touchHLE/touchHLE

High-level emulator for early iOS apps. This repo is used for issues, releases and CI. Submit patches at: https://review.gerrithub.io/admin/repos/touchHLE/touchHLE

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1.6 Steady Magnitude out of 10 — how fast interest is growing, not a quality score. Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 2, 2026, 13:20 UTC.

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About the project

A high-level emulator for early iOS apps (iPhone OS 2.x–4.0.x), written in Rust. Instead of emulating hardware, it reimplements system frameworks (Foundation, UIKit, OpenGL ES, OpenAL) to run old games on modern desktops and Android.

Useful for

Run an old iOS game on Windows or macOS without old hardware
Check a specific .ipa's compatibility in the touchHLE app database
Build the emulator from source for Linux or Apple Silicon

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Why it’s trending

1 star so far today, about 3 expected by the end of the day.
GitHub Trending Rust today: #9, +8 stars.
Recent forks include notable developers: @StephenDev0 (345 followers).

Stars per day

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

Numbers

Total stars: 3,956
Today: 1 · ≈ 3 by evening
Forks: 340
Issues and pull requests: 529
Watchers: 65
Language: Rust
License: MPL-2.0
Latest release: v0.3.0 · October 1, 2026
Created: December 1, 2022
Last push: October 1, 2026

Star trust

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

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October 2, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #9, +8 stars

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