Eden
Shares rank 14 of 20 emulators by recommenders
Free, open tool people recommend for avoiding platform lock-in and for making sparse checkouts workable with Sapling. The one caveat raised is poor performance.
Free, open tool people recommend for avoiding platform lock-in and for making sparse checkouts workable with Sapling. The one caveat raised is poor performance.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free and open, no lock-in
“Platform emulators can't be locked-in: MAME, Dolphin, RPCS3, Eden, etc offer user freedom”
Comment from 5 Aug 2026 in “Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc” Makes sparse checkouts viable with Sapling
“Still Sapling + Eden to make local work on a sparse checkout viable.”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “Mercurial, 20 years and counting: how are we still alive and kicking? [video]”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Poor performance
“albeit with poor performance”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Outdated Samsung handset linked to fatal emergency call failure in Australia”
Other emulators people recommend
The four most recommended other emulators, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 20 emulators, rankedWhat people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Platform emulators can't be locked-in: MAME, Dolphin, RPCS3, Eden, etc offer user freedom”
“Still Sapling + Eden to make local work on a sparse checkout viable.”
“Honestly, I think our case is pretty clear-cut as is.”
“albeit with poor performance”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.