Hyjinx vs OpenSw

Hyjinx is a free, open-source Nintendo Switch emulator for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Written in C#, it is based on Ryujinx, with development starting in January 2025 after Ryujinx ceased development. The project says a PC needs at least 8 GiB of RAM; less may cause poor gameplay or crashes. Graphics support includes OpenGL 4.5 or later, Vulkan, and Metal through MoltenVK, plus resolution scaling, anti-aliasing, shader caching, and FSR filters. Audio output works, but microphone input does not. Controls include keyboard, mouse, touch, JoyCons, and nearly all controllers; dual-JoyCon motion requires DS4Windows or BetterJoy. The GUI manages downloadable content and supports romfs, exefs, and runtime mods such as cheats. Automated main-branch builds may be unstable or broken. The project says it cannot directly decrypt protected content.

OpenSw has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.