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Top 23 Rust Emulator Projects
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https://ruffle.rs/ recently came to my attention when I needed to resuscitate a back into tool that had been completely built in Macromedia products
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rvemu
RISC-V emulator for CLI and Web written in Rust with WebAssembly. It supports xv6 and Linux (ongoing).
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Project mention: Plastic – A Modern NES Emulator That Works with EGUI and TUI | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-19
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Project mention: A brand new 68k Mac emulator dropped last night | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-26
The original submission was to a post that explains why this is news, and not just a random project:
A brand new 68k Mac emulator quietly dropped last night!!
“Snow” can emulate the Mac 128k, 512k, Plus, SE, Classic, and II. It supports reading disks from bitstream and flux-floppy images, and offers full execution control and debugging features for the emulated CPU. Written using Rust, it doesn't do any ROM patching or system call interception, instead aiming for accurate hardware-level emulation.
* Download link (Mac, Windows, Linux): https://snowemu.com
* Documentation link: https://docs.snowemu.com
* Source link: https://github.com/twvd/snow
* Release announcement: https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12509
-- https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/114747196289375530
I understand why links get re-written, but I think the context is relevant and can help the random reader who is unfamiliar with the project.
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dust
A Nintendo DS emulator written in Rust for desktop devices and the web, with debugging features and a focus on accuracy (by kelpsyberry)
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Emulator projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ruffle | 17,126 |
| 2 | gameboy | 1,411 |
| 3 | mooneye-gb | 934 |
| 4 | rvemu | 875 |
| 5 | martypc | 727 |
| 6 | gameboy | 671 |
| 7 | potatis | 666 |
| 8 | riscv-rust | 665 |
| 9 | boytacean | 649 |
| 10 | retrowin32 | 646 |
| 11 | uvm | 566 |
| 12 | nestur | 545 |
| 13 | plastic | 541 |
| 14 | gopher64 | 416 |
| 15 | udbserver | 404 |
| 16 | snow | 358 |
| 17 | OpenGMK | 349 |
| 18 | gameroy | 297 |
| 19 | dust | 285 |
| 20 | chip8-book | 272 |
| 21 | rust64 | 270 |
| 22 | Mimic | 256 |
| 23 | playboy | 216 |
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