1.shadps4-emu / shadPS4
PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux, macOS and FreeBSD written in C++
+1,035 stars
from 32,978 · score 6.94
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2.rommapp / romm
A beautiful, powerful, self-hosted ROM manager and player.
+994 stars
from 13,201 · score 6.90
3.utmapp / UTM
Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
+970 stars
from 35,669 · score 6.88
4.jojodogm-ctrl / emufii
One code, and you're in the same room. Remote multiplayer between Android emulators: 3DS, Switch, PSP, PS2, DS and WII.
+808 stars
from 56 · score 6.70
5.RPCS3 / rpcs3
PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger
+409 stars
from 19,889 · score 6.02
6.PCSX2 / pcsx2
PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator
+324 stars
from 15,643 · score 5.78
7.qemu / qemu
Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are disabled. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.
+176 stars
from 13,795 · score 5.18
8.cemu-project / Cemu
Cemu - Wii U emulator
+171 stars
from 9,903 · score 5.15
9.Vita3K / Vita3K
Experimental PlayStation Vita emulator
+167 stars
from 5,762 · score 5.12
10.dolphin-emu / dolphin
Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.
+163 stars
from 15,588 · score 5.10
11.BlizzHacker / romarr
Find, verify and organize your game library. Native Windows and Docker, DAT checks, ROM Hub plugins, and optional RomM/Cartridge integration.
+149 stars
from 73 · score 5.01
12.kholia / 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.
+126 stars
from 23,659 · score 4.84
13.xemu-project / xemu
Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development)
+98 stars
from 4,132 · score 4.60
14.OpenEmu / OpenEmu
🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS
+76 stars
from 17,785 · score 4.34
15.flyinghead / flycast
Flycast is a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2 and Atomiswave emulator
+69 stars
from 2,566 · score 4.25
16.TASEmulators / 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.
+40 stars
from 2,773 · score 3.71
17.TASEmulators / desmume
DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator
+36 stars
from 3,643 · score 3.61
18.RetroDECK / RetroDECK
RetroDECK is a powerful all-in-one retro gaming platform designed for handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck, full Linux desktops, Linux HTPC setups, and Linux-based PC consoles such as the Steam Machine.
+36 stars
from 1,270 · score 3.61
19.RetroPie / RetroPie-Setup
Shell script to set up a Raspberry Pi/Odroid/PC with RetroArch emulator and various cores
+28 stars
from 10,421 · score 3.37
20.bsnes-emu / bsnes
bsnes is a Super Nintendo (SNES) emulator focused on performance, features, and ease of use.
+17 stars
from 1,995 · score 2.89
21.indigo-dc / udocker
A basic user tool to execute simple docker containers in batch or interactive systems without root privileges.
+13 stars
from 1,789 · score 2.64
22.gaseous-project / gaseous-server
A game ROM manager, with a built in web based emulator using multiple sources to identify and provide metadata
+10 stars
from 943 · score 2.40
23.retro-esp32 / RetroESP32
Retro ESP32 is a turbo charged Odroid Go Launcher, Emulator and ROM Manager
+8 stars
from 735 · score 2.20
24.Baron-von-Riedesel / VSBHDA
Sound Blaster emulation for DOS
+7 stars
from 167 · score 2.08
25.unipacker / unipacker
Automatic and platform-independent unpacker for Windows binaries based on emulation
+3 stars
from 781 · score 1.39
26.vivisect / vivisect
No description provided by the repository host.
+2 stars
from 1,001 · score 1.10
27.containernet / containernet
Mininet fork adding support for container-based (e.g. Docker) emulated hosts.
+1 stars
from 467 · score 0.69
28.nmilcoff / BreachDetector
Detect root, emulation, debug mode and other security concerns in your Xamarin apps
+1 stars
from 88 · score 0.69