EmuNations

Eden is an open-source Nintendo Switch emulator for Windows, Linux, and Android. It is known for its performance, compatibility, and features such as Bluetooth controller support. It is written in C++ with cross-platform support for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OpenBSD, and Android.

Intresting Forks

• Suyu (can recompilate Switch games)

This fork is intended to be a QoL uplift for existing Ryujinx users. It was indicated this is not a Ryujinx revival project nor a Phoenix project.

Noteworthy Alternative

   RYU - Adds DLLS 5 Support

Citron is an open-source Nintendo Switch emulator for Windows, Android, and macOS, developed as a high-performance, user-friendly option for running Nintendo Switch homebrew. It is based on Yuzu and aims for improved speed and stability, with features like cross-platform support, graphics upscaling, and ongoing development. While the project has faced controversy regarding developer disputes and community management, recent updates continue to improve its performance and capabilities.

**CURRENTLY DOWN due to new DMCA**

Yuzu had an impressive development pace and most games were fully playable, albeit not without glitches or slowdowns.

Nintendo basically shut down Yuzu; quite unfortunate but time will tell what resurfaces... In the mean time, it was an experimental open-source emulator for the Nintendo Switch from the creators of Citra.

Alternative(s):

  Eden

  Suyu

  Ruzu

  Sudachi

  Citron

This fork is not a Ryujinx revival project with a Switch themed Desktop + HOME UI, built on a fork of the Ryujinx core through Kenji-NX with extensive repairs and performance improvements. credit to the original teams and to sakasakiking for Dune's design origins.

Its an open-source Nintendo Switch emulator & debugger programmed mainly in C#. It aims to offer great performance, uncluttered friendly interface and consistent development build releases. Due to its relatively early development state, it has not yet had a stable release but has a nice UI, run quite a lot of games at full speed, scale up to 8x resolutions, native Mii Editor and much more!

While development has been stopped due to the powers of influence from Nintendo, I'm sure it won't take long for phoenix to rise from the ashes...

Alternative(s):

  Kenji-NX

  GreemDev

  Ryubing 

  Ryujinx-Nextendo

Sudachi originates from Yuzu (EA 4176) and resumes its development while not at the pace of its predecessor. As such, it is open-source and written in C++ with portability in mind. Its compatibility, speed, features are pretty much on par with when Yuzu was shut down. As such, most commercial games are fully playable, albeit not without glitches or slowdowns. 

Note: It requires all keys to be user provided, along with the firmware...

NXEmu is an open-source Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C++ for Windows. It is still in the very early stage and not usable for people to play any games. It is showing some graphics, but takes a lot of time to boot anything. 

Please check here regarding milestones.

Bear in mind, I cannot link to builds as they have to be manually compiled. Once compiled builds are made directly by the developper, I will add them.  I'm raising awareness, for now. 

The emulator is still in very early stages. A few homebrew apps work perfectly, and some official games get in-game with various degrees of playability.