osu VS box86

Compare osu vs box86 and see what are their differences.

osu

rhythm is just a *click* away! (by ppy)

box86

Box86 - Linux Userspace x86 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM Linux devices (by ptitSeb)
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osu box86
406 111
14,137 3,050
3.5% -
10.0 9.5
7 days ago 8 days ago
C# C
MIT License MIT License
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osu

Posts with mentions or reviews of osu. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-06.

box86

Posts with mentions or reviews of box86. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-12.
  • Xbox360 –> Windows Executable Converter
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Jul 2023
  • The what?
    2 projects | /r/celestegame | 11 Jun 2023
    Maybe Box86/64? https://box86.org/
  • Steam not available ?
    2 projects | /r/dietpi | 29 Apr 2023
    That means it'll need a 32-bit emulator to run on, but as it says on box86.org, box86 only runs on 32-bit ARM chips. Hence it runs on a Pi2 but not a Pi3 or higher.
  • Factorio on Arm: A Benchmark
    2 projects | /r/factorio | 23 Apr 2023
    Recently, I got a server from Oracle Cloud, having 4 cores and 24GB of RAM. Then, using a software called Box86 and its 64 bit version called Box64, I succeeded in running Factorio! Unfortunately, 1.1.80 ran at 3 UPS! I went through each major version, testing each individual one down to 0.12. Here are my results!
  • How to emulate on M1 mac?
    2 projects | /r/LineageOS | 14 Apr 2023
    You could try https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86 and https://github.com/ptitSeb/box64/ , I believe they allow you to emulate x86_64 on aarch64, though I have no experience with them, so cannot say for sure.
  • currently trying to get tf2 to work, but steam removed 32 bit support (wanted to use box86) with their html login thing, so i just have this system laying around collecting dust lmao
    4 projects | /r/linux | 12 Apr 2023
    Box86 and Box64 are emulators that can be used to run traditional x86 apps in ARM.
    4 projects | /r/linux | 12 Apr 2023
    But even them I got it to work on my raspberry pi 4b AFTER the chrome bs, I dont remember how Probabily by using the installer script for steam in the box86 repo https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86
  • How to run Linux games on ARM64
    4 projects | /r/linux4noobs | 7 Apr 2023
    If you have time and patience take a look at box86 and box64. These are basically like translation layers that allow x86/x86_64 applications to run on ARM. I personally haven't use them yet, so I can't provide a guide or vouch for game compatibilities. But by the look of the progress made by them so far it looks promising.
  • Can someone explain how this script bypasses CPU architecture incompatibility?
    5 projects | /r/linux4noobs | 28 Mar 2023
    This analogy falls apart quickly and really isn't great like trimming sandwiches might be like using box64 and box86 and you would be using a bread machine (compiler) to make another bread machine (another/newer compiler). You need to read up on what a compiler to a specific CPU instruction set does to see why a binary made for one can't just run on another without translation or taking the source code and making a binary (what your sample script does) that runs on that CPU arch.
  • ARM raising prices dramatically??
    2 projects | /r/arm | 24 Mar 2023
    Actual impact is not sure, but I can speculate. Short term customers pay more for ARM. Long term RISC-V products just got relatively cheaper for high end and might see a BoARM to go along with Box86 and Box64 so compiled programs on android (Dalvik byte code programs wont need it) will 'just work'. I wonder if this had anything to do with Google making RISC-V Android version a thing. As long as a big percentage of the device cost is the CPU it should still be competitive.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing osu and box86 you can also consider the following projects:

FEX - A fast usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator for Arm64 Linux

box64 - Box64 - Linux Userspace x86_64 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM64 Linux devices

limbo - Limbo is a QEMU-based emulator for Android. It currently supports x86, ARM, PowerPC, and Sparc emulation for Intel x86 and ARM android devices. See wiki https://virtualmachinery.weebly.com for APK download and Instructions.

danser-go - Dancing visualizer of osu! standard maps and custom osu! client written in Go. Also a generator for osu! videos.

cadmium - [Moved to: https://github.com/Maccraft123/Cadmium]

osu-framework - A game framework written with osu! in mind.

osu-trainer - Beatmap difficulty controls for osu!

box86-compatibility-list - Box86 Compatibility List (Games and Software)

OpenTabletDriver - Open source, cross-platform, user-mode tablet driver

hangover - Hangover runs simple Win32 applications on arm64 Linux

hqOsu - osu! relax bot/timewarp and more good stuff

Unicorn Engine - Unicorn CPU emulator framework (ARM, AArch64, M68K, Mips, Sparc, PowerPC, RiscV, S390x, TriCore, X86)