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Lakka

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Lakka is the official Linux distribution of RetroArch and the libretro ecosystem. Each game system is implemented as a libretro core, while the frontend RetroArch takes care of inputs and display.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application types

Country of Origin

  • FR flagFrance
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Cubieboard
  • HummingBoard
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Nintendo Switch  Installation instructions in [https://lakka-switch.github.io/documentation](https://lakka-switch.github.io/documentation)
  • Odroid
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Properties

  1.  Gaming-focused

Features

  1.  Emulation
  2.  Linux-based

 Tags

  • retro-gaming
  • retroarch

Lakka News & Activities

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    Laz added Lakka as alternative to ES-DE
    about 2 months ago
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    Laz added Lakka as alternative to RetroDECK
    about 2 months ago
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    MCQ333 added Lakka as alternative to Attract-Mode
    3 months ago
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    Korwin added Lakka as alternative to Spectral
    3 months ago
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    YangKyle1024 added Lakka as alternative to Salient OS
    4 months ago
  • Korwin reviewed Lakka  
    8 months ago

    Despite the fact that the description of the application contains the phrase "Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution", on its official website you can choose Windows-pockage. However, in the next step you will have to choose the hardware on which the emulator will be installed, and there is no desktop in the list, but only Raspberry, Capcom Home Arcade, Nintendo Switch, Odroid, Anbernic and similar devices.

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    braky added Lakka as alternative to Regata OS
    9 months ago
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    Maoholguin added Lakka as alternative to Antstream Arcade
    10 months ago
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Lakka information

  • Developed by

    FR flaglibretro
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3
  • Alternatives

    30 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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OS & UtilitiesGaming Software

GitHub repository

  •  1,858 Stars
  •  293 Forks
  •  30 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 3, 2025 
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Lakka, and it has gotten 33 likes

Lakka was added to AlternativeTo by swetoast on Mar 10, 2015 and this page was last updated Jul 22, 2020. Lakka is sometimes referred to as Lakka OS.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Malaz YI
Nov 15, 2018
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Don't throw your old computer! You can revive it with this great distribution! it runs smoothly on older hardware, and works almost flawlessly as it's supposed to (despite being in Beta under heavy development). Including lots of retro consoles emulators will satisfy most tastes. I just wish they could include more modern emulators like ones for the ps2/ps3.

Top Negative Comment
Korwin
Nov 1, 2024
0

Despite the fact that the description of the application contains the phrase "Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution", on its official website you can choose Windows-pockage. However, in the next step you will have to choose the hardware on which the emulator will be installed, and there is no desktop in the list, but only Raspberry, Capcom Home Arcade, Nintendo Switch, Odroid, Anbernic and similar devices.

What is Lakka?

Lakka is the official Linux distribution of RetroArch icon RetroArch and the libretro ecosystem. Each game system is implemented as a libretro core, while the frontend RetroArch takes care of inputs and display.

Powerful

Built on top of the famous RetroArch emulator, Lakka is able to emulate a large range of hardware and has some usefull features such as Braid-like rewinding, joypad hotplug and video streaming.

User friendly

Lakka is easy to setup and use. Once installed to your SD card, you just have to put your rom on the card, plug your joypad and enjoy your favorite old games.

Low cost

The hardware required to run Lakka cost only $35. We also support PS3 and XBox360 controllers so you don't have to buy new ones. The power can be supplied by any micro USB adapter like the one of your smartphone.

Open source

Our code is free as in freedom and hosted on Github. We accept external contributions, and we do our best to integrate our own patches into upstream projects.

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