Game · Consoles, homebrew & emulation

DOSBox

DOSBox is a console and retro computer emulator, available on Linux.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: GPL-2.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: The DOSBox Team
Latest version: 0.74-3 (26 June 2019)
Latest activity: 1 September 2026
Source code: sourceforge.net/p/dosbox/code-0/HEAD/tree/dosbox/trunk

At a glance

DOSBox is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-2.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

DOSBox is a DOS-emulator using SDL for easy portability to different platforms. It has already been ported to several different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, Mac OS X. DOSBox emulates a 286/386 realmode CPU, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, a SoundBlaster card for excellent sound compatibility with older games. You can "re-live" the good old days with the help of DOSBox, it can run plenty of the old classics that don't run on your new computer!

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 7 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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