Statistics for topic emulation

RepositoryStats tracks 643,405 Github repositories, of these 292 are tagged with the emulation topic. The most common primary language for repositories using this topic is C++ (63). Other languages include: C (54),  Python (41),  Rust (29),  C# (19),  JavaScript (12)

Stargazers over time for topic emulation

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Most starred repositories for topic emulation (view more)

utmapp
UTM utmapp
1.4k
29.0k
apache-2.0
363
Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
vm ios utm qemu apple macos emulation jailbreak virtual-machines
Created 2019-04-12
3,506 commits to main branch, last one 18 days ago
shadps4-emu
shadPS4 shadps4-emu
1.3k
22.0k
gpl-2.0
166
PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS written in C++
cpp ps4 sdl3 cpp20 imgui linux macos vulkan windows emulator emulation playstation4
Created 2022-10-24
2,885 commits to main branch, last one a day ago
kholia
OSX-KVM kholia
1.9k
21.6k
unknown
499
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.
kvm osx qemu macos bigsur ventura monterey qemu-kvm emulation hackintosh macos-mojave virtualization macos-installer kernel-debugging bigsur-hackintosh sonoma-hackintosh ventura-hackintosh catalina-hackinotsh monterey-hackintosh
Created 2015-11-06
40 commits to master branch, last one 8 days ago
RPCS3
rpcs3 RPCS3
2.0k
16.8k
gpl-2.0
602
PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger
c cpp ps3 llvm opengl vulkan emulator emulation hacktoberfest multiplatform assembly-language
Created 2012-11-03
17,829 commits to master branch, last one 12 hours ago
OpenEmu
OpenEmu OpenEmu
1.3k
16.5k
unknown
414
🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS
macos openemu emulator emulation objective-c retrogaming
Created 2010-12-20
7,405 commits to master branch, last one about a year ago
dolphin-emu
dolphin dolphin-emu
2.8k
13.6k
other
477
Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.
cpp wii emulator gamecube emulation
Created 2013-07-22
43,502 commits to master branch, last one a day ago

Trending repositories for topic emulation (view more)

Last 3 days (new repositories)
no newly created repositories trending in the last 3 days
Last 3 days (absolute gain)
utmapp
utmapp/UTM

Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

29,047 (+54)
apache-2.0
shadps4-emu
shadps4-emu/shadPS4

PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS written in C++

21,965 (+38)
gpl-2.0
dboland
dboland/minc

MinC Is Not Cygwin

97 (+37)
bsd-3-clause
rommapp
rommapp/romm

A beautiful, powerful, self-hosted rom manager and player.

3,597 (+21)
agpl-3.0
dolphin-emu
dolphin-emu/dolphin

Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.

13,646 (+13)
Last 3 days (relative gain)
dboland
dboland/minc

MinC Is Not Cygwin

97 (+62%)
bsd-3-clause
pydrofoil
pydrofoil/pydrofoil

A fast RISC-V emulator based on the RISC-V Sail model, and an experimental ARM one

71 (+6%)
mit
JPShag
JPShag/PCILEECH-DMA-FW-Guide-2.0

The last Pcileech DMA CFW guide you will ever need. Sponsored by DMAPolice.com

237 (+2%)
gopher64
gopher64/gopher64

N64 emulator written in Rust

252 (+0.8%)
gpl-3.0
Quackster
Quackster/Havana

A server created in Java designed to revive Habbo Hotel v31 from the 2009 era.

136 (+0.7%)
gpl-3.0
Last week (new repositories)
no newly created repositories trending in the last week
Last week (absolute gain)
shadps4-emu
shadps4-emu/shadPS4

PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS written in C++

21,965 (+174)
gpl-2.0
utmapp
utmapp/UTM

Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

29,047 (+121)
apache-2.0
rommapp
rommapp/romm

A beautiful, powerful, self-hosted rom manager and player.

3,597 (+39)
agpl-3.0
dboland
dboland/minc

MinC Is Not Cygwin

97 (+37)
bsd-3-clause
dolphin-emu
dolphin-emu/dolphin

Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.

