Azahar
Open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator
7.6k|stable|2126.0-rc2
Download for Windows
Download .zip — extract and run
How to install
1Download the file above
2Extract the .zip file
3Run azahar.exe
Multi-platform builds — Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS with optimized variants.
Game compatibility tracking — Community-maintained compatibility list documents which 3DS games work and at what quality.
Hardware acceleration — Supports OpenGL 4.3 and Vulkan 1.1 for improved performance.
Active development — Merged codebase from multiple 3DS emulator projects with ongoing improvements.
Azahar is the successor to Citra, combining the best work from PabloMK7's fork and Lime3DS after the original project was taken down. It's actively maintained with builds for every major platform, from Windows desktops to Android phones. The community actively documents game compatibility and contributes translations.
x86-64/ARM64 CPU with single-core Passmark >1,800, SSE4.2 on x86_64, 2GB RAM minimum, OpenGL 4.3 or Vulkan 1.1 GPU support
