatorjs
What are some alternatives?
When comparing RetroArch and docker-emulatorjs you can also consider the following projects:
batocera.linux - batocera.linux
emulatorjs - Self hosted based Emulator made in Javascript.
libretro-thumbnails - Thumbnails for RetroArch
libretrojs - Logic to build and publish an embedded version of the wrappers needed to run libretro cores on any website
arkos - Another rockchip Operating System
webretro - RetroArch in your browser
EmulationStation - A Fork of Emulation Station for RetroPie. Emulation Station is a flexible emulator front-end supporting keyboardless navigation and custom system themes.
retrostash - source to build libretro cores for emulatorjs
mame - MAME
XboxRetailModeAppGuide - This guide describes the process of installing uncertified apps to an Xbox in retail mode.
351ELEC - Handheld firmware optimized for the Anbernic RG351P/M/V devices.
Cloud-Free-Tier-Comparison - Comparing the free tier offers of the major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle etc.
RetroArch vs batocera.linux
docker-emulatorjs vs emulatorjs
RetroArch vs libretro-thumbnails
docker-emulatorjs vs libretrojs
RetroArch vs arkos
docker-emulatorjs vs webretro
RetroArch vs EmulationStation
docker-emulatorjs vs retrostash
RetroArch vs mame
docker-emulatorjs vs XboxRetailModeAppGuide
RetroArch vs 351ELEC
docker-emulatorjs vs Cloud-Free-Tier-Comparison