stenzek/duckstation

Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64/RV64

Games & graphicsC++#playstation#psx#emulator#opengl#jit-compiler

1.2 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

About the project

Sony PlayStation 1 emulator with a JIT recompiler and hardware renderers (D3D11/12, OpenGL, Vulkan, Metal), focused on speed and game compatibility. Requires your own BIOS and disc images.

Useful for

Run a PS1 game with upscaling and texture filtering on a low-end PC
Configure a gamepad and use save states with rewind and runahead
Enable RetroAchievements and auto-apply PPF patches for games

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

Why it’s trending

3 stars so far today, about 4 expected by the end of the day.

Stars per day

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

Numbers

Total stars: 10,716
Stars in a day: 4
Forks: 969
Issues and pull requests: 1,778
Watchers: 182
Language: C++
Latest release: preview · September 18, 2026
Created: September 9, 2019
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 15, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #18, +9 stars
September 14, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #17, +9 stars

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