{{Short description|X86 emulator for ARM processors}} {{Distinguish|86Box|Bochs}} {{Infobox software | logo = 200px | screenshot = | caption = | developer = Ptitseb | latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|P348}} | latest release date = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}} | operating system = Linux | programming language = C | genre = Emulator | license = MIT }} {{Portal|Free and open-source software|Linux}} '''Box86''' is an emulator for x86 userspace tools on ARM Linux systems, allowing such systems to execute video games and other programs that have been compiled for x86 Linux systems.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Larabel|first=Michael|title=Box86 Continues Quest For Running x86 Linux Programs On ARM, Other Archs|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Box86-x86-On-Other-Archs|date=28 March 2021|access-date=28 March 2021|website=Phoronix}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Benne|first=Junae|title=How to Create a Steam Link with Raspberry Pi|url=https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/steam-link-raspberry-pi|date=28 November 2020|access-date=30 September 2021|website=Tom's Hardware}}</ref> Box86 is an alternative to QEMU for user-mode emulation. Box86 also provides dynamic recompilation as well as functionality to intercept dynamic library calls and forward them to equivalent native libraries, allowing applications to run significantly faster than if they were fully emulated.
Box86 also has limited support for running Wine, allowing users to run x86 Windows apps on ARM devices like the Raspberry Pi. Ptitseb has also released {{ill|Box64|qid=Q136433421}}, the ARM64 equivalent of Box86 that helps run x64 programs instead of x86.<ref>{{Citation|last=ptitSeb|title=ptitSeb/box64|date=2021-11-30|url=https://github.com/ptitSeb/box64|access-date=2021-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| title=Efficient X86_64 Emulation With Box86| author=Maya Posch| url=https://hackaday.com/tag/box64/| website=Hackaday| date=2023-03-12|access-date=2025-11-04}}</ref> It also supports the LoongArch and RISC-V (64-bit) architectures, on which DynaCache was added to DynaRec JIT<ref>{{Citation|last=ptitSeb| title=New Box64 v0.3.8 released| date=13 October 2025| url=https://box86.org/2025/10/new-box64-v0-3-8-released/}}</ref>
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Category:Free emulation software Category:Linux emulation software Category:X86 emulators
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