ROM managers

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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 3.7.2 Scales to support massive collections, in-app DAT downloads with DatVault for Patreon supporters, Linux support with mono, very active development and Discord.
Clrmamepro 4.049 Well established, features and functions are MAME centric, but still easy usable with another systems.
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 0.4.6 A centralized game library/collection management service with a focus on emulation.
igir 3.0.1 ~[N 1] Command line only. Integrates well into custom workflows.
oxyromon 0.19.0 TBD
EzRO v1.22 ~[N 2] 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 0.4.6 A centralized game library/collection management service with a focus on emulation.
Docker
RomM 3.6.0-rc.1
Gaseous 1.7.7
  1. Command line program - does not have a graphical interface.
  2. Strictly predefined for use with the No-Intro database.

Misc

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