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{{Infobox emulator
|title = higan
|logo = Higanlogo.png
|logowidth = 267
|developer = [[Near]] <small>(formerly known as byuu)</small>, [https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/blob/master/CREDITS.md contributors]
|version = {{higanVer}}
|active = Yes
|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]], [[Emulators on macOS|macOS]], [[Emulators on Linux|Linux]], OpenBSD, FreeBSD, [[libretro]]|target = [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]], [[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]], [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|GB]], [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|GBC]], [[Game Boy Advance emulators|GBA]], [[WonderSwan emulators|WS]], [[SG-1000 emulators|SG]], [[Master System emulators|SMS]], [[Master System emulators|GG]], [[Sega Genesis emulators|GEN]], [[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators|PCE]], [[Neo Geo Pocket emulators|NGP]], [[Neo Geo Pocket emulators|NGPC]], [[MSX emulators|MSX]], [[ColecoVision emulators|COL]] |compatibility = <small>100% for commercial SNES titles<br/>Some homebrew may have small defects</small>
|accuracy = System-dependent
|website = [https://higan.dev/ higan.dev]
|license = GNU GPLv3
|source = [https://github.com/higan-emu/higan GitHub (active)]<br>[https://github.com/byuu/higan Github (archive)]
}}
'''higan''' is an open-source, [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]].
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|'''[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases Stable builds]'''|}{| cellpadding="4"|colspan=3|<hr>|-|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin|Mac|BSD}}|'''[https://cirrus-ci.com/github/higan-emu/higan/master Nightly buildsOfficial releases]'''
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==Overview==
higan is a project that orginally separted originally separated from Nears provious Near's previous SNES emulator [[bsnes]] when he they started adding more system cores.
higan's bsnes and bgba cores are its most developed/accurate. The Nintendo 8-bit cores are very early in development, and are inferior to other existing emulators; alternatives include [[Gambatte]], [[BGB]], [[Mesen]], [[puNES]], and [[Nestopia]]. Bgba has made amazing strides from v095 on, getting very close to mGBA accuracy. higan also features a WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color core as of v098, which yields satisfactory results. The library-based GUI is not for everyone, though, and doesn't support drag and drop like a lot of other emulators do.
Near noticed that higan's UI is not for everybody and made a standalone version of [[bsnes]] that is developed in parallel with higan's SNES core and has a Qt UI that's just like the earlier versions. He They also worked on the new multi-system emulator [[byuu (emulator)|byuu]] that aims to combine higan with the ease of use of bsnes. For those that still aren't satisfied, [[RetroArch]] has its own libretro cores of higan and bsnes to use with its interface.
===Game folders===
higan is unique among emulators for introducing the concept of game folders. Game folders were about accurately representing the game cartridge and its metadata. Things like SRAM, cheats, input settings, emulator metadata get stored with the game.
==List of forks==
==See also==
* [[bsnes]] - Near's [[Super Nintendo emulators|Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom)]] emulator.
* [[byuu (emulator)|byuuares]] - Near's other [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]].* [[csnesbyuu (emulator)|byuu]] - Near's commercial Was a [[Super Nintendo Multi-system emulators|Super Nintendo Entertainment Systemmulti-system emulator]] emulatorby Near that was aimed to provide the accuracy of it's predecessor higan. It is now merged back into higan.
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