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{{WIP}}'''bsnes''' is an open-source [[Super Nintendo emulators|Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom)]] emulator. It is also available as a [[Libretro]] core for [[RetroArch]].
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|logo = bsnes.png
|logowidth = 267
|screenshot = Bsnes screenshot.png|developer = [[Near]] <small>(formerly known as byuu)</small>, [https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes/blob/master/CREDITS.md contributors]|version = {{bsnesVerVersion|Bsnes}}
|active = Yes
|platform = [[Emulators on Windows, macOS, |Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, ]]<br/>[[libretroEmulators on macOS|macOS]]<br/>OpenBSD<br/>FreeBSD
|architecture =
|target = [[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]]
|compatibility = 100%
|accuracy = Cycle[https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/vy8cg7/ares_v129_has_been_released_crossplatform/ig4da06/ High]|website = [https://bsnes.dev/ bsnes.dev]
|prog-lang = C++
|license = GNU GPL v3
|source = [https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes GitHub (active)]<br>[https://github.com/byuu/bsnes GitHub (archive)]
}}
==Download==
|-
|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin|Mac|BSD}}
|'''[https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes/releases Nightly builds]'''<br/>|-|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin|Mac|BSD}}|'''[https://cirrus-ci.com/github/bsnes-emu/bsnes/master Nightly builds#2]'''<br/>
|}
{| cellpadding="4"
|colspan=3|<hr>
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin|Mac|BSD}}<br/>{{Icon|APK|NX|XboxOne|XboxSXS}}
|'''[https://www.retroarch.com/index.php?page=platforms RetroArch builds]'''<br/>
|}
==Overview==
bsnes is a subset project of [[higan]], and focuses on performance, features, and ease of use. It returns to the Qt GUI that it abandoned before its merger with higan and has a much faster multi-threaded PPU renderer, giving it the performance of the old bsnes-balanced core while retaining the accuracy of the bsnes-accurate core. It was originally developed by Near (formerly known as byuu) and is now maintained by the community. It is available under the GNU GPL version 3 or later.
==List of forks==
<div style="overflow-x:auto">{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:100%"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
!colspan="8"|PC / x86
|-
|[https://github.com/DerKoun/bsnes-hd bsnes-hd]<br/><small>bsnes_hd_beta_libretro</small>
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/>[https://github.com/DerKoun/bsnes-hd/releases {{bsnes-hdVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓~}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[https://tanalin.com/en/projects/bsnes-mt/ bsnes-mt]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://github.com/Marat-Tanalin/bsnes-mt/releases {{bsnes-mtVer}}]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓~}} ||{{✓~}}
|-
|[https://github.com/libretro/bsnes-mercury bsnes-mercury]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[https://github.com/awjackson/bsnes-classic bsnes-classic]<br/><small>[https://github.com/Themaister/bsnes-Qt forked bsnes Qt v073]</small>
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/awjackson/bsnes-classic Gitgit]
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|}
</div>
===Comparisons===
;bsnes-hd:
A newer fork of bsnes, first released in 2019 by DerKoun, that adds HD video features, such as:
* ''HD Mode 7'' – Rendering the rotated, scaled or pseudo perspective backgrounds at higher resolutions. This does not involve new custom imagery or upscaling algorithms. It is a higher resolution version of the process the SNES uses.
* ''Widescreen'' – Extending the scenes to the left and right, without distorting them. Works for most Mode 7 scenes, but also for some other scenes/games, after some setting tweaking.
A fork of bsnes v073 that aimed to backport emulation improvements from more current versions of higan while keeping the features of the older version's Qt GUI.
===Other Forksforks===
* [[BizHawk]]: bsnes v087 fork with added TAS features. Multi-system. Used for tool-assisted speedruns and has a debugger.
* [http://www.bannister.org/software/bsnes.htm bsnes macOS]: bsnes v068 fork for macOS. Discontinued.
==See also==
* [[higan]] - Near's [[multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]].
* [[byuu (emulator)|byuuares]] - Near's other [[multiMulti-system emulators|multi-system emulator]].* [[csnes]] - Near's commercial [[Super Nintendo emulators|Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] emulator.
==External links==
* [https://github.com/byuu/bsnes byuu's GitHub] - The old archived GitHub repository.
[[Category:Emulators]]
[[Category:Console emulators]]
[[Category:Home console emulators]]
[[Category:Super Nintendo emulators]]
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
[[Category:Linux emulation software]]
[[Category:macOS emulation software]]
[[Category:Super Nintendo emulatorsBSD emulation software]]
