Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to LaunchBox

Product categories

Emulators Game Managers Games Gaming Gaming Distribution Gaming Software Gaming Tools Linux Media Player Online Games Operating Systems Retro Games

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to LaunchBox are Playnite, Batocera.linux, and OpenEmu. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Playnite Landing Page
1

Playnite

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Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 286 social mentions
Batocera.linux Landing Page
2

Batocera.linux

Batocera.linux is an open-source and completely free retro-gaming distribution that can be copied to a USB stick or an SD card with the aim of turning any computer/nano computer into a gaming console during a game or permanently.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Gaming Tools #Gaming Distribution 41 social mentions
OpenEmu Landing Page
3

OpenEmu

Console and Arcade video game emulator for macOS.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Gaming Tools #Emulators 91 social mentions
Lutris Landing Page
4

Lutris

Lutris is an open source gaming platform for GNU/Linux.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Game Managers #Emulators 524 social mentions
Mame Landing Page
5

Mame

MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Gaming Tools #Emulators 14 social mentions
Dolphin Emulator Landing Page
6

Dolphin Emulator

Official website of Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator. Download the latest version (5. 0-5763) now or ask questions on our forums for help. Enter your search in the box aboveDownloadDownload the latest version of the Dolphin Emulator (5.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 150 social mentions
Lakka Landing Page
7

Lakka

Lakka is the official Linux distribution of RetroArch and the libretro ecosystem.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Gaming Tools #Emulators 5 social mentions
Snes9x Landing Page
8

Snes9x

Snes9x is a portable, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools
Cemu Landing Page
9

Cemu

Highly experimental software to emulate Wii U applications on PC.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 39 social mentions
Citra Landing Page
10

Citra

Citra is a work-in-progress emulator for the Nintendo 3DS.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 57 social mentions
DeSmuME Landing Page
11

DeSmuME

DeSmuME is a freeware emulator for the NDS roms & Nintendo DS Lite games created by YopYop156.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 32 social mentions
DOSBox Landing Page
12

DOSBox

DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Emulators #Games #Gaming 1 social mentions