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Will use the old Clrmamepro until the new Clrmame will be ready |
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|{{ | |{{✗}}<ref group=N name=unrecommended>Now in hard WIP state, with the stump of the predecessor's functions.</ref> | ||
|style="text-align:left;"|Replacement for a Clrmamepro, whose development has been discontinued. | |style="text-align:left;"|Replacement for a Clrmamepro, whose development has been discontinued. | ||
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|[https://github.com/Mode8fx/EzRO-gui/releases v1.22] | |[https://github.com/Mode8fx/EzRO-gui/releases v1.22] | ||
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|{{~}}<ref group=N>Strictly predefined for use with the No-Intro database.</ref> | |{{~}}<ref group=N name=predefined>Strictly predefined for use with the No-Intro database.</ref> | ||
|style="text-align:left;"|Has GUI and lots of options. | |style="text-align:left;"|Has GUI and lots of options. | ||
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Revision as of 08:16, 16 September 2025
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ROM managers are quality-of-life tools designed to organize a game collection for use in an emulator. It often serves two purposes; it can view any game an emulator supports and list the ones that you have, and it may also be able to fix any potential problems with the collection (as some projects like MAME require the presence of all ROM files in order to run a driver). Some ROM managers may even work as a frontend, by being able to launch an emulator from their UI.
ROM Managers
| Name | Latest version | Active | Recommended | Noteworthy Callouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| x86 | ||||
| RomVault | 3.8.0 | ✓ | ✓ | Scales to support massive collections, in-app DAT downloads with DatVault for Patreon supporters, Linux support with mono, very active development and Discord. |
| Clrmamepro | 4.050 | ✗ | ✓ | Well established, features and functions are MAME centric, but still easy usable with another systems. Development stopped, replaced by Clrmame. |
| Clrmame | 0.4 | ✓ | ✗[N 1] | Replacement for a Clrmamepro, whose development has been discontinued. |
| JRomManager | 3.0.5 | ✓ | ✓ | Multi-threaded scanning and archive building. Features and functions are MAME centric, but still easy usable with another systems. In contrast to Clrmamepro, it allows to store ROMs without obligatory allocation to folders of the same name. |
| retrom | 0.8.4 | ✓ | ✓ | A centralized game library/collection management service with a focus on emulation. |
| igir | 5.5.0 | ✓ | ~[N 2] | Command line only. Integrates well into custom workflows. |
| oxyromon | 0.23.0 | ✓ | ~[N 2] | |
| EzRO | v1.22 | ✓ | ~[N 3] | Has GUI and lots of options. |
| ROMSorter | Release 6 | ~ | TBD | |
| ArcadeManager | 7.1 | ~ | TBD | |
| skeletonKey | git | ~ | TBD | |
| Romper | 0.0.2-alpha | ✗ | ✗ | MAME focused ROM manager to download and organize your ROMs. Very fast and easy to use. |
| Romcenter | 4.1.1 | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Romulus Rom Manager | 0.049 | ✗ | ✗ | |
| ARM | ||||
| retrom | 0.8.4 | ✓ | ✓ | A centralized game library/collection management service with a focus on emulation. |
| Docker | ||||
| RomM | 5.2.0 | ✓ | ✓ | A self-hosted web-based ROM collection manager and progress tracker with save management and partial in-browser emulation. Compatible API with several 3rd party applications such as Playnite, Tinfoil, and MuOS. |
| Gaseous | 1.7.14 | ✓ | ✓ | |