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Welcome! **xemu** is an open-source, cross-platform application that emulates the hardware of the [original Xbox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console)) game console, allowing users to play their Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. This project is focused on making significant forward progress in terms of features, performance, stability, and user experience in Xbox emulation.
## Jump to your platform
* [Windows](#windows)
* [macOS](#macos)
* [Linux](#linux-debianubuntu)
Introduction
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This project is an active fork of the [XQEMU](https://xqemu.com) project, which is based on the very popular and highly actively maintained [QEMU](https://www.qemu.org/) full system emulator project.
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What's to come?
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### What's to come?
Lots of great things. If you've subscribed to my [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBRxCmSa5Ob1m8XsJMkRQrAQu0RUxa4PF), you will have seen the experimental work I've done already in this area on the XQEMU project, much of which has not yet been released. That work and more is going to be made more stable in the coming months and will be integrated into this project.
Along the way, I plan to catalog and demonstrate reasonably often, which includes posting more demo videos on YouTube of stuff you can try for yourself. I also look forward to seeing your videos of testing things out so we can hunt bugs together.
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The latest pre-built release version is recommended. Simply follow the download link to the Releases page, download the release for Windows, extract the archive, and launch xemuw.exe.
Continue to [Getting Started](#getting-started).
#### Building from Source
If you would like to build from source, you can do so by downloading the [MSYS2 environment](https://www.msys2.org/) and building with:
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The latest pre-built release version is recommended. Simply follow the download link to the Releases page, download the release for macOS, extract the archive, then you can drag the *xemu* app to your Applications folder.
Continue to [Getting Started](#getting-started).
#### Building from Source
If you would like to build from source, you can do so by first installing the [Homebrew package manager](https://brew.sh/) and building with:
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You can now launch xemu through your typical launcher, or by typing `xemu` at the command line.
Continue to [Getting Started](#getting-started).
#### Building from Source
If you are not using Ubuntu, or would prefer to build from source, you can do so with: