RomM
RomM is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Game Servers category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Python. It is a self-hosted alternative to Steam Link / GeForce Now and ships a Docker image. It has 14,051 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 14,051
- Forks
- 785
- Open issues
- 195
- Commits, last 12 months
- 6,146
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- 5.4.1Oct 22, 2026
- Created
- Mar 8, 2023
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 6,146 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases4 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 6,146 |
| Latest release | 5.4.1 (Oct 22, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 4 |
| Releases, all time | 214 |
| Open issues | 195 |
| Open pull requests | 50 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Mar 8, 2023 |
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About RomM
ROM manager for organizing, enriching, and playing retro games, with support for 400+ platforms.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/rommapp/romm.
Topics
- retrogaming
- self-hosted
- open-source
- emulation
- rommapp
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Is RomM free and open source?
Yes. RomM is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run RomM with Docker?
Yes. RomM provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to RomM?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to RomM include Sunshine, Pterodactyl and LinuxGSM. RomM itself is a self-hosted alternative to Steam Link / GeForce Now.
Is RomM actively maintained?
The most recent commit to RomM was on Oct 26, 2026 with 6,146 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 5.4.1, published Oct 22, 2026. It had 195 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.