dosbox-core VS libi86

Compare dosbox-core vs libi86 and see what are their differences.

dosbox-core

A DOSBox core for use in RetroArch and other libretro frontends. (by realnc)

libi86

Attempt to reimplement non-standard C library facilities (e.g. <conio.h>) used in MS-DOS programs, for IA-16 GCC & ACK ― mirror of https://gitlab.com/tkchia/libi86 • Ubuntu packages for cross-compilation at https://launchpad.net/%7Etkchia/+archive/ubuntu/build-ia16/ • DJGPP/MS-DOS binaries at https://github.com/tkchia/libi86/releases (by tkchia)
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dosbox-core libi86
1 1
39 50
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3.1 2.1
3 months ago about 1 year ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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dosbox-core

Posts with mentions or reviews of dosbox-core. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.
  • Netplay for Local Coop Games?
    1 project | /r/dosbox | 24 May 2022
    I am not aware of any dosbox version that has this built-in, but there is a dosbox-core for retroarch and retroarch has netplay support... so maybe?

libi86

Posts with mentions or reviews of libi86. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-06.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dosbox-core and libi86 you can also consider the following projects:

jSH - A Javascript scripting engine for DOS

lzsa - Byte-aligned, efficient lossless packer that is optimized for fast decompression on 8-bit micros

g - g: A portable general purpose programmable text editor with calculator and macro facility.

ao486_MiSTer - ao486 port for MiSTer

DOjS - A MS-DOS Creative Coding IDE/platform based on JavaScript

XTulator - XTulator is a portable, open source x86 PC emulator currently supporting the 8086 instruction set and 80186 extensions.

unzx0_x86 - Free, zlib licensed ZX0 decompressor for the x86

elks - Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset - Linux for 8086

GW-BASIC - Assembling Microsoft GW-BASIC from 1983, with MASM or JWasm • "pre-release" binaries at https://codeberg.org/tkchia/GW-BASIC/releases • source mirror of https://codeberg.org/tkchia/GW-BASIC • fork of https://github.com/dspinellis/GW-BASIC

gcc-ia16 - Fork of Lambertsen & Jenner (& al.)'s IA-16 (Intel 16-bit x86) port of GNU compilers ― added far pointers & more • use https://github.com/tkchia/build-ia16 to build • Ubuntu binaries at https://launchpad.net/%7Etkchia/+archive/ubuntu/build-ia16/ • DJGPP/MS-DOS binaries at https://gitlab.com/tkchia/build-ia16/-/releases • mirror of https://gitlab.com/tkchia/gcc-ia16