Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to mGBA

Product categories

DS Emulators Emulators Games Gaming Gaming Software Gaming Tools Group Chat & Notifications Media Player Online Games Operating Systems

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to mGBA are DeSmuME, melonDS, and Citra. 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.

DeSmuME Landing Page
1

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
melonDS Landing Page
2

melonDS

A Nintendo DS emulator with support for commercial games.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Gaming Tools #Emulators 32 social mentions
Citra Landing Page
3

Citra

Citra is a work-in-progress emulator for the Nintendo 3DS.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 57 social mentions
OpenEmu Landing Page
4

OpenEmu

Console and Arcade video game emulator for macOS.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Gaming Tools #Emulators 91 social mentions
Dolphin Emulator Landing Page
5

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
Snes9x Landing Page
6

Snes9x

Snes9x is a portable, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools
PCSX2 Landing Page
7

PCSX2

PCSX2 a Playstation 2 emulator for android, Linux and Mac
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 112 social mentions
Mame Landing Page
8

Mame

MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Gaming Tools #Emulators 14 social mentions
Play! PS2 Emulator Landing Page
9

PPS

Play! PS2 Emulator

Play! is an attempt at creating an emulator for the PlayStation 2 console on the Win32 platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Group Chat & Notifications 27 social mentions
RPCS3 Landing Page
10

RPCS3

RPCS3 is an open-source Sony PlayStation 3 emulator for Windows and Linux written in C++.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 109 social mentions
Cemu Landing Page
11

Cemu

Highly experimental software to emulate Wii U applications on PC.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 39 social mentions
xenia.jp
12

Xenia.jp

Xenia is an experimental Xbox 360 emulator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 26 social mentions