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Snes9x vs BizHawk: catalog facts
Snes9x	BizHawk
Free Free and open source under a non-commercial licence: the Snes9x licence permits free…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, Linux
Very high compatibility with the SNES library, including cartridge enhancement chips Native builds for Windows, Linux (GTK and X11), FreeBSD and macOS	Frame stepping, rewinding and unlimited named savestates across every core Memory view, search and edit in all emulated hardware components
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	Windows users must run a separate prerequisites installer first Windows and Linux only; macOS is not officially supported
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
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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