Folium Alternatives

Folium is described as 'Beautifully designed, high performing multi-system emulator that allows you to play video games from retro consoles and handhelds, currently including cores for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Folium for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Folium alternative is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Folium are Lemuroid, VisualBoyAdvance, Delta Emulator and mGBA.

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Folium alternatives page was last updated May 13, 2025
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  1. melonDS icon
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    A Nintendo DS emulator with support for commercial games.

    13 melonDS alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Android

    Properties

    1.  Optimal performance

    Features

    1.  Portable

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  2. Mandarine icon
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    This fork is just Citra with tweaks/additions which should result in better performance than the original Citra Feel free to download this build and test it, if you run into any bugs please open an issue on GitHub or contact me on the Discord /...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android

    Mandarine Features

    1.  Emulation

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  3. Panda3DS icon
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    Panda3DS is an HLE, red-panda-themed Nintendo 3DS emulator written in C++ which started out as a fun project out of curiosity, but evolved into something that can sort of play games!

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android

    Panda3DS Features

    1.  C++
    2.  Emulation

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  4. No$GBA icon
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    NO$GBA is a Nintendo DS emulator for Microsoft Windows. It is capable of running commercial and homebrew Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS games, such as Pokémon Diamond which the latest version is able to run at full speed with no graphical glitches.

    29 No$GBA alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    No$GBA Features

    1.  NDS support
    2.  Remote Debugging
    3.  Gameboy emulation

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  5. Mikage icon
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    Mikage is a Nintendo 3DS emulator made to replicate an authentic console experience on PC and Android. Mikage is an early stage of development, but it fully emulates the HOME Menu and can play many commercial games already.

    10 Mikage alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android

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    • Mikage is the most popular commercial alternative to Folium.

    • Mikage is Paid and Open SourceFolium is also Paid and Open Source
  6. SkyEmu icon
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    SkyEmu is a low level GameBoy, GameBoy Color and Game Boy Advance emulator. Its primary focus is to provide a good user experience through a good mixture of tradeoffs of accuracy, performance, features and usability.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone

    SkyEmu Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Controller Support

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  7.  1 like
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    3DS Emulator Prototype.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

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    The CD-i emulator program (cdiemu) provides a fairly complete emulation of the hardware of an actual physical CD-i player.

    15 CD-i Emulator alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    CD-i Emulator Features

    1.  Emulation

    CD-i Emulator VS Folium

     
  9. Citra MMJ icon
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    Citra is an experimental open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator/debugger written in C++. It is written with portability in mind, with builds actively maintained for Windows, Linux and macOS.

    12 Citra MMJ alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android

    Citra MMJ Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Emulation

    Citra MMJ VS Folium

     
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    A Nintendo 3DS Emulator, It's very simple and is only capable of running homebrews. It currently supports:

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    hasn't had a release in 3 years, no signs of development

    TronDS Features

    1.  Portable

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  11. iNDS icon
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    iNDS is a derivation of the previous Nintendo DS apps for iOS, nds4ios and Nitrogen. The iNDS Team release of iNDS is a fork of the original iNDS emulator by William Cobb. iNDS Team aims to create a version that is driven by support from the community, adding trusted...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • AltStore

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  12. iDeaS icon
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    iDeaS is a plugin-based Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS emulator for Microsoft Windows and Linux, using the GTK+ toolkit.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    last update: February 12, 2012

    iDeaS VS Folium

     
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