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skylersaleh/SkyEmu

Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and DS Emulator observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu · homepage · C · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

76/100

  • Activity 89
  • Release rhythm 46
  • Longevity 100
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: 144
  • age_days: 1931
  • days_rel: 202
  • days_push: 68
  • n_releases_24m: 2

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1243 stars · 97 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

SkyEmu is a low-level, cross-platform emulator for Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS systems, focused on accuracy and usability. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, iOS, Android, and the web, and includes debugging tools, save states, rewind, and cheat code support.

Use cases

  • play gameboy advance games on pc
  • emulate nintendo ds roms
  • run gameboy color games in browser
  • debug gba homebrew with memory viewer
  • rewind and fast-forward retro games
  • use action replay cheat codes in emulator
  • emulate games on android or ios

When to choose

  • you need accurate GBA emulation across desktop and mobile platforms
  • you want a web-based (wasm) retro emulator
  • you need debugging tools like CPU, MMIO, and memory viewers for emulation development
  • you want save states, rewind, and cheat support in one emulator

When to avoid

  • you need cycle-accurate DS emulation for demanding titles (DS support is beta quality)
  • you only want a lightweight frontend for existing emulator cores
  • you need emulation of consoles beyond GB/GBC/GBA/DS

Facets

application · maturity active

game-engine simulation gui developer-tools gaming-tools cross-platform developer-tools windows bsd wasm cross-platform emulator gameboy-advance nintendo-ds retro-gaming low-level-emulation save-states debugger cheat-codes macos linux android ios

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
skylersaleh/SkyEmumain76

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="skylersaleh/SkyEmu")

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