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Zakuro

Zakuro is a high-level Nintendo 3DS emulator written in Rust. Instead of a JIT, it runs code recompiled ahead of time by 3dsrecomp. The README says tested games run at full speed that way, and below full speed on the interpreter alone. Releases exist for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 48
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

A source build needs Rust 1.95 or newer. The player supplies a decrypted ROM. Linux builds also need pkg-config and the ALSA and udev development files.
License: MIT.

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BibTeX

@misc{zakuro,
  title = {{Zakuro}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/fearkov/zakuro}},
  url = {https://github.com/fearkov/zakuro},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/zakuro/}}
}

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Zakuro. https://github.com/fearkov/zakuro (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/zakuro/

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README.md GitHub · fearkov/zakuro · Revision c856685