86Box

This article is about the emulator of retro IBM-compatible personal computers. For the emulator of x86 user applications on ARM Linux systems, see Box86.

86Box
DeveloperMiran Grča (including contributors)
Initial release26 June 2016 (2016-06-26)
Stable release
5.3 / 21 December 2025 (2025-12-21)
Written inC, C++
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Linux, macOS
TypeVirtual machine, emulator
LicenseGNU GPL version 2
Website86box.net
Repositorygithub.com/86Box/86Box/

86Box is an IBM PC emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS based on PCem that specializes in running old operating systems and software that are designed for IBM PC compatibles. Originally forked from PCem, it later added support for other IBM PC compatible computers as well.

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