# mmatyas/pegasus-frontend

A cross platform, customizable graphical frontend for launching emulators and managing your game collection.

Repository: https://github.com/mmatyas/pegasus-frontend
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pegasus-frontend
Homepage: http://pegasus-frontend.org
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: emulator, frontend, cross-platform, raspberry-pi, retrogaming, qml, games, customizable, hacktoberfest, qt5
Last push: 2026-08-24T17:43:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3412, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 697, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1880, forks 161 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:48.573001+00:00)

## What it is
Pegasus is a cross-platform graphical frontend for browsing a game library and launching emulators from a single interface. It emphasizes customizability via QML themes, hardware acceleration, and support for embedded devices like Raspberry Pi and Odroid.

## Use cases
- launch all my emulated games from one graphical menu
- build a retro gaming setup on a Raspberry Pi
- customize a game launcher UI with themes and shaders
- replace EmulationStation with a more customizable frontend
- show artwork and video previews for my retro game collection
- run a game launcher on Android or embedded Linux
- import EmulationStation gamelists and Steam games into one library

## When to choose
- you want a highly customizable, themeable emulator frontend
- you need cross-platform support including embedded boards like Raspberry Pi or Odroid
- you want EmulationStation metadata compatibility and Steam integration
- you need hardware-accelerated UI with gamepad support

## When to avoid
- you only need a single emulator and its built-in library view
- you want a zero-configuration plug-and-play retro distro frontend
- you need a lightweight terminal-based launcher

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, game, graphics, animation, theme
- domain: gaming-tools, cross-platform, desktop-applications, embedded-systems
- platform: windows, cross-platform, embedded
- tags: emulator-frontend, retrogaming, qml, qt5, game-launcher, raspberry-pi, emulationstation-compatible, themes, linux, macos, android, desktop

## Member repositories
- mmatyas/pegasus-frontend (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:48.573001+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 2026-08-30T03:14:00.963596+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mmatyas/pegasus-frontend (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:48.573001+00:00, sha 26c26c10d8a5)
  - homepage: http://pegasus-frontend.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:53:09.580234+00:00, sha c4a2e595f8ac)
  - site_page: https://pegasus-frontend.org/docs/user-guide/platform-linux (fetched 2026-08-29T10:53:09.591622+00:00, sha 8a6a8a2056bc)
  - site_page: https://pegasus-frontend.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:53:09.589819+00:00, sha bfcf9def8b23)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.