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Top 23 Emulation Open-Source Projects
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InfluxDB
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OSX-KVM
Run macOS on QEMU/KVM. With OpenCore + Monterey + Ventura + Sonoma support now! Only commercial (paid) support is available now to avoid spammy issues. No Mac system is required.
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dolphin
Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.
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WorkOS
The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
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RetroPie-Setup
Shell script to set up a Raspberry Pi/Odroid/PC with RetroArch emulator and various cores
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QEMU
Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are ignored. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.
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Provenance
iOS & tvOS multi-emulator frontend, supporting various Atari, Bandai, NEC, Nintendo, Sega, SNK and Sony console systems… Get Started: https://wiki.provenance-emu.com |
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EmuELEC
EmuELEC, retro emulation for Amlogic devices. Based on CoreELEC. https://emuelec.org or join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/jQWCFwTn5T
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BizHawk
BizHawk is a multi-system emulator written in C#. BizHawk provides nice features for casual gamers such as full screen, and joypad support in addition to full rerecording and debugging tools for all system cores.
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Steam-Deck-Guide
Steam Deck Guide. Learn all about the Tools, Accessories, Games, Emulators, and Gaming Tips that will make your Steam Deck an awesome Gaming Handheld or a Portable Computer Workstation.
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Project mention: Nintendo Switch Emulator: Progress Report December 2023 | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-17Their C# JIT [1] generates x86_64 or ARM native code. This is why it's fast.
1: https://github.com/Ryujinx/Ryujinx/tree/master/src/ARMeilleu...
If you have TrollStore then install the HV version of UTM to try for yourself: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/releases/latest/download/UTM.HV.ipa
Yes, I recently had to compile some stuff on Windows (I'm on an AMD Linux host) and VirtualBox just wouldn't start Microsoft's Windows dev VM (the one they provide for free for Virtualbox). I ended up learning how to use qemu and it works great...and as a bonus I was able to run a hackintosh (via https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM) and it works near flawlessly, which was something I was never able to accomplish with Virtualbox (granted I haven't tried in a few years).
I'm pretty happy with Qemu now, even if it's jsut a CLI interface. I was tempted to try the virt-* stuff, but honestly it seems like one more thing to learn so I'm going to hold off until I need something like copy/paste between VMs and can't figure it out in qemu direct.
Project mention: Apple now allows retro game emulators on its App Store | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-07Tangentially related: if anybody is looking for a good way to organize a library of retro emulators and games on their MacOS laptops/desktop computers then I recommend OpenEmu. It is designed from the ground up to look and feel like a Mac app.
https://openemu.org/
Project mention: Idk if anyone's done a one-handed hitless run of the game or anything crazy like that, and this is 100% not that (i get hit A LOT on these runs) but Im still pretty proud of this. | /r/shittydarksouls | 2023-12-10The emulator: https://rpcs3.net/ The rom: https://vimm.net/vault/24833 I forget if you need anything else but finding a video on YouTube is not very hard for rpcs3, a bit complicated, sorry I can't remember how to do it all, it's been a while.
Project mention: Apple now allows retro game emulators on its App Store | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-07Dolphin ships with a bunch of keys in the source code[0]. So do almost every other emulators for any console from 6/7th gen consoles (ps3, xbox360, gamecube), see delroth's post on the matter here[1]. It's really not that simple - jurisdiction matters a lot, and also Nintendo's own priorities.
[0]: https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/blob/34527cadcce49a9a...
[1]: https://delroth.net/posts/emulation-crypto-keys-copyright-dm...
Idk what you might be doing wrong, and I'm not in the tutorial business, but I highly recommend giving the latest version of PCSX2 and a random YouTube tutorial another shot, it's gonna be a lot easier than jailbreaking your PS3. Either way good luck have fun.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade sudo apt install git lsb-release cd git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git cd RetroPie-Setup sudo ./retropie_setup.sh
My most-wanted QEMU feature: https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/a2260983c6553
Using `gic-version=3` on macOS you can now use more than 8 cores on ARM chips.
Xenia (Xbox 360) Emulator: https://xenia.jp/
Edit : It's being worked on by the cemu devs https://github.com/cemu-project/Cemu/pull/924
Project mention: Any ongoing work for porting the Vita development to a different SOC? | /r/VitaPiracy | 2023-07-04Don’t know about any ports, only Vita3K emulator that’s steadily improving: https://vita3k.org
citra is for 3ds games. while it should be compatible with ds games since the physical consoles are, this isn't true of the emulators. http://desmume.org/ has what you need.
Project mention: Using emuELEC. Doom works. I just can't figure out how to get mods to work. | /r/Doom | 2023-07-04Considering Chocolate and LZDoom, both can work but what you would want is LZDoom for .pk3 files. There should be a guide here.
Sorry, but I have no idea, haven't tried it myself yet. But a quick search suggests Cxbx. That's what I'd try first. An unfinished version of Warcraft: Lord of the Clans is on there too btw, no emu needed afaik.
I’m trying to enable JIT in Play! emulator using Azula to patch the .ipa with TrollStoreJitEnabler, but it gives an error: “couldn’t copy dylib to workspace”. Azula is a mobile clone of Azule that should work on jailed devices (but it doesn’t atm), can someone jailbroken or with a Mac please try to patch it with Azule instead?
Project mention: RyujinX – Open Source Nintendo Switch Emulator | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-30BizHawk is a premier emulator for generating Tool Assisted Speedruns and written in C#.
https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk
Project mention: My incredibly thoughtful girlfriend went through the trouble of searching for your subreddit, seeking advice, and then bought me a steam deck. Thank you all, it was the perfect birthday gift, and I was flabbergasted. | /r/SteamDeck | 2023-05-11Congrats u/qualx and belated Happy Birthday! I've had my Steam Deck for a year now and super happy with it ! Also, I recommend checking out this guide it's super helpful. :) https://github.com/mikeroyal/Steam-Deck-Guide
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 Emulation projects? This list will help you:
| Project | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryujinx | 32,055 |
| 2 | UTM | 24,116 |
| 3 | OSX-KVM | 18,300 |
| 4 | OpenEmu | 15,763 |
| 5 | rpcs3 | 14,318 |
| 6 | dolphin | 12,118 |
| 7 | pcsx2 | 10,303 |
| 8 | RetroPie-Setup | 9,916 |
| 9 | QEMU | 9,277 |
| 10 | xenia | 7,665 |
| 11 | Cemu | 6,391 |
| 12 | jsnes | 5,990 |
| 13 | Provenance | 5,664 |
| 14 | manticore | 3,634 |
| 15 | Vita3K | 3,555 |
| 16 | unidbg | 3,452 |
| 17 | desmume | 2,737 |
| 18 | xemu | 2,433 |
| 19 | EmuELEC | 2,281 |
| 20 | Cxbx-Reloaded | 2,094 |
| 21 | Play- | 2,008 |
| 22 | BizHawk | 2,002 |
| 23 | Steam-Deck-Guide | 1,848 |
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