rommapp/romm

A beautiful, powerful, self-hosted ROM manager and player.

Games & graphicsPython#retrogaming#self-hosted#open-source#emulation#rommapp

1.6 Cooling Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

About the project

Self-hosted ROM collection manager: scans your library, enriches it with metadata from 10+ providers, syncs saves across devices, and lets you play in the browser via EmulatorJS.

Useful for

Deploy RomM in Docker and scan a local ROM folder
Play retro games directly in the browser without installing an emulator
Sync saves between PC, Android handheld and Steam Deck

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

8 stars so far today, about 10 expected by the end of the day.
Interest is fading: the two-day pace is 32% of the previous week and a half.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 13,099
Stars in a day: 10
Forks: 736
Issues and pull requests: 4,550
Watchers: 65
Language: Python
License: AGPL-3.0
Latest release: 5.3.0-alpha.3 · September 17, 2026
Created: March 8, 2023
Last push: September 18, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 16, 2026GitHub Trending Python today: #8, +92 stars
September 15, 2026GitHub Trending Python today: #8, +102 stars

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