Apps with 'Emulation' feature

All apps in Apps with 'Emulation' feature category. Use the filters below to narrow down your search. 
  1. Wine icon
     690 likes

    Wine is a free, open source application for running Windows software on operating systems that are normally not supported. With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would in Windows.

    40 Wine alternatives
    Wine screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    Wine screenshot 1
    Wine screenshot 2
    +1
    Wine screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Run Windows software
    2.  Emulation
  2. RetroArch icon
     274 likes

    RetroArch is a graphical frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players.

    151 RetroArch alternatives
    Main view

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • iPad
    • OpenPandora
    • Steam
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
    Online updater
    Screen keyboard
    +6
    Playlist

    RetroArch Features

    1.  Multi System Emulator
    2.  Multiplatform
    3.  Emulation
    4.  Controller Support
    5.  Modular System
    6.  Gameboy emulation
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Variety
    9.  Rewind button
    10.  Portable
  3. WinCDEmu icon
     522 likes

    WinCDEmu is an open-source CD/DVD/BD emulator - a tool that allows you to mount optical disc images by simply clicking on them in Windows Explorer. If you have downloaded an ISO image and want to use it without burning it to a blank disc, WinCDEmu is the easiest way to do it.

    39 WinCDEmu alternatives
    WinCDEmu screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    WinCDEmu screenshot 1
    WinCDEmu screenshot 2
    +14
    "Select drive letter & mount"-Dialog

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Mounting ISO
    2.  Mounting drives
    3.  Emulation
    4.  Virtual Disk
    5.  Portable
    6.  CD Burner
    7.  Multiple languages
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 4.1, released on September 29, 2015, can be still downloaded from GitHub

  4. QEMU icon
     274 likes

    QEMU (short for "Quick EMUlator") is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor that performs hardware virtualization.

    47 QEMU alternatives
    QEMU  with the free OS ReactOS

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Hardware Configuration of a VMware machine
    Harddisk based on a VMware vmdk-file
    +1
    Advanced settings of a vmdk-machine

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Support for scripting
    4.  Container Virtualization
    5.  GPU Acceleration
    6.  Emulation
    7.  User mode emulation
  5. Proton icon
     97 likes

    Proton is a tool for use with the Steam client which allows games which are exclusive to Windows to run on Linux kernel operating system. It uses Wine to facilitate this.

    38 Proton alternatives
    Proton screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Steam

    Proton Features

    1.  Run Windows software
    2.  Run Windows Games
    3.  Emulation
  6. PCSX2 icon
     163 likes

    PCSX2 is a PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows, Linux & Mac, started by the same team that brought you PCSX (a Sony PlayStation 1 emulator).

    5 PCSX2 alternatives
    PCSX2 screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Playstation
    3.  Emulation
  7. KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) icon
     111 likes

    KVM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V). It consists of a loadable kernel module, kvm.

    46 KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) alternatives
    KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Linux-based
    2.  Nt kernel
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Portable
    5.  Container Virtualization
    6.  Emulation
  8. DuckStation icon
     36 likes

    DuckStation is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation(TM) console, focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability.

    8 DuckStation alternatives
    DuckStation screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub

    DuckStation Features

    1.  Emulation
  9. Ruffle icon
     35 likes

    Ruffle is a Flash Player emulator written in Rust. Ruffle runs natively on all modern operating systems as a standalone application, and on all modern browsers through the use of WebAssembly. Leveraging the safety of the modern browser sandbox and the memory safety guarantees of...

    8 Ruffle alternatives
    Ruffle screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Emulation
    2.  Based on Flash Player
    3.  Built-in Adobe Flash Player
  10. VisualBoyAdvance icon
     155 likes

    VisualBoyAdvance (VBA) is a free software (GNU GPL) emulator targeted for the Game Boy, Super Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

    33 VisualBoyAdvance alternatives
    VisualBoyAdvance screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS

    VisualBoyAdvance Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Emulation
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.8.0 beta 3, released in October 2005, can be still downloaded from FileHippo

  11. Lime3DS icon
     8 likes

    Fork of a popular, open-source 3DS emulator, supporting Windows, Linux, Android, and macOS with active maintenance. Perfect for game emulation.

    10 Lime3DS alternatives
    Lime3DS screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Lime3DS screenshot 1
    Lime3DS screenshot 2
    +2
    Lime3DS screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Emulation
  12. ZSNES icon
     197 likes

    ZSNES is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator. Aside from emulation accuracy, many interface features first introduced in ZSNES have been adopted by other emulators. ZSNES interface features include: Smoothing and dynamic image scaling; screenshot capture; state...

    34 ZSNES alternatives
    ZSNES screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    ZSNES Features

    1.  Emulation
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.51, released in January 2007, can be still downloaded from the official website.

  13. Lemuroid icon
     24 likes

    Lemuroid is an open-source emulation project based on Libretro. It's completely free, without ads and focused on ease of use and good user experience.

    16 Lemuroid alternatives
    Lemuroid screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Lemuroid screenshot 1
    Lemuroid screenshot 2
    +1
    Lemuroid screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Playstation
    2.  Gameboy emulation
    3.  Emulation
    4.  Dark Mode
  14. PowerISO icon
     163 likes

    PowerISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert ISO files, and mount these files with internal virtual drive. It can process almost all CD-ROM image files including ISO and BIN.

    58 PowerISO alternatives
    PowerISO screenshot 1

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  ISO Editing
    3.  Convert Img to ISO
    4.  Emulation
    5.  Virtual Disk
    Bundleware

    The installer contains ads. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

  15. UTM icon
     19 likes

    UTM is a full featured system emulator and virtual machine host for iOS and macOS. It is based off of QEMU. In short, it allows you to run Windows, Linux, and more on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

    53 UTM alternatives
    UTM screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Multi System Emulator
    2.  Emulation
    3.  Container Virtualization