# WinUAE

6 Hacker News commenters recommended WinUAE and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend WinUAE as an excellent Amiga emulator for Windows, praising its easy setup, good defaults, and compatibility.

## Why people recommend it

- Excellent Windows Amiga emulator (3 comments): "install WinUAE (for Windows) or amiberry (for macOS/Linux) yourself" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45979444)) "There is the WinUAE emulator for windows that's excellent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45979760)) "For a software version, try WinUAE." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45979391))
- Easy setup and convenient use (2 comments): "WinUAE does a better job in both speed, latency, convenience, and compatibility than the A6000 ever could." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397133)) "great defaults, easy setup" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45979348))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [86Box](https://hackerapproved.com/p/86box.md): 25 recommend
- [SIMH emulator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simh.md): 13 recommend
- [Infinite Mac](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infinite-mac.md): 11 recommend
- [Executor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/executor.md): 9 recommend
- [Basilisk II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/basilisk-ii.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "WinUAE", https://hackerapproved.com/p/winuae/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).