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Humpheh/goboy

Multi-platform Nintendo Game Boy Color emulator written in Go observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Humpheh/goboy · homepage · Go · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

56/100

  • Activity 74
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3300
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 156
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2638 stars · 119 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

GoBoy is a multi-platform Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in Go, with colour and sound support. It was built primarily as a development exercise and includes debugging features like opcode tracing and sound channel toggling.

Use cases

  • play gameboy roms on my computer
  • emulate game boy color games on mac
  • learn how a gameboy emulator works
  • step through cpu opcodes of a gameboy emulator
  • run zelda.gb from the command line

When to choose

  • you want to play most Game Boy (and some Game Boy Color) games on macOS, Windows, or Linux
  • you want to study or contribute to an emulator written in Go
  • you need debugging aids like opcode printing and step-through execution

When to avoid

  • you need high-accuracy emulation of all Game Boy Color games
  • you want save states, netplay, or other modern emulator features
  • you need a actively developed emulator rather than a work-in-progress project

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

game-engine graphics audio-processing developer-tools cli gaming-tools simulation cross-platform developer-tools windows go cli cross-platform emulator gameboy gameboy-color retro-gaming opengl debugging-tools macos linux desktop

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
Humpheh/goboymain56

For agents

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