software and system emulators
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Pulled from real Hacker News comment threads on this niche's launches.
Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▼ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moongate | HN | 287 | 2026-03-06 |
| X86CSS | HN | 275 | 2026-02-24 |
| MLBB-waydroid-LinuxCloudMLBB | GITHUB | 197 | 2026-09-28 |
| The Virtual OS Museum | PH | 196 | 2026-06-08 |
| RetroTick | HN | 195 | 2026-02-27 |
| NotProton | GITHUB | 133 | 2026-09-23 |
| Inferno-iOS | GITHUB | 116 | 2026-09-10 |
| Winpodx | HN | 98 | 2026-05-01 |
| WebBase-III | HN | 96 | 2026-06-24 |
| Microsoft Office running with Wine on Linux with no virtualization | HN | 94 | 2026-09-17 |
| Refract | GITHUB | 82 | 2026-09-27 |
| Tesla_OS_On_QEMU | GITHUB | 69 | 2026-09-22 |
| Siniulator | GITHUB | 52 | 2026-09-17 |
| I built a RISC-V emulator that runs DOOM | HN | 50 | 2026-05-03 |
| ppcosxkvm | GITHUB | 49 | 2026-09-27 |
| HyperOS-AVD | GITHUB | 44 | 2026-10-01 |
| LoongArch Userspace Emulator | HN | 43 | 2025-12-24 |
| maclator | GITHUB | 42 | 2026-09-30 |
| Hiraeth | HN | 40 | 2026-04-16 |
| af-emulator | GITHUB | 37 | 2026-09-22 |
| MacOBlox | GITHUB | 37 | 2026-09-23 |
| AEmulator | GITHUB | 35 | 2026-09-24 |
| emu | GITHUB | 34 | 2026-09-25 |
| macos-on-ios-public | GITHUB | 31 | 2026-10-08 |
| I built an Android OS in the browser | HN | 28 | 2026-05-30 |
| wehavephones | GITHUB | 26 | 2026-10-09 |
| z7-qemu | GITHUB | 24 | 2026-10-09 |
| FPGA soft-core of the Saab Viggen's 1963 airborne computer | HN | 22 | 2026-03-20 |
| router-emulator | GITHUB | 22 | 2026-10-06 |
| cdj-nxs2-qemu | GITHUB | 20 | 2026-09-24 |
| Fun things to do with your VM/370 machine | HN | 20 | 2026-01-11 |
| M68k assembly emulator that runs in the browser | HN | 19 | 2026-03-17 |
| playport | GITHUB | 18 | 2026-10-01 |
| nix-riscv | GITHUB | 17 | 2026-09-14 |
| GridlessSekai6 | GITHUB | 17 | 2026-09-29 |
| frank-386-waveshare-pi-zero | GITHUB | 16 | 2026-09-13 |
| wphone.dev | GITHUB | 15 | 2026-10-02 |
| Windows 98½ | HN | 14 | 2026-02-14 |
| Ruffle-Flash-PS5 | GITHUB | 14 | 2026-10-02 |
| WayDroid_Patches | GITHUB | 12 | 2026-09-30 |
| Fathom | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-09-14 |
| universe | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-09-30 |
| digiemu | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-09-24 |
| z9-qemu | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-10-10 |
| UE2-C64U-Emulator | GITHUB | 10 | 2026-09-14 |
| WiNspire | GITHUB | 10 | 2026-09-20 |
| passportsim | GITHUB | 10 | 2026-09-29 |
| Emacs-riscv | HN | 10 | 2026-01-05 |
| PowerBridge | GITHUB | 10 | 2026-10-09 |
| hidane | PH | 10 | 2026-10-13 |