# 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.

- Type: Project
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/fearkov/zakuro>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/fearkov/zakuro/blob/c856685cc867bc6d4ac0f765844ca037ae735941/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/zakuro/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/zakuro/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/zakuro/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/fearkov/zakuro/blob/c856685cc867bc6d4ac0f765844ca037ae735941/README.md>

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