# skylersaleh/SkyEmu

Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and DS Emulator

Repository: https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/skyemu
Homepage: http://skyemu.app
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: gameboy-emulator, gameboy, emulator, gameboy-color, wasm, emulation, gameboy-advance, nintendo-ds
Last push: 2026-06-26T12:34:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 46, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1931, "days_push": 68, "days_rel": 202, "gap_med": 144, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1243, forks 97 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:06.713882+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: game-engine, simulation, gui, developer-tools
- domain: gaming-tools, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, bsd, wasm, cross-platform
- tags: emulator, gameboy-advance, nintendo-ds, retro-gaming, low-level-emulation, save-states, debugger, cheat-codes, macos, linux, android, ios

## Member repositories
- skylersaleh/SkyEmu (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.713882+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 2026-08-30T05:08:21.129916+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.713882+00:00, sha 992faf3e7415)
  - homepage: http://skyemu.app (fetched 2026-08-29T12:20:00.676533+00:00, sha 3edb9bfbd4b9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.