BrandonKowalski

    BrandonKowalski/slot

    A bespoke, Game Boy-centric CFW for the RG SP.

    backend
    anbernic
    anbernic-rg-sp
    emulation
    gb
    gba
    Rust
    GPL-3.0
    296 stars
    88 forks
    296 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 4, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 8 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a custom Game Boy-centric frontend for the Anbernic RG SP and similar handheld devices.
    • Offers tailored support for GBA, GBC, and GB games with a nostalgic, hardware-evoking user interface.
    • Use for organizing and launching unzipped Game Boy Advance, Color, and original Game Boy ROMs on Anbernic devices.
    • Use for enabling emulated link cable multiplayer gaming between two RG SP devices.
    • Use for running a lightweight, Rust-based frontend on various Anbernic handheld models with portrait and landscape screen support.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    GPL 3.0

    Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    • GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

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    From the README

    A bespoke, Game Boy-centric frontend for the Anbernic RG SP.

    Has support for GBA, GBC, and GB titles only.

    A full user guide can be found at slot-cfw.fyi.

    Release notes can be found in the changelog.

    Excerpt from the BrandonKowalski/slot README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Oct 11: +14Oct 12: +11

    +192 stars over 26 days across 5 snapshot days; best day +14 on Oct 11.

    Forks

    88+66

    Open issues

    12-4

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