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dolphin-emu/dolphin

Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin · homepage · C++ · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

77/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4790
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 8
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

15445 stars · 3227 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Dolphin is a GameCube and Wii emulator that lets users play console games on PC with enhancements like higher resolutions. It is a mature open-source C++ project licensed under GPLv2+.

Use cases

  • play GameCube games on PC
  • play Wii games on PC
  • upscale console games to HD
  • use controllers with GameCube/Wii games
  • save states for console games
  • emulate Wii motion controls

When to choose

  • you want to play GameCube or Wii titles on desktop or Android with graphical improvements
  • you need save states, controller support, and upscaling for these consoles

When to avoid

  • you need to emulate other consoles like PS2 or Switch
  • your hardware lacks SSE2 or OpenGL ES 3.0 support

Facets

application · maturity active

simulation graphics gui gaming-tools cross-platform windows cpp emulator gamecube wii emulation linux macos android

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
dolphin-emu/dolphinmain77

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="dolphin-emu/dolphin")

Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem