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duckstation
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stenzek / duckstation

duckstation

Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64/RV64

9Distinct people
13Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
11KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64/RV64

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by year13 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2021-01-10 15:58:38 UTC to 2025-12-25 18:01:45 UTC.

0123452021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 2 submissions, 0 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 2 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 4 submissions, 1 comments2025

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC220
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC220
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC541

What Hacker News says

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The line link failed. It's line 38: "Refuse to build in Arch package environments. My license does not allow for packages, and I'm sick of dealing with people complaining about things broken by packagers. This is why we can't have nice things." if($ENV{DEBUGINFOD_URLS} MATCHES ".*archlinux.*") message(FATAL_ERROR "Unsupported environment.") endif() Relevant commit: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/commit/30df16cc767297...
In DuckStation author now actively blocking Arch Linux builds
As much as I like duckstation and am glad that its source code remains publicly available, its move from GPL-3 to a highly restrictive no-derivative license last month [0] means that supporting new platforms or features or fixing bugs that might pop up on new versions of OS can't be adapted to the latest versions of the code. Changing the license will only hurt the legitimate interested parties of the future, as nefarious people who fork and rebrand and charge for such programs have a tendency to be unscrupulous and don't care what the license says. It does help with filing claims, but that can be wack a mole. It would be nice if they would grant non-commercial non-monetary derivatives at least, so people who want to fix code after the author moves on can do so in an honorable manner. Another solution might be perhaps a termination claus
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e saying that after some multiple of 5 years that it will revert to GPL-3 again. So at least if the worst happens the software can live on. [0] https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/commit/7f4e5d55dbdef5...
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