Game · Consoles, homebrew & emulation

PPSSPP

PPSSPP is a console and retro computer emulator, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

Completely free
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS
Open source
No account

Ad-supported exit link (Clictune): an intermediate page may show for a few seconds before the official website. Direct link to the website, no intermediate page

Download for Android (F-Droid)

Link to the official download page, ad-supported (Clictune): an intermediate page may show for a few seconds. Direct link to the download

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Geographic availability: No geographic restriction found in our sources; availability is not checked country by country.

Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager), F-Droid
License: GPL-2.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager), F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager), F-Droid
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager), F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOSEstablished by Android: F-Droid, Unspecified source · iOS: Unspecified source · Linux: Flathub, Unspecified source · macOS: Unspecified source · Windows: Unspecified source, Winget
Publisher: Henrik Rydgård
Latest version: 1.20.4 (16 May 2026)
Latest activity: 10 October 2026
Source code: github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp

At a glance

All of PPSSPP is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

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
No account needed
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

About

PPSSPP is a PSP emulator that can run games in full HD resolution. It can even upscale textures that would otherwise be too blurry as they were made for the small screen of the original PSP.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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