emulatorjs

1.9.2-ls173deprecated

emulatorjs - In browser web based emulation portable to nearly any device for many retro consoles. A mix of emulators is used between Libretro and EmulatorJS.

Games

docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/emulatorjs:latest

This image is deprecated

It is no longer maintained and receives no further updates. The details below are kept for reference; you can find maintained alternatives in the catalogue.

Quick start

Generated from the image's own configuration. Replace the /path/to folders with real paths on your host.

Include optional settings

---
services:
  emulatorjs:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/emulatorjs:latest
    container_name: emulatorjs
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/London
      - SUBFOLDER=/ # optional
    volumes:
      - /path/to/config:/config
      - /path/to/data:/data
    ports:
      - 3000:3000
      - 80:80
      - 4001:4001 # optional
    restart: unless-stopped

Parameters

Ports
Port	Function	Required
3000:3000	Rom/artwork management interface, used to generate/manage config files and download artwork	required
80:80	Emulation frontend containing static web files used to browse and launch games	required
4001:4001	IPFS peering port, if you want to participate in the P2P network to distribute frontend artwork please forward this to the Internet	optional

Environment variables
Variable	Function	Required
TZ=Europe/London	Specify a timezone to use EG Europe/London	required
SUBFOLDER=/	Specify a subfolder for reverse proxies IE '/FOLDER/'	optional

Volumes
Path	Function	Required
/config	Path to store user profiles	required
/data	Path to store roms/artwork	required

Architectures

Pulling :latest picks the right one for your host automatically.

x86_64amd64-latest
arm64arm64v8-latest

Changelog

28 Jan 2024
Skip IPFS config if DISABLE_IPFS is set as env variable.
27 Jan 2024
Add atari5200 support.
24 Jan 2024
Pin node back on aarch64 as well for compatibility.

Writing

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