13,646 (+31)
Last week (relative gain)
dboland
dboland/minc

MinC Is Not Cygwin

97 (+62%)
bsd-3-clause
ergo720
ergo720/nboxkrnl

Original xbox kernel re-implementation

35 (+25%)
gpl-2.0
pydrofoil
pydrofoil/pydrofoil

A fast RISC-V emulator based on the RISC-V Sail model, and an experimental ARM one

71 (+6%)
mit
Preliy
Preliy/Flange

Unity package for industrial robots simulation

80 (+4%)
bsd-3-clause
JPShag
JPShag/PCILEECH-DMA-FW-Guide-2.0

The last Pcileech DMA CFW guide you will ever need. Sponsored by DMAPolice.com

237 (+3%)
Last month (new repositories)
no newly created repositories trending in the last month
Last month (absolute gain)
shadps4-emu
shadps4-emu/shadPS4

PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS written in C++

21,965 (+2,502)
gpl-2.0
utmapp
utmapp/UTM

Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

29,047 (+403)
apache-2.0
EmberEmu
EmberEmu/Hexi

Header-only, lightweight C++ library for binary streaming & serialization. Network data handling made easy peasy!

274 (+260)
apache-2.0
RPCS3
RPCS3/rpcs3

PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger

16,771 (+231)
gpl-2.0
rommapp
rommapp/romm

A beautiful, powerful, self-hosted rom manager and player.

3,597 (+189)
agpl-3.0
Last month (relative gain)
EmberEmu
EmberEmu/Hexi

Header-only, lightweight C++ library for binary streaming & serialization. Network data handling made easy peasy!

274 (+1,857%)
apache-2.0
ergo720
ergo720/nboxkrnl

Original xbox kernel re-implementation

35 (+67%)
gpl-2.0
dboland
dboland/minc

MinC Is Not Cygwin

97 (+62%)
bsd-3-clause
Preliy
Preliy/Flange

Unity package for industrial robots simulation

80 (+27%)
bsd-3-clause
pydrofoil
pydrofoil/pydrofoil

A fast RISC-V emulator based on the RISC-V Sail model, and an experimental ARM one

71 (+25%)
mit
Last 12-months (new repositories)
xenia-manager
xenia-manager/xenia-manager

Xenia Manager is a tool that tries to make using Xenia Emulator easier.

530
bsd-3-clause
EmberEmu
EmberEmu/Hexi

Header-only, lightweight C++ library for binary streaming & serialization. Network data handling made easy peasy!

274
apache-2.0
JPShag
JPShag/PCILEECH-DMA-FW-Guide-2.0

The last Pcileech DMA CFW guide you will ever need. Sponsored by DMAPolice.com

237
h311d1n3r
h311d1n3r/Arion

A high-performance C++ framework for emulating executable binaries

90
mit
Preliy
Preliy/Flange

Unity package for industrial robots simulation

80
bsd-3-clause
Last 12-months (absolute gain)
shadps4-emu
shadps4-emu/shadPS4

PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS written in C++

21,965 (+21,637)
gpl-2.0
utmapp
utmapp/UTM

Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

29,047 (+4,874)
apache-2.0
kholia
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.

21,559 (+3,222)
PCSX2
PCSX2/pcsx2

PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator

12,856 (+2,534)
gpl-3.0
rommapp
rommapp/romm

A beautiful, powerful, self-hosted rom manager and player.

3,597 (+2,413)
agpl-3.0
Last 12-months (relative gain)
shadps4-emu
shadps4-emu/shadPS4

PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS written in C++

21,965 (+6,597%)
gpl-2.0
mandarine3ds
mandarine3ds/mandarine

A Citra fork with new features and hacks which are experimental and may not be present upstream

617 (+3,756%)
gpl-2.0
skx
skx/cpmulator

Z80-based CP/M emulator, in golang. Happily runs Zork, Microsoft BASIC, Turbo Pascal, Wordstar, etc.

112 (+2,700%)
mit
WinDurango
WinDurango/WinDurango

The world's first Xbox One compatibility layer for Windows.

915 (+1,246%)
gpl-3.0
decrazyo
decrazyo/nes86

x86 emulation on the NES

213 (+1,083%)
gpl-3.0