Vita3K is the world's first functional experimental open-source PlayStation Vita emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS.
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Open Source RetroArch Alternatives for Mac
There are many alternatives to RetroArch for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Mac alternative is PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to RetroArch and many of them are open source and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Mac alternatives to RetroArch are Lakka, VisualBoyAdvance, OpenEmu and Ludo.
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RetroArch alternatives are mainly Game Emulators, but if you're looking for Compatibility Layer Tools or Game Library Managers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, Windows, Linux and iPhone. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to RetroArch.
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5 Vita3K alternatives
49 Mythic alternativesAn open-source Epic Games Launcher alternative and normal game launcher for macOS written in Swift. We started this project to create a GUI frontend for Legendary and to play Windows games using game porting toolkit by Apple.
Pegasus is a graphical frontend for browsing your game library (especially retro games) and launching them from one place. It's focusing on customizability, cross platform support (including embedded devices) and high performance.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Raspberry Pi
53 Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES) alternativesAres, which apparently replaced higan, was formerly known as bsnes. The project was renamed after becoming a multi-system emulator.
ares is a multi-system emulator that began development on October 14th, 2004. It is a descendent of higan and bsnes, and focuses on accuracy and preservation.
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Phoenicis is a graphical front-end for Wine, a tool to help Linux and Mac users run games and programs for Windows. The future of PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac.
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melonDS vs RetroArch Comments
- melonDS is Free and Open Source
Genesis Plus GX is an open-source Sega 8/16 bit emulator focused on accuracy and portability. Initially ported and developped on Gamecube / Wii consoles through libogc / devkitPPC, this emulator is now available on many other platforms through various frontends such as:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Windows
- Android
- Mac
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- iPhone
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15 DBGL alternativesDBGL is a Java frontend for DOSBox, based largely upon the proven interface of D-Fend.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- DOSBox
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A front-end or user interface (UI) is the presentation and interaction layer of an app or website. Most modern emulator apps have basic game list UIs that you can interact with using a mouse/keyboard but not a game controller.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
![Dolphin (Wii, Gamecube, Virtual Console) [Linux, macOS, & Windows]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/309x197/jpeg/bottlenose_980398_full.png)
![Cemu (Wii U) [Windows & Linux* using Wine]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/309x197/jpeg/bottlenose_762210_full.png)
![Yuzu (Switch) [Linux & Windows]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/309x197/jpeg/bottlenose_785449_full.png)
+8![Citra (3DS) [Linux, macOS, & Windows]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/309x197/jpeg/bottlenose_509961_full.png)
FinalBurn Neo (FB Neo or FBN. Nee 'Alpha'.) is a source-available, multi-system emulator. Originally a multi-arcade emulator, it now additionally supports multiple home consoles and computers. It's also available as a libretro core. It's currently the only active FinalBurn fork.
This is Hangover, a project started by André Zwing and Stefan Dösinger in 2016 to run (x86_64)/x86_32 Windows applications on aarch64/(ppc64le)/x86_64 Wine. (Architectures in brackets are currently not supported).
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![Dolphin (Wii, Gamecube, Virtual Console) [Linux, macOS, & Windows]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/618x394/avif/bottlenose_980398_full.png)
![Cemu (Wii U) [Windows & Linux* using Wine]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/618x394/avif/bottlenose_762210_full.png)
![Yuzu (Switch) [Linux & Windows]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/618x394/avif/bottlenose_785449_full.png)
![Citra (3DS) [Linux, macOS, & Windows]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/618x394/avif/bottlenose_509961_full.png)
melonDS is an emulator, whereas RetroArch is a front-end for multiple emulators and the games using them.