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gpsim is an open sourced simulator for Microchip's PIC microcontrollers. It supports all three families of PICs: 12-bit, 14-bit, and 16-bit cores. See also gputils http://gputils.sourceforge.net/
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QtEmu is a graphical user interface for QEMU and KVM written in Qt4. https://github.com/uwolfer/qtemu
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VDMSound is a modular, extendable soundcard (and other "legacy" hardware) emulator for MS Windows NT/2000 DOS boxes.
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Android Emulator Container Scripts
Minimal scripts to run the emulator in a container for various systems
android-emulator-container-scripts turns the Android Emulator into a cloud-native service you can run in Docker and Kubernetes, so teams can provision ephemeral Android devices on demand. It includes scripts and container images that configure the emulator for headless operation, wire up networking, and expose endpoints for ADB and web access. A built-in WebRTC bridge lets you stream the emulator screen to a browser with interactive input, which is ideal for CI dashboards, remote debugging, or demo environments. The project focuses on reproducibility and scale: you define which system image to boot, how to persist or reset data, and how many instances to run, then schedule them like any other workload. GPU acceleration, audio, and sensors can be enabled depending on your host and cluster capabilities, while fallbacks like SwiftShader keep things usable when no GPU is available. -
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CEmu emulator
Third-party TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE emulator
Developer-oriented emulator of the eZ80-based TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE calculators. CEmu is a third-party TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE calculator emulator, focused on developer features. The core is programmed in C and the GUI in C++ with Qt, for performance and portability reasons. CEmu works natively on Windows, macOS, and Linux! Easy setup - get running by doing a one-time-only connection of your calculator! Accurate and fast emulation. Customizable speed/throttling. Resizable calculator screen. "Always-on-top" window option. Screen capture (PNG). Screen recording (animated PNG). File sending/receiving (not for Apps/OS yet). Multiple keybinding presets. Emulation states for efficient saving / restoring. Color skins (like the real devices). Available in English, French, Spanish, and Dutch. -
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MagSpoof
A portable device that can spoof/emulate any magnetic stripe
MagSpoof is a hardware and security research project that demonstrates magnetic stripe emulation. It was created to explore how magnetic stripe systems work and how weak older payment and access technologies can be when they rely on static card data. The project became well known because it showed that magnetic stripe behavior could be reproduced without physically swiping a traditional card. Its importance is mainly educational, since it helps researchers understand the limitations of legacy magnetic stripe infrastructure. The repository should be treated as a security research artifact and handled only in lawful, authorized lab environments. Its main value is showing why stronger card technologies, cryptographic authentication, and modern payment protections are necessary. -
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NESbox
Emulator of NES, SNES, Sega Mega Drive, GameBoy video consoles
The nesbox/emulator is an open source, browser-based emulator for a collection of retro gaming systems (NES, Super Nintendo, Sega Mega Drive, GameBoy, etc.). It’s written in ActionScript/Flash, and the project includes SWF binaries so you can embed the emulator into web pages. The emulator allows users to load ROMs and play them in their browsers via the Flash plugin. It’s licensed under the MIT license, meaning it’s quite permissive in terms of reuse. While Flash is an aging technology, the project remains a practical way to access old console gaming via browser, as long as Flash is supported or available. -
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SameBoy
Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in C
