Nostlan

Nostlan is a game launcher for retro and current gen video game emulators! Available on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Systems supported: Arcade, DS, GBA, 3DS, PS2, PS3, SNES, Switch, Wii, Wii U, and Xbox 360. Emulators supported: bsnes, Cemu, Citra, Dolphin, DeSmuME, MAME, melonDS, mGBA, PCSX2, RPCS3, Ryujinx, Xenia, and Yuzu. Download Nostlan for free and if you enjoy the app please make a contribution, any amount is appreciated. Join the Nostlan community Discord server. Support the development of Nostlan on patreon to gain access to premium features!

A what? What's a "game launcher"?

Nostlan is like the part of Netflix where you choose a movie to watch but for your game libraries. It identifies your games and downloads high quality box art for them. You can interact with Nostlan using a mouse and keyboard or a game controller. Nostlan is unlike any other launcher for video game emulators. It has a minimal skeuomorphic UI design that prioritizes box art. Check out the screenshots below!

Features

• navigate Nostlan's menus with your mouse, keyboard, or game controller
• automated install of any emulator
• designed for UHD displays and projectors
• checks multiple database sites for the highest quality box art
• nostalgic UI themes for each supported console
• launches games with emulator apps, not cores
• most controllers connect to Nostlan automatically, no setup required
• gamecube controller adapter supported with gca-js via my own UI framework contro-ui
• cross-platform support for Linux, macOS, and Windows
• advanced customization: edit launch commands
• [PREMIUM FEATURE] backup/sync all your save data to the cloud or local storage device

Supported Systems and Emulators

Click on an image to see it in full quality 4K!

Wii, Gamecube, Virtual Console [Dolphin]

Wii U [Cemu]

Switch [Yuzu, Ryujinx]

3DS [Citra]

SNES [bsnes, snes9x]

Arcade Machines [MAME]

NES [Mesen, em-fceux]

DS [melonDS, DeSmuME]

GBA [mGBA, Visual Boy Advance]

PS2 [PCSX2]

PS3 [RPCS3]

Xbox 360 [Xenia]

Support the Development of Nostlan!

Patreon supporters get premium features for only \$1 a month!

• backup/sync game saves to the cloud or local storage device
• unlock alternate UI theme color palettes
• custom UI theming, lets you change the intro loading screens and make your own color palettes

Even though I decided to make this project open source and free to use, it still took a lot of work and a long time to develop. If you appreciate my work so far and will continue to use the app please support its development. Thank you!

How to access Premium Features

Every month, Patreon supporters will be able to see an exclusive post with the monthly donor password unique to that month. When you start Nostlan it will show a donation menu. Select "access premium features" from the donation menu. Copy the monthly donor password from Patreon and paste it into the donor password input. Select "verify password", if the password is correct you will have access to premium features! Passwords are automatically posted each month.

Learn more about Nostlan on the wiki

https://github.com/quinton-ashley/nostlan/wiki

I've put a lot of effort into documenting Nostlan on the wiki. I hope you find it helpful! Go to the wiki to find out more info on these topics:

Adaptive Button Mapping
Copyright, Trademark, and Open Source Licensing Info
Credits
Custom Themes
Development Info
Features
Game Identification
Hardware Compatibility
How is Nostlan different from other front ends?
Image Names to use for Game Art
Premium Features
Screenshots
Setting up Nostlan
Supported Systems and Emulators
Update Logs
User Preferences
Using Nostlan

Contact

Contact me on Discord with your comments, question, suggestions, or if you need any general help using the app.

Please report technical issues and make specific feature requests on this project's Github.

Legal Disclaimer

Although emulation is legal, pirating games you do not own is illegal. Nostlan does not condone piracy. Nostlan is open source software that does not infringe on any copyrights of publishers, developers, artists, or texture packers. Anyone asking for or sharing information related to digital piracy on Nostlan's Discord server or GitHub page will be blocked and have their comments removed and flagged.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK INFO

Nostlan is not affiliated with Nintendo, Sony, SEGA, or Microsoft. All trademarks and servicemarks referenced in this app are the property of their respective owners.

MAME and the MAME Logo are Copyright © 1997-2019 MAMEDev and contributors. MAME® is a registered trademark of Gregory Ember. Use of the MAME name and logo is done so with the expressed written permission from the trademark owner. For more information, please visit https://www.mamedev.org.

Nostlan and the Nostlan logo are Copyright © 2019-2021 Quinton Ashley. The Nostlan logo images are licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. The template images found in the nostlan-img repository are public domain images using the Public Domain License CC0. The Nostlan software itself is fully open source and licensed under the copyleft GNU GPLv3 license.