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    VirtualBox

    VirtualBox

    Virtualization software for x86_64 hardware

    VirtualBox is a powerful open-source full virtualization software that allows a user to run one or more “guest” operating systems simultaneously inside “virtual machines” on a single physical “host” machine. It supports a wide variety of host platforms (Linux, Windows, macOS, Solaris, etc.) and guest OSes, enabling, for example, running Linux on a Windows PC, running Windows Server on a Linux host, or even legacy OSes in a controlled environment. This flexibility makes VirtualBox ideal for developers, testers, sysadmins, or hobbyists who need different OS environments, want to test software across systems, or need isolation for development, sandboxing, or security experiments. ...
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    Windows 95 in Electron

    Windows 95 in Electron

    Windows 95 in Electron. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows

    windows95 in Electron is a quirky, nostalgia-driven project that ports a complete emulation of Microsoft Windows 95 into a desktop application that runs on modern operating systems like Windows, macOS, and Linux. It essentially wraps an emulator — preconfigured to boot Windows 95 — inside a user-friendly app built with web technologies so developers and hobbyists can explore the look and feel of that classic OS without needing legacy hardware or complicated setup. Users can interact with familiar UI elements like the Start menu, File Explorer, and retro applications in a sandboxed environment that evokes early personal computing. ...
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    86Box

    86Box

    Emulator of x86-based machines based on PCem

    ...Lots of supported peripherals including video adapters, sound cards, network adapters, hard disk controllers, and SCSI adapters. MIDI output to Windows built-in MIDI support, FluidSynth, or emulated Roland synthesizers. Supports running MS-DOS, older Windows versions, OS/2, many Linux distributions, or vintage systems such as BeOS or NEXTSTEP, and applications for these systems.
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    The Bitdefender disassembler

    The Bitdefender disassembler

    bddisasm is a fast, lightweight, x86/x64 instruction decoder

    The Bitdefender disassembler is a highly optimized, lightweight x86/x64 instruction decoder designed for security, reverse engineering, and low-level systems analysis. It focuses on decoding machine instructions with high precision while providing detailed metadata about each instruction, including operands, access modes, CPU flags, and feature requirements. Unlike many disassemblers, bddisasm is built with zero dynamic memory allocation and no external dependencies, making it extremely...
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    Unicorn Engine

    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. ...
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    Lakka

    Lakka

    Linux distribution that transforms a computers into game consoles

    Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full-blown emulation console. Built on top of the famous RetroArch emulator, Lakka is able to emulate a large range of hardware and has some useful features such as Braid-like rewinding, joypad hotplug, and video streaming. Lakka is easy to set up and use. Once installed on your SD card, you just have to put your ROM on the card, plug your joypad, and enjoy your favorite old games.
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    Qiling

    Qiling

    Qiling Advanced Binary Emulation Framework

    Cross-platform and multi-arch ultra lightweight emulator. Supported OS: Linux, MacOS, Windows, FreeBSD, DOS and UEFI. Support Arch: x86(16/32/64), ARM(64) MIPS, EVM and WASM. It also support Linux Kernel Module(.ko) , Windows Driver(.sys) and MacOS Kernel(.kext) via Demigod. Binary instrumentation and API are Qiling Framework's main focus and priority. It is designed for reverse engineers - thus there is no need to rebuild another sand boxing tool.
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    retro-go

    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...
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    mGBA

    mGBA

    mGBA Game Boy Advance Emulator

    mGBA is a high-performance, open-source emulator designed to accurately replicate the behavior of the Game Boy Advance hardware while maintaining fast execution across a wide range of devices. The project was created with the goal of improving both accuracy and speed compared to earlier emulators, achieving a balance that allows games to run reliably even on lower-end systems. It supports not only Game Boy Advance titles but also Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, making it a versatile...
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    CEmu emulator

    CEmu emulator

    Third-party TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE emulator

    ...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. ...
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    SimpleNES

    SimpleNES

    An NES emulator in C++

    SimpleNES is a lightweight, educational Nintendo Entertainment System emulator written in C++ that focuses on demonstrating the core architecture and behavior of classic console emulation. It replicates the essential components of the NES, including CPU execution, graphics rendering, and audio playback, allowing users to run original .nes ROM files on modern systems. The project supports a subset of cartridge mappers, which means it can successfully run a significant portion of early NES...
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    Blinkenlights

    Blinkenlights

    Tiniest x86-64-linux emulator

    The Blinkenlights project is a high-performance terminal emulator designed to provide a fast and responsive command-line experience. It focuses on delivering low-latency interactions and efficient rendering, making it suitable for developers who rely heavily on terminal workflows. The project is built with performance optimization in mind, leveraging modern techniques to minimize overhead. It supports standard terminal features while also introducing enhancements that improve usability and...
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    floci

    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,...
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    Gameboy

    Gameboy

    Full featured Cross-platform GameBoy emulator by Rust

    Mohanson GameBoy is a minimalist Game Boy emulator project focused on clarity, experimentation, and educational value rather than full compatibility or performance optimization. It is designed as a clean implementation of the Game Boy architecture, typically written in a high-level language such as Python or Rust depending on the version, making it approachable for developers studying emulator design. The project emphasizes core components such as CPU instruction decoding, memory management,...
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    MiniStack

