Alternatives to Retrom
A self-hosted game library manager and launcher built around emulation and retro game collections. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Retrom
A self-hosted game library manager and launcher built around emulation and retro game collections.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Retrom.
RomM
Self-hosted web ROM library with in-browser play.
RomM is open source under AGPL-3.0 and serves the library through a web interface with in-browser play and server save sync, using Docker and a database.
GameVault
A self-hosted gaming platform for storing and sharing your own DRM-free game collection.
GameVault is a freemium self-hosted platform for DRM-free PC collections with a native Windows client and web interface, with some features behind GameVault+.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Retrom as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Attract-Mode Plus
A customizable graphical frontend for browsing and launching command-line emulators and arcade games.
Retrom is an open-source, self-hosted library manager and launcher that shares one collection across several machines, but you must run and maintain your own server.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
LaunchBox
Windows game launcher and database with a couch-friendly Big Box mode.
ES-DE
Emulator front end with 150 systems preconfigured and a built-in scraper.
Pegasus Frontend
Lightweight, fully themeable launcher for emulators and game collections.
Playnite
A Windows game library manager that pulls Steam, Epic, GOG, Battle.net, Ubisoft and emulated games into one interface.
Skraper
Scrapes artwork and metadata for game collections from ScreenScraper.
