Azahar
Azahar is an open-source 3DS emulator project based on Citra. It was created from the merging of PabloMK7's Citra fork and the Lime3DS project, both of which emerged shortly after Citra was taken down. The goal of this project is to be the de-facto platform for future development.
Last Release:
2120-1 / 23-03-2025
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Below are the minimum requirements:
Desktop
Operating System: Windows 10 (64-bit), MacOS 13 (Ventura), or modern 64-bit Linux
CPU: x86-64 (64-bit) CPU. Single core performance higher than 1,800 on Passmark
GPU: OpenGL 4.3 or Vulkan 1.1 support
Memory: 2GB of RAM. 4GB is recommended
Android
Operating System: Android 9.0+
CPU: Snapdragon 835 SoC or better
GPU: OpenGL ES 3.2 or Vulkan 1.1 support
Memory: 2GB of RAM. 4GB is recommended
Citra
Citra is an open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator/debugger written in C++ which is currently able to run quite a few homebrew and commercial games, albeit very few can reach full speed on existing hardware and most titles have issues. There's also available as a libretro core.
It does not natively run dumps of games that have not been decrypted properly (unless you have dumped your own system keys). This requires a physical 3DS and the game you own. Refer to:
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CITRA DEVELOPMENT has been HALTED due to Nintendo as such WORTHY ALTERNATIVES
Last Release:
2104 / 04-03-2024
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Windows: 7+ 64-bit
Linux: Ubuntu 64-bit
Mac: 10.13 (High Sierra)+
Android: 64-bit Android 8+ & Snapdragon 835+
GPU: OpenGL 3.3 support+
OpenGL ES 3.2+ (Android)
Note that many games also require certain files to be dumped from a 3DS console. See below for information about files that can be dumped from a 3DS console and used by Citra: