pcsx2
PCSX2(https://pcsx2.net/) is an open source PS2 Emulator.
Platform availability
Available on 2 of 9 platforms
Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.
54/100 Fair
- Maintained
- 100last commit 10 days ago
- Popular
- 2415 GitHub stars
- Easy to install
- 302 install platforms, Docker image
- Light to run
- 108 GB minimum RAM
Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 6 days ago
- GitHub stars
- 15
- Open issues
- 0
- Last commit
- 2026-10-03
- Latest release
- 2.8.2-ls85
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Activity
- steady
Checked 4 days ago - source: GitHub (linuxserver/docker-pcsx2)
Resources & Compatibility
Minimum requirements: 8 GB RAM. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is not supported.
Checked 14 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs
First-install notes
No first-install notes yet.
Variants
Alternatives (5)
- AetherSX2 - AetherSX2 is an emulator of the PS Two console for the Android platform.
- OpenEmu - Open Emu is an open source project to bring game emulation to OS X as a first class citizen, leveraging modern OS X technologies such as Co…
- PS5SX2
- PSX2 - PSX2 is a high-performance PlayStation 2 emulator for Android devices, bringing your favorite PS2 games to mobile platforms with enhanced g…
- Play! PS2 Emulator - Play! is a portable PlayStation2 emulator.
Checked 11 days ago - source: AlternativeTo
Common questions
What port and protocol should I use to reach the PCSX2 container?
Use HTTPS on port 3001 on the host to access the LinuxServer PCSX2 container.
How do I fix missing DLL files in PCSX2?
Extract the zip file and place the DLL files in the same folder as the main PCSX2 executable.
Does the LinuxServer PCSX2 container receive application updates?
Yes, the LinuxServer image includes regular and timely application updates, along with weekly base OS updates.
Answers sourced from github.com, pcsx2.net
Community
- Can someone give me an idiot's guide to PCSX2 (The PS2 ... - Reddit (reddit)
- PCSX2 - Reddit (reddit)
- PCSX2 FAQ : r/PCSX2 - Reddit (reddit)
- PCSX2 Forums ::.. - General Discussion and Support (Windows) (forum)
Collected 13 days ago - public community threads