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BizHawk vs Snes9x: catalog facts
BizHawk	Snes9x
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under a non-commercial licence: the Snes9x licence permits free…
Windows, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Frame stepping, rewinding and unlimited named savestates across every core Memory view, search and edit in all emulated hardware components	Very high compatibility with the SNES library, including cartridge enhancement chips Native builds for Windows, Linux (GTK and X11), FreeBSD and macOS
Windows users must run a separate prerequisites installer first Windows and Linux only; macOS is not officially supported	The licence prohibits commercial use, so it is not open source in the OSI sense Less cycle-accurate than bsnes or higan if exactness is your priority
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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