Repositories list

• ludo

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  libretro/ludo’s past year of commit activity
  A libretro frontend written in golang

  golanguiopengl+ 8

  golanguiopenglglfwemulationbindingsopenalretrogaminglibretrolibretro-api+ 1

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  GNU General Public License v3.0

  •7474 forks•685685 stars•4646 issues•1111 pull requests•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 2026

• stella2014-libretro

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  libretro/stella2014-libretro’s past year of commit activity
  Port of Stella to libretro.

  C++

  •4141 forks•2727 stars•1818 issues•11 pull request•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 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•8787 pull requests•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 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•22 pull requests•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 2026

• blueMSX-libretro

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  libretro/blueMSX-libretro’s past year of commit activity
  Port of blueMSX to the libretro API.

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  Other

  •8282 forks•5252 stars•6262 issues•11 pull request•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 2026

• libretro-prboom

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  libretro/libretro-prboom’s past year of commit activity
  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

  •5555 forks•7575 stars•3333 issues•11 pull request•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 2026

• common-shaders

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  libretro/common-shaders’s past year of commit activity
  Collection of commonly used Cg shaders. These shaders are usable by either HLSL and/or Cg runtime compilers. The cg2glsl script will translate most of these int…

  C

  •256256 forks•1.1k1.1k stars•3636 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 2026

• gambatte-libretro

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  libretro/gambatte-libretro’s past year of commit activity
  Hard fork of Gambatte to the libretro API.

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •9696 forks•118118 stars•3535 issues•33 pull requests•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 2026

• libretro-lutro

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  libretro/libretro-lutro’s past year of commit activity
  An experimental lua game framework for libretro following the LÖVE API

  lualove2dgame-framework+ 1

  lualove2dgame-frameworklibretro

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  MIT License

  •5050 forks•186186 stars•2828 issues•33 pull requests•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 2026

• libretro-vecx

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  libretro/libretro-vecx’s past year of commit activity
  Port of Vecx to the libretro API.

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  GNU General Public License v3.0

  •6262 forks•1818 stars•33 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 2026

• beetle-pce-libretro

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  libretro/beetle-pce-libretro’s past year of commit activity
  Standalone hard fork of Mednafen PCE to libretro

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •3333 forks•2828 stars•1515 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 2026

• ludo.libretro.com

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  libretro/ludo.libretro.com’s past year of commit activity
  Website of Ludo

  HTML

  •66 forks•00 stars•00 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 2026

• FBNeo

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

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  Other

  •451451 forks•287287 stars•22 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 2026

• LudOS

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  Just enough OS for libretro using the Ludo frontend on a LibreELEC 9.2 base

  raspberry-piemulationlinux-distribution+ 5

  raspberry-piemulationlinux-distributionretrogaminglibretroludolibreelecembedded-linux

  Makefile

  •55 forks•5252 stars•1111 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 11, 2026Apr 11, 2026

• slang-shaders

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  libretro/slang-shaders’s past year of commit activity
  Slang

  •131131 forks•414414 stars•2525 issues•33 pull requests•Updated Apr 10, 2026Apr 10, 2026

• libretro-2048

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  libretro/libretro-2048’s past year of commit activity
  Port of 2048 puzzle game to the libretro API. http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/

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  The Unlicense

  •3535 forks•1919 stars•55 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Apr 10, 2026Apr 10, 2026

• beetle-psx-libretro

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  libretro/beetle-psx-libretro’s past year of commit activity
  Standalone port/fork of Mednafen PSX to the Libretro API.

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •148148 forks•333333 stars•267267 issues•88 pull requests•Updated Apr 10, 2026Apr 10, 2026

• vitaquake2

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  libretro/vitaquake2’s past year of commit activity
  Quake II port for Libretro.

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  GNU General Public License v2.0

  •2929 forks•55 stars•66 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 10, 2026Apr 10, 2026

• libretro-gme

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  libretro/libretro-gme’s past year of commit activity
  Port of blargg's Game_Music_Emu library

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  GNU General Public License v3.0

  •2020 forks•1212 stars•44 issues•11 pull request•Updated Apr 10, 2026Apr 10, 2026

• yabause

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  libretro/yabause’s past year of commit activity
  Yabause/YabaSanshiro/Kronos libretro ports (Sega Saturn emulators).

  C

  •224224 forks•3838 stars•77 issues•44 pull requests•Updated Apr 10, 2026Apr 10, 2026

• libretro-pocketcdg

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  libretro/libretro-pocketcdg’s past year of commit activity
  PocketCDG libretro port

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  MIT License

  •1818 forks•77 stars•22 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Apr 10, 2026Apr 10, 2026

• ecwolf

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  libretro/ecwolf’s past year of commit activity
  Libretro port of ECWolf

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  •2626 forks•2323 stars•99 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Apr 10, 2026Apr 10, 2026

• opera-libretro

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  libretro/opera-libretro’s past year of commit activity
  Port of 4DO/libfreedo to libretro.

  C

  •4949 forks•7676 stars•5656 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Apr 10, 2026Apr 10, 2026

• swanstation

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  libretro/swanstation’s past year of commit activity
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  GNU General Public License v3.0

  •4141 forks•286286 stars•6565 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 10, 2026Apr 10, 2026

• vbam-libretro

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  libretro/vbam-libretro’s past year of commit activity
  A fork of VBA-M with libretro integration

  C++

  •3131 forks•3232 stars•1010 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Apr 10, 2026Apr 10, 2026

• nxengine-libretro

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  Port of NxEngine to the libretro API. NXEngine is a Cave Story game engine clone

  C

  •9292 forks•8484 stars•2020 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Apr 9, 2026Apr 9, 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•108108 stars•2222 issues•11 pull request•Updated Apr 9, 2026Apr 9, 2026

• retroarch-assets

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  libretro/retroarch-assets’s past year of commit activity
  Assets needed for RetroArch - e.g. menu drivers, etc. Also contains the official branding.

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  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

  •164164 forks•210210 stars•2424 issues•44 pull requests•Updated Apr 9, 2026Apr 9, 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.

  C

  •8989 forks•168168 stars•3030 issues•55 pull requests•Updated Apr 9, 2026Apr 9, 2026

• geolith-libretro

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  libretro/geolith-libretro’s past year of commit activity
  Highly accurate Neo Geo AES, MVS, CD, and CDZ emulator

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  BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License

  •1010 forks•2323 stars•33 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 9, 2026Apr 9, 2026