KRetro

What KRetro is

KRetro is a free Libretro frontend for playing games for retro consoles with a ROM and Libretro core. Written in Qt/Kirigami, it is designed for Plasma Desktop, Plasma Mobile, and Plasma Bigscreen. Its product page presents game library and player views for both desktop and mobile, along with a save-slot manager. KRetro supports library import, includes emulators, and offers controller navigation; metadata scraping is not supported. The listed release is version 0.0.1, marked as the first alpha release and dated 2025-10-05. Linux installation is available through Discover, other AppStream application stores, or a distribution’s package manager. The software is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later. The KRetro page links to the KDE Forum for help and KDE’s bug tracker for reporting issues. KDE’s software privacy policy says its software generally does not transfer information from a user’s device except after explicit user action, while noting third-party distributors may modify software in ways that change this behavior.