# Retroarch Web Player for YunoHost [](https://dash.yunohost.org/appci/app/retroarch)   [](https://install-app.yunohost.org/?app=retroarch) *[Lire ce readme en français.](./README_fr.md)* > *This package allows you to install Retroarch Web Player quickly and simply on a YunoHost server. If you don't have YunoHost, please consult [the guide](https://yunohost.org/#/install) to learn how to install it.* ## Overview Emulate videogames system and play videogames through your web browser... and more! **Shipped version:** 1.9.7 **Demo:** https://web.libretro.com/ ## Screenshots    ## Disclaimers / important information ### Use Shared ROMs library Although you can upload a ROM at runtime, retroarch may have access to the ROMs you already have on your server: * Games are located in `/opt/yunohost/retroarch/assets/cores`. A symbolic link is created to this folder in `/home/yunohost.multimedia/share/Games`, so that you can place your games from here * cores have to be indexed to work : script `/opt/yunohost/retroarch/indexer.sh` run every 5 minutes to index all games in `opt/yunohost/retroarch/assets/cores` ### Supported architectures * x86-64b - [](https://ci-apps.yunohost.org/ci/apps/retroarch/) * ARMv8-A - [](https://ci-apps-arm.yunohost.org/ci/apps/retroarch/) ### Limitations * cannot save game, in fact, cannot write at all... so configuration is lost each time you start again * no user management * some core are listed but not implemented : they do not work, the issue is from the upstream app. ## Documentation and resources * Official app website: http://www.retroarch.com/ * Official user documentation: https://docs.libretro.com/ * Official admin documentation: https://docs.libretro.com/ * Upstream app code repository: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch * YunoHost documentation for this app: https://yunohost.org/app_retroarch * Report a bug: https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/retroarch_ynh/issues ## Developer info Please send your pull request to the [testing branch](https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/retroarch_ynh/tree/testing). To try the testing branch, please proceed like that. ``` sudo yunohost app install https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/retroarch_ynh/tree/testing --debug or sudo yunohost app upgrade retroarch -u https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/retroarch_ynh/tree/testing --debug ``` **More info regarding app packaging:** https://yunohost.org/packaging_apps