# Emupedia/emupedia.github.io

The purpose of Emupedia is to serve as a nonprofit meta-resource, hub and community for those interested mainly in video game preservation which aims to digitally collect, archive and preserve games and software to make them available online accessible by a user-friendly UI that simulates several retro operating systems for educational purposes.

Repository: https://github.com/Emupedia/emupedia.github.io
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/emupediagithubio
Homepage: https://emupedia.net/beta/emuos
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: emupedia, emulation, emulator, win98, windows-desktop, dosbox, mame, emularity, win95, games, desktop, virtual, virtual-desktop, virtual-machine, dosgame, retrogaming, retrocomputing, preserve-games, video-games, js-dos
Last push: 2026-08-13T21:56:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3837, "days_push": 20, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1325, forks 217 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:22.504531+00:00)

## What it is
Emupedia is a nonprofit web-based platform that archives and preserves retro video games and software, making them playable in modern browsers through emulators like DOSBox, MAME, and Emularity. It presents this content through a user-friendly UI that simulates retro operating systems such as Windows 95/98 for educational purposes.

## Use cases
- play classic DOS and retro games directly in a web browser
- preserve and access abandonware and freeware games online
- explore a simulated Windows 95/98 desktop environment for educational purposes
- archive and digitize old games and software no longer in production
- run legacy software through browser-based emulation without installing anything
- learn about computer history through an interactive retro OS interface

## When to choose
- you want to play or preserve retro/abandonware games in a browser without local installation
- you need an educational tool demonstrating vintage operating systems and computing history
- you are looking for a community hub focused on video game preservation

## When to avoid
- you need to emulate modern or copyrighted commercial games legally unavailable for preservation
- you require a native desktop emulator with full hardware access rather than a browser-based experience
- you need a production-ready, fully polished product as the project is still under active development

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: game, simulation, gui, web-scraping
- domain: gaming-tools, entertainment, education, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: emulation, retrogaming, game-preservation, virtual-desktop, dosbox, mame, win95, win98, abandonware, browser-based-emulator, preservation, web, javascript

## Member repositories
- Emupedia/emupedia.github.io (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.504531+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:46:25.281668+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Emupedia/emupedia.github.io (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.504531+00:00, sha ee3db60c45b3)
  - homepage: https://emupedia.net/beta/emuos (fetched 2026-08-29T12:05:47.053644+00:00, sha ed6a3812bd25)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.