DOSBox-X Active
A DOSBox fork that aims for completeness over gaming focus. It also emulates PC-98, runs Windows 3.x and 9x, and adds save states, IDE emulation and a debugger.
Facts
- Systems
- IBM PC & DOS compatibles
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux, DOS
Native: x86 (32-bit), x86-64, ARM64, ARM (32-bit) - License
- Open source (GPL-2.0-or-later)
- System ROMs
- Not needed
- Mobile
- None (no official phone or tablet version)
- Written in
- C, C++
- Authors
- Jonathan Campbell, DOSBox-X contributors
- Based on
- DOSBox
- Last checked
- Oct 2026
Features
- HasSave states
- Not listed:Rewind
- HasFast-forward
- Not listed:Run-ahead
- Not listed:Online multiplayer
- Not listed:CRT shaders
- HasA/V recording
- Not listed:Cheats
- Not listed:Achievements
- Not listed:Themes
Video
- HasInteger scaling
- Not listed:Variable refresh rate
- Not listed:High refresh rate
- Not listed:Higher internal resolution
- Not listed:HDR
- Not listed:Black frame insertion
- Not listed:Widescreen hacks
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
For developers
- HasDebugger
- Not listed:Memory viewer
- Not listed:Disassembler
- Not listed:Profiler
- Not listed:Trace logger
- Not listed:Scripting
- Not listed:Command line
Emulated hardware
- HasHard disk
- HasMIDI
- HasPrinter
- 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.