emulators/xemu 0.8.136 FreeBSD

Original Xbox emulator based on QEMU

System: FreeBSD
Repository: FreeBSD ports
Maintainer: [email protected]
Port added: 2026-07-26
Last update: 2026-07-26
Commit: 4908a5860a
License: GPLv2+, LGPL21+
Categories: emulators

Description

xemu is a free and open-source application that emulates the original Microsoft Xbox game console, enabling people to play their original Xbox games cross-platform.

It is a fork of the XQEMU project, itself built on QEMU's full-system emulation, with a focus on usability and performance.

Supports:

Low-Level Emulation for superior compatibility with kernels, titles, and homebrew applications.
Snapshots for saving machine states and loading them at any time.
Network connectivity to other xemu instances and real Xboxes, both locally and over the Internet. Supports tunneling services and Xbox Live recreation projects.
Controller support via SDL3. Connect up to 4 controllers at any time, just like a real Xbox.
Render Scaling support by increasing the resolution that games render at, on the fly. Scale up from 480p to 1080p at the click of a button.

A BIOS/MCPX boot ROM dump and an EEPROM/HDD image from an original Xbox console are required to run games and are not included.

Install

Binary package:

pkg install xemu

From the ports tree:

cd /usr/ports/emulators/xemu/ && make install clean

To depend on this port in another port's Makefile:

RUN_DEPENDS=	xemu>0:emulators/xemu

Packages

The version each package repository carries. “-” means the repository builds no package of it, “n/a” that there is no such repository.

Repository	aarch64	amd64	armv6	armv7	i386
FreeBSD:14:latest	-	0.8.136	-	-	-
FreeBSD:14:quarterly	-	0.8.136	n/a	-	-
FreeBSD:15:latest	-	0.8.136	n/a	-	-
FreeBSD:15:quarterly	-	0.8.136	n/a	n/a	n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest	-	0.8.136	n/a	n/a	n/a
FreeBSD:16:quarterly	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Dependencies

As this port's Makefile names them.

Build 6

${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>0 : devel/py-pyyaml
${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tomli>0 : textproc/py-tomli
bash : shells/bash
nlohmann-json>0 : devel/nlohmann-json
vulkan-headers>0 : graphics/vulkan-headers
vulkan-loader>0 : graphics/vulkan-loader

Library 7

libcurl.so : ftp/curl
libepoxy.so : graphics/libepoxy
libpcap.so.1 : net/libpcap
libsamplerate.so : audio/libsamplerate
libslirp.so : net/libslirp
libtomlplusplus.so : devel/tomlplusplus
libxxhash.so : devel/xxhash

Runtime 1

vulkan-loader>0 : graphics/vulkan-loader

The full lists below include those, and their dependencies in turn.

Build dependencies 85

Run dependencies 72

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

No options to configure.

USES: cmake:indirect compiler:c++17-lang gl gnome inotify localbase:ldflags ninja:build pkgconfig python:build sdl shebangfix xorg
Service scripts: none

Files

distinfo 12

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Commit history 1

Date Commit Credits Log message

2026-07-26

4908a5860a

Kenneth Raplee

emulators/xemu: New port

xemu is an open-source emulator for the original Microsoft Xbox game console. Supports: - Low-Level Emulation for superior compatibility. - Snapshots as save states. - Network connectivity to other xemu instances and real Xboxes, both locally and over the Internet. - Controller support (up to 4 controllers) via SDL3. - Upscale rendering support. PR: 294861 Co-authored-by: Jake Deschamps <[email protected]> Approved by: arrowd (co-mentor)