Cemu
A Wii U emulator with experimental macOS builds.GetMPL-2.0
DOSBox Staging
A modern DOS environment for running classic DOS games on a Mac.
GPL-2.0+ · Downloads from dosbox-staging.org
- License
- GPL-2.0-or-later
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- dosbox-staging
- Verified
- 2026
About DOSBox Staging
DOSBox Staging emulates the environment needed by many DOS games and applications. It adds ongoing improvements around compatibility, audio, display, and usability.
The application does not include commercial game data. The project provides a macOS disk image and documentation for configuring installed software.
Information
- Source code
- dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging
- License
- GPL-2.0-or-later
- Website
- dosbox-staging.org
- Download
- dosbox-staging.org
- Category
- Games
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging
- github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/blob/main/LICENSE
- www.dosbox-staging.org/download/macos/
- icon.png: DOSBox Staging contributors. GPL-2.0-or-later; project trademarks retained.
License and artwork notices
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