SameBoy is a user friendly, powerful and open source Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Super Game Boy emulator for macOS, Windows and Unix-like platforms. SameBoy is extremely accurate and includes a wide range of both powerful debugging features and user-facing features, making it ideal for both casual players and developers. Of course, SameBoy also has every feature one would expect from an emulator – from save states to scaling filters. Supports Game Boy (DMG), Game Boy Pocket and Light (MGB), Game Boy Color (CGB) and GBC-Mode Game Boy Advance (AGB) emulation. Supports accurate high level emulation of Super Game Boy (SGB; NTSC and PAL) and Super Game Boy 2 (SGB2). High quality 96KHz audio. Battery save support. Save states. Follows the BESS specification for cross-compatibility with other emulators. Includes open source boot ROMs for all emulated models. Complete support for all game-specific palettes in the CGB/AGB boot ROM, for accurate emulation of Game Boy games. -
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AQEMU
a GUI for virtual machines using QEMU as the backend
AQEMU is a GUI for virtual machines using QEMU as the backend. Support for the KVM accelerator on Linux is provided. The application has a user-friendly interface and allows to set a large number of options. -
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Dolphin Emulator
GameCube and Wii emulator for PC (Windows, Mac, & Linux)
Dolphin Emulator is a powerful open-source emulator that allows PC gamers to play Nintendo GameCube and Wii games on modern hardware. It delivers a significantly enhanced experience by supporting full HD 1080p resolution and higher, making classic titles look sharper than ever. Dolphin is known for its high compatibility, with the majority of games running perfectly or being fully playable. The emulator supports a wide range of PC controllers, including keyboards, gamepads, and original console controllers via adapters. Advanced features like turbo speed and performance optimizations allow smoother gameplay and faster load times. With an active development community and frequent updates, Dolphin continues to improve accuracy, performance, and overall user experience. -
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N64 Wasm
A web based N64 Emulator
N64Wasm is a web-based Nintendo 64 emulator that leverages WebAssembly to run classic N64 games directly in the browser. It eliminates the need for local installation by executing emulation logic within a web environment. The project demonstrates how modern browser technologies can handle complex emulation tasks efficiently. It focuses on accessibility, allowing users to play retro games on any device with a compatible browser. The emulator integrates input handling and rendering pipelines optimized for web performance. It also serves as a technical showcase of WebAssembly’s capabilities for high-performance applications. Overall, N64Wasm bridges retro gaming and modern web platforms. -
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NanoBoyAdvance
A cycle-accurate Nintendo Game Boy Advance emulator
NanoBoyAdvance is a cycle-accurate Game Boy Advance emulator that prioritizes precision and correctness in replicating original hardware behavior. It is designed to emulate the GBA at a very low level, including CPU timing, DMA operations, graphics processing, and memory behavior, ensuring that even edge cases and obscure hardware quirks are faithfully reproduced. The emulator achieves extremely high compatibility, passing multiple hardware test suites and accurately running games that rely on precise timing conditions. In addition to accuracy, it introduces enhancements such as a high-quality audio mixer that improves sound output without altering internal emulation behavior. The project also includes modern usability features like save states, controller remapping, and support for loading ROMs from compressed archives. -
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Unicorn Engine
Unicorn CPU emulator framework (ARM, AArch64, M68K, Mips, Sparc
Unicorn is a lightweight multi-platform, multi-architecture CPU emulator framework. Highlight features. Multi-architectures: ARM, ARM64 (ARMv8), m68k, MIPS, PowerPC, RISC-V, S390x (SystemZ), SPARC, TriCore & x86 (include x86_64). Clean/simple/lightweight/intuitive architecture-neutral API. Implemented in pure C language, with bindings for Pharo, Crystal, Clojure, Visual Basic, Perl, Rust, Haskell, Ruby, Python, Java, Go, D, Lua, JavaScript, .NET, Delphi/Pascal & MSVC available. Native support for Windows & *nix (with macOS, Linux, Android, *BSD & Solaris confirmed). High performance by using the Just-In-Time compiler technique. Support fine-grained instrumentation at various levels. Thread-safe by design. Distributed under free software license GPLv2. Another significant change on this version is the addition of some new APIs to allow better control on how the core engine works. -
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DGen
Portable Sega Genesis/Mega Drive emulator.
