yuzu

Nintendo Switch emulator

by yuzu Emulator Team

Debian (recommended) Ubuntu LutrisStandard: Stable Other builds: Suyu, Mainline-20240304, EA-4176

About

yuzu is the world's most popular, open-source, Nintendo Switch emulator — started by the creators of Citra. The emulator is capable of running most commercial games at full speed, provided you meet the necessary hardware requirements. For a full list of games yuzu support, please visit our Compatibility page. Check out our website for the latest news on exciting features, monthly progress reports, and more!

Required configuration

Requires: at least 8192 MiB of memory. Recommends: at least 16384 MiB of memory. Supports: mouse or touchpad, keyboard, gamepad.

Additional information

Project

Developer
yuzu Emulator Team
License
GPL-3.0-or-later (free software)What this license lets you do
Homepage
yuzu-emu.org

Install

Available via
Debian · Ubuntu · Lutris (3)
All 5 packagings

Debian, Ubuntu, Lutris (Suyu build), Lutris (Mainline-20240304 build), Lutris (EA-4176 build)

About this data

Sources
7 independent sources agree
Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (5)
SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
Debianyuzu0-1734+ds-4Distribution build—Nintendo Switch Emulator
Ubuntuyuzu0-1734+ds-7ubuntu1Distribution build—Nintendo Switch Emulator
Lutris (Suyu build)Yuzu———suyu (AppImage)
Lutris (Mainline-20240304 build)Yuzu———Yuzu Mainline (AppImage)
Lutris (EA-4176 build)Yuzu———Yuzu Early Access (AppImage)
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