    MiniStack

    Ministack: Free, open-source local AWS emulator

    MiniStack is an open-source local AWS emulator designed as a lightweight, fully free alternative to tools like LocalStack, enabling developers to replicate cloud environments directly on their machines. It emulates over 35 AWS services through a single unified endpoint, allowing developers to test applications, infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines without needing real cloud resources. One of its defining characteristics is its use of “real infrastructure” where possible, meaning services like...
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    RISC-V sandboxing library

    RISC-V sandboxing library

    The fastest RISC-V sandbox

    RISC-V sandboxing library is a high-performance, ultra-low-latency RISC-V userspace emulator library written in modern C++, designed for embedding and sandboxing applications. Unlike full-system emulators, it focuses specifically on executing user-space programs, making it ideal for scenarios such as sandboxed execution, scripting engines, and high-performance server environments. The library is engineered to achieve extremely fast startup and execution times, with the ability to run large...
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    AWS Lambda Runtime Interface Emulator

    AWS Lambda Runtime Interface Emulator

    Proxy for Lambda’s Runtime and Extensions APIs

    The Lambda Runtime Interface Emulator is a proxy for Lambda’s Runtime and Extensions APIs, which allows customers to locally test their Lambda function packaged as a container image. It is a lightweight web-server that converts HTTP requests to JSON events and maintains functional parity with the Lambda Runtime API in the cloud. It allows you to locally test your functions using familiar tools such as cURL and the Docker CLI (when testing functions packaged as container images). It also...
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    VICE

    VICE

    Versatile Commodore Emulator

    VICE is an emulator collection which emulates the C64, the C64-DTV, the C128, the VIC20, practically all PET models, the PLUS4 and the CBM-II (aka C610). It runs on Unix, MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2, Acorn RISC OS, BeOS, QNX 6.x, Amiga, GP2X or Mac OS X machines.
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    Live Raizo - Linux for Virtual SysAdmin

    Live Raizo - Linux for Virtual SysAdmin

    Environment to experiment the system on simulated and real networks

    - Live Raizo is a linux distribution based on Debian 13 (Trixie) to experiment the system administration on simulated networks and real devices. - GNS3 is the gui used to manipulate the simulators/emulators of networks and systems like QEmu, Docker, Dynamips. - With this GNS3, you can clone as many times as you want the templates of virtual linux machines named "Debian" and "DDebian" that contain many network tools and services. - The prompt and the output of several linux commands are...
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    EKA2L1

    EKA2L1

    An experimental Symbian OS emulator

    Experimental Symbian OS emulator, written in C++ 17. The emulator currently emulates Symbian OS's EKA1 and EKA2 behavior, and reimplement most of its critical app servers. It can already boot many EKA1 and EKA2 apps. For more discussion and support, please visit our Discord server. Artifacts for Windows, OSX, Linux and Android are provided through Github Actions.
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    MacFCEU

    MacFCEU

    NES/Famicom emulator based on FCE Ultra.

    An updated Mac OS Classic/Carbon-specific port of FCE Ultra 0.98.13, the Nintendo Entertainment System/FamilyComputer emulator, and beyond.  This emulator is meant for older Macs, pre-OS X.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    JavaQemu

    JavaQemu was my GUI Front End project for QEMU, written in Java.

    JavaQemu is a graphical frontend for QEMU, developed in Java. It was designed to simplify the use of QEMU on Windows systems, providing a user-friendly interface on top of the command-line tool. ## Status This project is currently **archived** and no longer under active development. ## Compatibility JavaQemu was originally built for: * Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.7 / 1.8 and newer * Microsoft Windows ## Future Direction A new version of this concept may be...
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    Unreal Speccy portable

    Unreal Speccy portable

    Portable ZX-Spectrum emulator based on UnrealSpeccy 0.37.3 by SMT

    Portable ZX-Spectrum emulator supports Z80 128K (Pentagon) AY/YM, Beeper, Beta Disk, Tape, Kempston Joystick/Mouse, Snapshots, Replays. Supported formats: sna, z80, szx, rzx, tap, tzx, csw, trd, scl, fdi, zip. Created to be ported to many platforms such as Windows/Linux/Mac/Symbian/Dingoo A320/Android/iOS/PSP/Raspberry Pi, ...
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    Phoenix OS

    Phoenix OS

    An alternative way of running Android OS on a Windows system

    Phoenix OS is an Android emulator and operating system that allows you to run Android apps and games on your Windows desktop. It's a free, lightweight desktop environment that includes a taskbar, desktop icons, file management, and multi-window support. Phoenix OS is designed to provide a desktop-like experience on a larger screen. It supports both Intel and AMD processors, but it's more compatible with Intel processors.
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    Downloads: 468 This Week
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    OPENTHOS

    OPENTHOS

    Run Android and Linux applications side by side

    OpenThos is a free, open-source operating system (OS) based on Android-x86. It's designed to run Android and Linux applications side by side. OpenThos is unique because it was designed with security and privacy in mind. You can run OpenThos on your PC or laptop without installing it.
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