# Dolphin Emulator (open-source gaming app)

> Dolphin Emulator is a free, open-source gaming app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements. It has 15,624 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0-or-later license.

Dolphin is an emulator for running GameCube and Wii games on Windows, Linux, macOS, and recent Android devices. It's licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later (GPLv2+).

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 15,624 |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | C++ |
| Website | https://dolphin-emu.org |
| Official | yes (published by the project behind the app) |
| Category | Gaming & emulation |
| Latest release | none on GitHub |
| Last commit | Oct 8, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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