RomM is a free, self-hosted app for scanning, enriching, browsing, and playing a ROM collection.
Alternatives to RetroFE
ES-DE Frontend is a game library interface for browsing and launching games across multiple platforms, as well as running locally installed games and applications.
GameEx is an arcade and emulator front end for MAME, GameBase, Daphne, PC games, and command-line emulators, with HTPC features as well.
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LaunchBox
LaunchBox is a game collection frontend and manager for modern PC games and emulated console games.
Free planAndroidAPIWindows7.8$30 one-time - 5
RetroArch
RetroArch is a free, open-source frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players, using a unified settings system.
Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux7.7Free plan - 6

Attract-Mode
Attract-Mode is a graphical frontend for command-line emulators such as MAME, MESS, and Nestopia.
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.5Free plan - 7
7.3Free plan - 8

GOG Galaxy
GOG GALAXY brings game libraries and friends from multiple gaming platforms together in one app for Windows and macOS.
Free planAPIExtensionmacOSWindows7.0Free plan - 9

Pegasus Frontend
Pegasus Frontend is a free interface for collecting games from different platforms, viewing game information and media, and launching games or emulators.
Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSWindows6.5Free plan - 10
Yamata Launcher
Yamata Launcher brings game catalogs, downloads, and libraries from multiple ecosystems into one application.
Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSWindows6.4Free plan - 11
Gaseous
Gaseous Server is a free, open-source project for managing ROMs and game titles, with basic in-browser emulation.
Free planWebLinuxSelf-hostedWindows6.3Free plan - 12
Retrom
Retrom is a centralized game library management service focused on emulation.
WebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.3 - 13

Bezel
Bezel is a retro game launcher and library organizer for Linux, macOS, and Windows, with an optional AI companion called Bezelie.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.2Free plan - 14
Daijishō
Daijishō is a free Android launcher for organizing and opening retro game libraries.
Free planAndroid6.2Free plan - 15
Heroic Games Launcher
Heroic Games Launcher is a free, open-source launcher for installing and playing games from Epic Games Store, GOG, and Amazon Prime Gaming.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.2Free plan - 16
Jam Pad
Jam Pad is an Android music studio for making beats and melodies, recording voice, importing sounds, and sharing tracks.
Android6.2 - 17
SimpleOrgChart
SimpleOrgChart creates an interactive web org chart and employee directory from Microsoft Entra data read through Microsoft Graph.
Free planWebSelf-hosted6.2Free plan - 18

Console Launcher
Console Launcher is an Android home screen designed to make a phone feel more like a mobile gaming console.
Free planAndroid6.1Free plan - 19
Forsaken
Forsaken is a free, open-source emulator frontend for organizing and browsing a retro gaming library.
AndroidiOSWebLinux6.1 - 20

Winhanced
Winhanced is a free, controller-first gaming shell for Windows that brings game libraries, sleep and resume, hardware controls, and per-game profiles together.
Free planWindows6.1Free plan - 21
GameIndex
GameIndex is a free game launcher and library manager that brings libraries from multiple stores into one native app.
Free planLinuxWindows6.0Free plan - 22
HyperSpin
HyperSpin is a frontend for organizing and launching games and emulators from a menu; it is not a game or an emulator itself.
LinuxWindows6.0$50 one-time - 23

Lutris
Lutris is a free, open gaming platform for Linux that helps users install and play games from different eras and gaming systems.
Free planLinux6.0Free plan - 24
One Game Launcher
One Game Launcher is a Windows app that gathers games from multiple PC stores into one library.
Free planWindows6.0Free plan - 25
Phoenix
Phoenix is a multi-system emulator and library manager for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.0Free plan - 26

Playnite
Playnite is a free, open-source video game library manager for Windows that brings games into one interface.
Free planWindows6.0Free plan - 27

RetroBat
RetroBat is a Windows frontend for organizing and playing a retro ROM collection.
Free planWindows6.0Free plan - 28

Batocera
Batocera is a free, open-source Linux distribution for turning compatible computers and small devices into retro-gaming systems.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted5.9Free plan - 29
Mythic
Mythic is a free, open-source macOS game launcher for running Windows games through its implementation of Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit.
Free planmacOS5.9Free plan - 30

Recalbox
Recalbox is a free, open-source retro gaming system for replaying games from consoles and computers.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted5.9Free plan


