mame

0.289dfsg1-0-ls79

MAME is a free and open-source emulator designed to emulate the hardware of arcade games, video game consoles, old computers and other systems in software on modern personal computers.

Games

docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/mame:latest

Quick start

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

---
services:
  mame:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/mame:latest
    container_name: mame
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
    volumes:
      - /path/to/config:/config
      - /path/to/mame/assets:/mame:ro
    ports:
      - 3000:3000
      - 3001:3001
    shm_size: 1gb
    restart: unless-stopped

Parameters

Ports
Port	Function	Required
3000:3000	HTTP MAME desktop gui, must be proxied.	required
3001:3001	HTTPS MAME desktop gui.	required

Environment variables
Variable	Function	Required
PUID=1000	User ID	required
PGID=1000	Group ID	required
TZ=Etc/UTC	Timezone	required

Volumes
Path	Function	Required
/config	Users home directory in the container, stores local files and settings	required
/mame:ro	MAME directory containing artwork, roms, and assets.	required

Other settings
Setting	Function	Required
shm_size: 1gb	This is needed for MAME to function.	required

Architectures

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

x86_64latest
arm64arm64v8-latest

Changelog

4 May 2026
Rebase to resolute.
5 Mar 2026
Make Wayland default disable with PIXELFLUX_WAYLAND=false.
20 Dec 2025
Add Wayland init logic.

Writing

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