Amiberry-Lite

Optimized Amiga emulator for Linux and macOS.

Built on the WinUAE emulation core, Amiberry-Lite runs the full Amiga range — from the A500 to the A4000 — on ARM, ARM64, x86-64 and RISC-V hardware, from a Raspberry Pi to a desktop workstation.

Amiberry-Lite is the streamlined sibling of Amiberry. It is based on an older version of the WinUAE core and has fewer features than the full emulator — in return it is leaner and faster, particularly on low-end hardware. Compatibility with demanding software is somewhat lower than full Amiberry; if you need maximum accuracy, Android, Windows, libretro or the ImGui GUI, use Amiberry instead.

Features

• Amiga compatibility — Built on the WinUAE core: OCS/ECS/AGA chipsets, expanded memory, Picasso96 RTG
• WHDLoad Support — Launch WHDLoad titles directly with automatic configuration
• Custom Controls — Per-game input mapping, RetroArch-compatible controller support
• Virtual Keyboard — On-screen keyboard for gamepad-only setups
• Multiple disk formats — ADF, ADZ, DMS, IPF (CAPSImage), RP9 and hard disk images

Downloads

Prebuilt packages are published on the Releases page:

• Linux: .deb packages (Debian bullseye/bookworm/trixie — amd64, arm64, armhf)
• macOS: DMG for Apple Silicon (arm64)

Building from Source

Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

sudo apt install cmake ninja-build build-essential \
  libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev \
  libflac-dev libmpg123-dev libpng-dev zlib1g-dev \
  libserialport-dev libportmidi-dev libenet-dev libmpeg2-dev libzstd-dev

macOS

brew bundle   # uses the Brewfile in this repository

Configure and build

cmake -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build

Contributing

Contributions are welcome — bug reports, feature suggestions, and pull requests all help make Amiberry-Lite better. See the Amiberry wiki for documentation that applies to both projects.

Support the Project

Amiberry-Lite is maintained by the same developer as Amiberry, as a free and open source project under the GPL v3 license. If it's useful to you, consider supporting development on Ko-fi — or sponsor Amiberry if you ship it in a commercial product.

Community

License

Amiberry-Lite is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.