Ryujinx

Initially starting out as an ARM64 emulator in October of 2017, Ryujinx development began in December of 2017. Written in C#, it was the first Switch emulator to boot commercial games. In April 2018, it was reported that it was initially able to play part of Cave Story and Puyo Puyo Tetris. According to the creator, gdkchan, Ryujinx had a focus on correctness, rather than adding game-specific hacks as is practiced by some console emulators. Development of Ryujinx was funded via Patreon, with 800 members contributing $1,661 a month as of October 1, 2024.

On July 31, 2022, Ryujinx announced a new backend for the Vulkan graphics API, resulting in significant performance improvements of up to 413% in some titles, over the original OpenGL backend.

On April 25, 2023, Ryujinx was featured in PC Gamer alongside now-discontinued open-source emulator Yuzu ahead of the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Following the release of the game, PC Gamer released a follow-up article on a number of fixes implemented to improve emulation.

Following the release of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom on September 26, 2024, Ryujinx was noted by multiple outlets as being capable of running the title at a high frame rate.