Repositories list

• virtualjaguar-libretro

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  libretro/virtualjaguar-libretro’s past year of commit activity
  Hard fork of Virtual Jaguar (abandoned project) to Libretro

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  GNU General Public License v3.0

  •4444 forks•3434 stars•77 issues•11 pull request•Updated May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

• RetroArch

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  libretro/RetroArch’s past year of commit activity
  Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API. Licensed GPLv3.

  cretroarchlibretro

  cretroarchlibretro

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  GNU General Public License v3.0

  •2.1k2.1k forks•13k13k stars•2.9k2.9k issues•9090 pull requests•Updated May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

• slang-shaders

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  Slang

  •133133 forks•428428 stars•2525 issues•44 pull requests•Updated May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

• scummvm

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  ScummVM main repository

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  GNU General Public License v3.0

  •1.3k1.3k forks•99 stars•77 issues•00 pull requests•Updated May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

• snes9x2010

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  libretro/snes9x2010’s past year of commit activity
  Snes9x 2010. Port of Snes9x 1.52+ to Libretro (previously called SNES9x Next). Rewritten in C and several optimizations and speedhacks.

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  Other

  •7575 forks•109109 stars•2222 issues•11 pull request•Updated May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

• FBNeo

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  libretro/FBNeo’s past year of commit activity
  FBNeo - We are Team FBNeo.

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  Other

  •456456 forks•291291 stars•11 issue•00 pull requests•Updated May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

• libretro-fceumm

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  libretro/libretro-fceumm’s past year of commit activity
  FCEUmm libretro port.

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •131131 forks•146146 stars•3939 issues•00 pull requests•Updated May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

• libretro-prboom

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  Port of prboom to libretro - plays Doom, Doom II, Final Doom and other Doom IWAD mods.

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •5656 forks•7575 stars•3333 issues•11 pull request•Updated May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

• tyrquake

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  libretro/tyrquake’s past year of commit activity
  Libretro port of Tyrquake (Quake 1 engine)

  quakequake-engine

  quakequake-engine

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •5151 forks•4646 stars•1919 issues•11 pull request•Updated May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

• libretro-database

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  libretro/libretro-database’s past year of commit activity
  Repository containing cheatcode files, content data files, etc.

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  Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International

  •850850 forks•1.3k1.3k stars•107107 issues•33 pull requests•Updated May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

• libretro-common

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  libretro/libretro-common’s past year of commit activity
  Reusable coding blocks useful for libretro core and frontend development, written primarily in C. Permissively licensed.

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  •9090 forks•169169 stars•3030 issues•55 pull requests•Updated May 3, 2026May 3, 2026

• desmume

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  libretro/desmume’s past year of commit activity
  DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •630630 forks•3535 stars•4545 issues•11 pull request•Updated May 3, 2026May 3, 2026

• Lakka-LibreELEC

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  libretro/Lakka-LibreELEC’s past year of commit activity
  Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown game console.

  linuxraspberry-pipackages+ 7

  linuxraspberry-pipackagesemulationosembedded-systemsretroarchlibretrolibreelecretro-gaming

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  •309309 forks•2k2k stars•4747 issues•66 pull requests•Updated May 3, 2026May 3, 2026

• glsl-shaders

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  This repo is for glsl shaders converted by hand from libretro's common-shaders repo, since some don't play nicely with the cg2glsl script.

  GLSL

  •246246 forks•1.2k1.2k stars•2727 issues•22 pull requests•Updated May 3, 2026May 3, 2026

• libretro-chailove

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  :heart: 2D Game Framework with ChaiScript

  libretrochaiscriptchailove

  libretrochaiscriptchailove

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  MIT License

  •2323 forks•7676 stars•3131 issues•22 pull requests•Updated May 2, 2026May 2, 2026

• mame2003-plus-libretro

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  Updated 2018 version of MAME (0.78) for libretro. with added game support plus many fixes and improvements

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  •132132 forks•241241 stars•3636 issues•00 pull requests•Updated May 2, 2026May 2, 2026

• ludo

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  A libretro frontend written in golang

  golanguiopengl+ 8

  golanguiopenglglfwemulationbindingsopenalretrogaminglibretrolibretro-api+ 1

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  GNU General Public License v3.0

  •7373 forks•696696 stars•4747 issues•1111 pull requests•Updated May 2, 2026May 2, 2026

• ps2

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  GNU General Public License v3.0

  •2121 forks•6363 stars•5959 issues•11 pull request•Updated May 1, 2026May 1, 2026

• libretro-super

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  Super repo for other libretro projects. Fetches, builds and installs.

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  MIT License

  •317317 forks•459459 stars•7474 issues•22 pull requests•Updated May 1, 2026May 1, 2026

• docs

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  This is a repo of the RetroArch official document page.

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  MIT License

  •806806 forks•328328 stars•4545 issues•99 pull requests•Updated May 1, 2026May 1, 2026

• Genesis-Plus-GX

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  An enhanced port of Genesis Plus - accurate & portable Sega 8/16 bit emulator

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  •255255 forks•9292 stars•6262 issues•11 pull request•Updated May 1, 2026May 1, 2026

• beetle-pce-fast-libretro

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  Standalone fork of Mednafen PCE Fast to libretro

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •5959 forks•3232 stars•3232 issues•11 pull request•Updated May 1, 2026May 1, 2026

• gambatte-libretro

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  Hard fork of Gambatte to the libretro API.

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •9696 forks•120120 stars•3636 issues•33 pull requests•Updated May 1, 2026May 1, 2026

• beetle-psx-libretro

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  Standalone port/fork of Mednafen PSX to the Libretro API.

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •148148 forks•332332 stars•267267 issues•77 pull requests•Updated May 1, 2026May 1, 2026

• libretro-uae

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  PUAE libretro

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •6767 forks•157157 stars•2929 issues•00 pull requests•Updated May 1, 2026May 1, 2026

• flycast

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  note: this repository is deprecated, the official libretro core is built from the upstream repository at https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •353353 forks•161161 stars•292292 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Apr 30, 2026Apr 30, 2026

• TIC-80

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  TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.

  MIT License

  •604604 forks•77 stars•00 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 29, 2026Apr 29, 2026

• pcsx_rearmed

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  ARM optimized PCSX fork

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •241241 forks•184184 stars•1010 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 25, 2026Apr 25, 2026

• vice-libretro

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  Versatile Commodore 8-bit Emulator

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •7878 forks•5454 stars•99 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 23, 2026Apr 23, 2026

• mame

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  MAME - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator

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  •2.4k2.4k forks•8989 stars•4343 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 23, 2026Apr 23, 2026