sdlarch vs RetroArch

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sdlarch		RetroArch
	Project
2	Mentions	265
27	Stars	9,263
-	Growth	2.9%
0.0	Activity	9.8
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	4 days ago
C	Language	C
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.

sdlarch

Posts with mentions or reviews of sdlarch. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-15.

QuickNES standalone
3 projects | /r/RetroArch | 15 Feb 2022

If you want to use the libretro core, you'll need some sort of libretro frontend. Doesn't have to be RetroArch, though. There are very barebones frontends like sdlarch and nanoarch that might fit your needs.
Where do I start learning if I want to develop a Frontend to Libretro?
2 projects | /r/RetroArch | 1 Aug 2021

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.

Looking for a setup guide for retroarcher on plex
2 projects | /r/RetroArcher | 8 Dec 2023

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
Netplay Custom Relay Server
2 projects | /r/RetroArch | 16 Nov 2023

Hi all Ive come across this github feature request from the project https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/8124
SillyTavern can now run Doom!*
3 projects | /r/SillyTavernAI | 30 Oct 2023

Thanks to the amazing people at EmulatorJS and Libretro for making this all possible.
Is there a way to filter playlists via metadata?
2 projects | /r/RetroArch | 9 Jul 2023
Can someone explain how runahead works?
1 project | /r/emulation | 1 Jul 2023

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?
5 projects | /r/RetroArch | 26 Jun 2023
[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?
2 projects | /r/RetroArch | 23 Jun 2023
How to ask for an approval on a new funcition to Sync saves on retroarch?
1 project | /r/RetroArch | 20 Jun 2023

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
Trying to map R and L Dreamcast triggers to analog right UP and DOWN
1 project | /r/RG353V | 13 Jun 2023

So this is the issue: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/13913
Settings not getting saved
1 project | /r/RetroArch | 10 Jun 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing sdlarch and RetroArch you can also consider the following projects:

nanoarch - minimal libretro frontend for educational purposes

batocera.linux - batocera.linux

QuickNES - A fast Nintendo Entertainment System emulator, originally written by Shay Green, as modified and maintained by myself for several years. This is the base package which includes all of the other repositories as submodules in the correct locations.

libretro-thumbnails - Thumbnails for RetroArch

arkos - Another rockchip Operating System

EmulationStation - A Fork of Emulation Station for RetroPie. Emulation Station is a flexible emulator front-end supporting keyboardless navigation and custom system themes.

docker-emulatorjs - Web based retro emulation frontend with rom scanning and automated art ingestion.

mame - MAME

351ELEC - Handheld firmware optimized for the Anbernic RG351P/M/V devices.

duckstation - Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64

pcsx2 - PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator

Silent-Hill-2-Enhancements - A project designed to enhance Silent Hill 2 (SH2) graphics and audio for the PC. It also includes scripts to build or modify SH2 audio files (SFX, BGM and Dialog).