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{{Infobox
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{{Infobox software
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|title        = EmulationStation
|first = 3/8/15
|logo          = EmulationStation.png
|second = Yes
|logowidth    =  
|third = Windows, Linux
|developer    = Alec Lofquist,<br />Nils Bonenberger,<br />[https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/graphs/contributors contributors]
|fourth = Alec Lofquist, Nils Bonenberger
|version      = {{Version|EmulationStation Desktop Edition}} <small>(Desktop Edition)</small>
|fifth = http://www.emulationstation.org/
|active        = Yes <small>(RetroPie fork)</small>
|sixth = https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation
|platform      = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]], [[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]
|architecture  = x86, ARM
|type          = Launcher
|website      = [http://emulationstation.org/ emulationstation.org]
|prog-lang    = {{Proglang|C++}}
|support      =
|license      = {{License|MIT}}
|source        = [https://github.com/Retropie/EmulationStation GitHub <small>(RetroPie fork)</small>]<br />[https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation GitHub <small>(original source)</small>]
|issuetracker        = [https://github.com/Retropie/EmulationStation/issues GitHub <small>(RetroPie fork)</small>]<br />[https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation/issues GitHub <small>(original source)</small>]
}}
}}


EmulationStation is a graphical launcher for various emulators.  
'''EmulationStation''' is a graphical and themeable [[Frontends|launcher]] for various emulators. It can import custom themes to use, but it doesn't have a large community so there is not an abundance of these. Comes with a metadata scraper. It is a great front end if you use a controller and not keyboard and mouse, and thanks to some users on the [[RetroPie]] Forum, development has been picked up after the original developers left. Some new additions include support for video playback as well as custom carousels.


While commonly referred to as a frontend to emulators, it is not designed for this purpose, instead to simply launch a particular game on a particular emulator. A frontend handles the audio and video of the backend.
==Download==
{| cellpadding="4"
|-
|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big|Lin-big|macOS-big|LiA-big}}
|[https://www.es-de.org/#Download '''EmulationStation Desktop Edition''']<br /><small>An active fork of EmulationStation made for desktop use.</small>
|-
|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big|Lin-big|LinuxARM-big}}
|[https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/releases '''RetroPie fork Git''']<br /><small>Another active fork of EmulationStation</small>
|-
|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big}}
|[https://github.com/jrassa/EmulationStation/releases '''RetroPie fork Git Continuous Integration Builds''']<br><small>Windows Builds from the RetroPie EmulationStation fork.
|-
|colspan="3"|<hr/>
|-
|align=center|{{Icon|LinuxARM|Lin}}
|[https://retropie.org.uk/download/ RetroPie package]<br /><small>RetroPie for x86 Linux is only available Ubuntu (16.04 LTS or later) and Debian based distros.</small>
|-
|align=center|{{Icon|Win}}
|[https://github.com/fabricecaruso/batocera-emulationstation/releases Batocera fork]<br /><small>Another active fork, from [https://batocera.org/ Batocera.linux]</small>
|-
|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin|LinuxARM}}
|[https://emulationstation.org/#download Original version]<br /><small>Last updated 2015.</small>
|}


It is no more developped.
==List of forks==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
|-
!colspan="8"|x86
|-
|[https://www.es-de.org/ EmulationStation Desktop Edition]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://www.es-de.org/#Download {{EmulationStation Desktop EditionVer}}]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation RetroPie fork]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|LinuxARM}}
|[https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation 2.11.2]
|{{✓}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=ARM>These are mostly recommended for Linux ARM based devices such as RetroPie. For desktop EmulationStation Desktop Edition is the recommended solution.</ref>
|-
|[https://github.com/batocera-linux/batocera-emulationstation Batocera fork]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|LinuxARM}}
|[https://github.com/batocera-linux/batocera-emulationstation Git]
|{{✓}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=ARM></ref>
|-
|[https://github.com/AmberELEC/emulationstation AmberELEC fork]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|LinuxARM}}
|[https://github.com/AmberELEC/emulationstation Git]
|{{✓}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=ARM></ref>
|-
!colspan="8"|ARM
|-
|[https://www.es-de.org/ EmulationStation Desktop Edition]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://www.es-de.org/#Download {{EmulationStation Desktop EditionVer}}]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}}<ref group=N>Keep in mind that the Android release is a paid app, and it's partially closed-source.</ref>
|}


== Fork ==
<references group=N />
 
[[Category:software]]
* https://github.com/Herdinger/EmulationStation
[[Category:Windows software]]
 
[[Category:Linux software]]
[[Category:Tools]]
[[Category:Frontends]]
[[Category:Active software]]
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