DuckStation - PlayStation 1/PSX emulator

DuckStation is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation(TM) console, focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability

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CPU Recompiler/JIT (x86-64, armv7/AArch32 and AArch64);
Hardware (D3D11, D3D12, OpenGL, Vulkan) and software rendering;
Upscaling, texture filtering, and true colour (24-bit) in hardware renderers;
PGXP for geometry precision, texture correction, and depth buffer emulation;
Adaptive downsampling filter;
Post processing shader chains;
“Fast boot” for skipping BIOS splash/intro;
Save state support;
Windows, Linux, highly experimental macOS support;
Supports bin/cue images, raw bin/img files, MAME CHD, single-track ECM, MDS/MDF, and unencrypted PBP formats;
Direct booting of homebrew executables;
Direct loading of Portable Sound Format (psf) files;
Digital and analog controllers for input (rumble is forwarded to host);
Namco GunCon lightgun support (simulated with mouse);
NeGcon support;
Qt and NoGUI frontends for desktop;
Automatic updates for Windows builds;
Automatic content scanning – game titles/hashes are provided by redump.org;
Optional automatic switching of memory cards for each game;
Supports loading cheats from libretro or PCSXR format lists;
Memory card editor and save importer;
Emulated CPU overclocking;
Integrated and remote debugging;
Multitap controllers (up to 8 devices);
RetroAchievements;
Automatic loading/applying of PPF patches.

The game DuckStation is available for installation on Linux and Windows, as well as mobile applications for Android.

Installation method	OS
Flatpak	Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Arch Linux, Fedora, CentOS, KDE Neon, openSUSE, elementary OS, Manjaro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
AppImage	Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, elementaryOS, Linux Mint and others
Portable	Windows
Mobile apps	Android, iOS

*Ubuntu (GNOME), Kubuntu (KDE), Xubuntu (XFCE), Lubuntu (LXDE)

Install Game via Flatpak package

flatpak install flathub org.duckstation.DuckStation

Install Software via AppImage package

Install Game via Portable package on Windows

Version for Android

Language Interface:	English
Description version:	nightly
Developer:	Connor McLaughlin
Programming language:	C, C++
License:	GPL v3
Software website:	github.com/stenzek/duckstation