DGen is a free, open source and portable emulator for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive systems. -
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This project consist in a portable image of Ubuntu that could run in Windows as a native win32 application. You could execute Linux applications and integrate it in your Windows desktop. This system can be bringing in any removable device such as pendriv
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AndroidSDK
Full-fledged Android SDK Docker Image
AndroidSDK is a Docker-based development environment that provides a complete, portable Android SDK setup for building, testing, and deploying Android applications in a consistent and reproducible way. Instead of installing and configuring the Android SDK locally, developers can run a preconfigured container that includes essential tools such as the SDK, build tools, Gradle, and Kotlin compiler. This approach solves common issues related to environment inconsistency, such as dependency conflicts or differences between developer machines and CI pipelines. The project emphasizes minimalism and flexibility by shipping only a base SDK image, allowing developers to mount their own SDK components and customize installations as needed. It is particularly useful in continuous integration workflows, where deterministic builds and clean environments are critical. -
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Coffee GB
Gameboy emulator in Java 8
Coffee GB is a Gameboy Color emulator written in Java 8. It's meant to be a development exercise. More info can be found in the blog post. First I implemented all the Gameboy CPU opcodes. It’s not exactly the Z80, but it’s pretty close. As a reference, I’ve used the GameBoy CPU Manual - later on I discovered that it has a few typos and is not specific enough for some of the operations. After implementing the opcodes and memory (modelled by an int[] array) I was eager to check whether it’s possible to run some code on it. I had neither the cartridge nor the GPU emulation yet, so even the simplest game wouldn’t be an option. However, when the original Gameboy starts, it executes a simple 256-bytes program, a kind of firmware displaying the Nintendo logo and self-testing the system. That was exactly the thing I was looking for - after just 3 days I had an application running the Gameboy code! -
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floci
Light, fluffy, and always free, the AWS Local Emulator alternative
Floci is a free, open-source local AWS emulator designed as a lightweight alternative for testing cloud applications without using a real AWS account. It is built around a simple Docker-based workflow where developers can start the emulator and point standard AWS tools at a local endpoint. The project emphasizes no accounts, no authentication gates, no paid feature tiers, and broad local service coverage. It supports many AWS-style services, including storage, queues, databases, identity, compute, streaming, deployment, and infrastructure-related APIs. Floci is useful for development teams that want faster feedback loops, cheaper local testing, and repeatable integration environments. It also includes compatibility testing, multi-account isolation, persistence modes, SDK integration, and migration guidance for teams coming from other local cloud emulators. -
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retro-go
Retro emulation for the ODROID-GO and other ESP32 devices
retro-go is a lightweight, embedded-focused emulator frontend and launcher designed specifically for microcontroller-based handheld devices, particularly those built on ESP32 hardware. It integrates multiple classic console emulators into a single unified interface, enabling portable retro gaming on low-power devices with limited memory and processing capabilities. The project emphasizes efficiency and optimization, adapting emulation cores to run within the strict constraints of embedded systems. It includes a simple user interface for browsing ROMs, launching games, and managing system settings directly on the device. retro-go supports several classic platforms such as NES, Game Boy, and other early consoles, depending on available builds and hardware capabilities. Its design makes it ideal for DIY handheld consoles and hobbyist hardware projects, where minimal resource usage is critical. -
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uCON64 is a tool to backup all kinds of video games. It supports almost every available backup unit for cartridge-based consoles and performs many other tasks like ROM hacking.
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pfeMAME
Python front end for MAME that can run in Linux, Windows, and MacOS
pfeMAME is a front end for the Multiple Arcade Game Emulator (MAME) written in (wx)Python. It is cross platform (tested on Linux (Ubuntu), Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), and MacOS. ). It also includes a graphical Tile View designed for MAME cabinets which allows control using joystick / gamepad. It supports favourite game flagging, MESS systems, Software Lists (for systems), per-rom input mapping, and launching of other emulation engines. pfeMAME was written by Gareth Finch and the development project started in 2014 . The goal was to create a MAME front end that was simple, as easy as possible to get into, and had some good documentation. It doesn't provide access to every single MAME option, but pretty much all of the relevant ones you will use from day-to-day. You are free to distribute pfeMAME and modify its source as you wish, however pfeMAME is not to be sold or repackaged for commercial sale. -
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PC-BASIC - a GW-BASIC emulator
A free, cross-platform emulator for GW-BASIC, PCjr & Tandy BASIC
PC-BASIC is a free, cross-platform interpreter for GW-BASIC, BASICA, PCjr Cartridge Basic and Tandy 1000 GWBASIC. -- This page is an archive and hosts the legacy version 1.2 of PC-BASIC only. -- For documentation and the latest releases, please see the official homepage: www.pc-basic.org Four source code, discussions and to report bugs please see the GitHub project page https://github.com/robhagemans/pcbasic -
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IKVM.NET is a JVM for the Microsoft .NET Framework and Mono. It can both dynamically run Java classes and can be used to convert Java jars into .NET assemblies. It also includes a port of the OpenJDK class libraries to .NET.
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Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows users that can bring you to the Linux world with a single click. The website has moved to http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/windows-installer, where you can find the latest release.
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Agat Emulator
Apple 2 and Agat 7/9 emulator
Apple ][ and Agat 7/9 software simulation program for Win32/Linux.
