Game · Consoles, homebrew & emulation

VisualBoyAdvance-M

VisualBoyAdvance-M, a high compatibility Gameboy Advance Emulator.

Completely free
Windows and Linux
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: GPL-2.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub · Windows: Winget
Publisher: VisualBoyAdvance-M
Latest version: 2.2.2 (30 July 2025)
Latest activity: 30 October 2026
Source code: github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m

Overview

VisualBoyAdvance-M is a console and retro computer emulator, available on Windows and Linux.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Community-maintained, improved version of the VisualBoyAdvance Game Boy emulator” — Winget, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of VisualBoyAdvance-M 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
Commercial use allowed

About

VisualBoyAdvance-M is a Nintendo Game Boy Emulator with high compatibility with commercial games. It emulates the Nintendo Game Boy Advance hand held console, in addition to the original Game Boy systems and its Super and Color variants. VisualBoyAdvance-M is the continued development of the now inactive VisualBoy Advance project, with many improvements from various forks.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, 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
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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