# UniPatcher (open-source game)

> UniPatcher is a free, open-source game for Android. Utility to apply patches to ROMs. It has 298 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

UniPatcher allows you to apply patches to game ROMs. What is a patch? A file with the modified data of the game. For example, a game translated from Japanese to English. You download the patch containing the translation. It must be applied to the Japanese version to make an English version of it. This program will not help you hack native Android games, it was created for the old console games (SNES, PS1, GBA, N64, SMD\Genesis etc.) Features: * Supported formats of patches: IPS, IPS32, UPS, BPS, APS (GBA), APS (N64), PPF, DPS, EBP, XDelta3 * Create XDelta patches * Fix the checksum in SMD\Genesis ROMs * Remove the SMC header from SNES ROMs How to use?

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/btimofeev/UniPatcher |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 298 |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/org.emunix.unipatcher/ (package org.emunix.unipatcher) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.emunix.unipatcher |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Games |
| Latest release | v0.18 (Sep 13, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 30, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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