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DOSBox Staging Active

A modernised DOSBox fork focused on gaming, with adaptive CRT shaders, MT-32 and FluidSynth MIDI, sensible defaults and regular releases.

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Facts

Runs on
Windows, macOS, Linux
Install from
Flathub, Homebrew
License
Open source (GPL-2.0-or-later)
System ROMs
Not needed
Mobile
None (no official phone or tablet version)
Written in
C++
First release
2020
Authors
The DOSBox Staging team
Based on
DOSBox
Last checked
Oct 2026

Features

  • Not listed:Save states
  • Not listed:Rewind
  • HasFast-forward
  • Not listed:Run-ahead
  • Not listed:Online multiplayer
  • HasCRT shaders
  • HasA/V recording
  • Not listed:Cheats
  • Not listed:Achievements
  • Not listed:Themes

Input

  • HasGamepad
  • Not listed:Touch controls
  • Not listed:Light gun
  • HasMouse
  • Not listed:Positional key mapping
  • Not listed:Symbolic key mapping
  • Not listed:On-screen keyboard
  • Not listed:Native keyboard

Emulated hardware

  • Not listed:Hard disk
  • HasMIDI
  • Not listed:Printer
  • HasNetworking
  • HasModem
  • Not listed:RAM expansion
  • Not listed:Accelerator cards

Features not listed may still exist. Edit this entry if something is missing or wrong.