FS-UAE
A cross-platform Amiga emulator focused on games, with a database-driven launcher.
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3 more ways to get FS-UAE
Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install fs-uae - Homebrew
brew install fs-uae - Flathub
flatpak install flathub net.fsuae.FS-UAE
About FS-UAE
FS-UAE emulates the Commodore Amiga on Windows, macOS and Linux, with a particular focus on games. A separate FS-UAE Launcher uses the OpenRetro online game database to set up games, and an arcade-mode frontend is also available.
The stable version is 3.2.35, released in September 2025, and an early alpha of FS-UAE 5 is available, including for Raspberry Pi. Kickstart ROMs are needed; the site points to Amiga Forever for legal copies.
Strengths
- Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux
- Launcher configures games from the OpenRetro database
- Arcade-mode frontend for couch use
- Translated through Crowdin
Limitations
- Needs Kickstart ROMs purchased or dumped separately
- FS-UAE 5 is still an early alpha
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source; Kickstart ROMs must be obtained separately.
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Developer
- Frode Solheim
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Playing Amiga games on a modern desktop
- Categories
- Emulators
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to FS-UAE
Compare allSoftware that can replace FS-UAE for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
WinUAE
A detailed Commodore Amiga emulator for Windows that reproduces the Amiga chipsets closely.
WinUAE offers detailed Amiga chipset emulation with active releases, but it runs on Windows only and has many configuration options, without FS-UAE's database-driven game launcher.
Amiberry
An Amiga emulator built on the WinUAE core, optimized for ARM and x86 hardware.
Amiberry is built on the WinUAE core with a JIT for ARM64 and x86-64, launches WHDLoad directly, and adds Android and Raspberry Pi support under GPL-3.0.
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