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Azahar Emulator
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Open-source Nintendo 3DS Emulator.
Continuation effort of Citra.
Azahar 2123.3 has been released.
This is a minor release with small bugfixes, mostly to secondary screen support.
October 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Azahar 2123.2 has been released.
This is a minor release with small improvements and bugfixes.
September 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Azahar has just reached 2.5 million downloads on desktop and Android combined. To every single user who trusts in our project, thank you!
August 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Azahar 2123.1 has been released.
This update fixes a critical issue related to .cia installation. All users, regardless of the version they are using, are advised to update as soon as possible.
August 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Azahar 2123 has been released!
Many new things have been added since the last 2122 release, here is the changelog:
August 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Azahar 2123 Release Candidates 1 and 2 are now available. Support for secondary screen has been added on Android, among other improvements.

Below are the changelogs relative to the Beta release.
August 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Azahar 2123 Beta 1 has been released!
This update adds support for compressed 3DS backups. You can read more about it in our latest blog post: azahar-emu.org/blog/compres...

Here is the changelog:
August 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Important detail about Azahar 2122.

We have made multiple changes to the graphics backend, resulting in the shader cache from older versions of the emulator becoming invalid.

After updating, you will notice some stuttering ingame until the shader cache is regenerated!
Azahar 2122 has released! This update is notable for having a high number of improvements to game performance and compatibility.

If you have read the changelog of 2122 Alpha 1 keep in mind that there won't be many differences.
June 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Azahar 2122 has released! This update is notable for having a high number of improvements to game performance and compatibility.

If you have read the changelog of 2122 Alpha 1 keep in mind that there won't be many differences.
June 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Azahar 2122 Alpha 1 has released!
It is an early release of the upcoming 2122 update which isn't yet feature-complete.

This update is notable for having a high number of improvements to game performance and compatibility.
May 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Azahar 2121.2 has been released, adding some minor changes and fixes.
May 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Azahar 2121 is out! The latest Release Candidate had no major bugs, so it was promoted to stable release.

You can download the new version from our website or GitHub page: azahar-emu.org/pages/downlo...
Azahar 2121 Release Candidate 1 has been released! You can get it from our github: github.com/azahar-emu/a...

Here is the changelog:
May 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Azahar 2121 Release Candidate 1 has been released! You can get it from our github: github.com/azahar-emu/a...

Here is the changelog:
April 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Azahar 2120.3 has been released, fixing some issues discovered in the previous versions.
April 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Azahar 2120.2 has been released, fixing some issues discovered in the previous versions.
March 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We have noticed a lot of users claiming that Azahar deleted their saves. This is most likely caused by using savestates as long-term saving. We explain why you shouldn't do this (and how to recover saves) in our newest blog post: azahar-emu.org/blog/underst...
Understanding Savestates
Why They Shouldn’t Replace In-Game Saves
azahar-emu.org
March 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Reposted by Azahar Emulator
Starting with CTGP-7 v1.5.29, support for the Citra emulator has been dropped. From now on, Azahar emulator must be used!
March 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
March 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Azahar 2120 Release Candidate 3 is out now, fixing a regression introduced in release candidate 2.

Release and Changelog: github.com/azahar-emu/a...
March 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Azahar 2120 Release Candidate 2 is out now!

Release and Changelog: github.com/azahar-emu/a...

NOTE: We have temporarily removed the msys2 build due to a regression, it will be re-added in the next release candidate.
March 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A long standing issue with Starfox 64 3D has been identified and fixed!
March 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Azahar 2120 Release Candidate 1 is out now!

Release and Changelog: github.com/azahar-emu/a...
March 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
How do you read our web page?

This is how we do it (the only right way):
March 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hello everyone!

Today marks the first anniversary of the takedown of Citra, the project on which Azahar is based.

To commemorate this, we’re excited to share a special blog post with you, featuring an unreleased progress report from Citra’s final days.

azahar-emu.org/blog/one-yea...
Citra: 1 Year On
One final look back.
azahar-emu.org
March 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We have noticed a few websites showing up in search engines that claim to be us. Please be aware that our only official website is azahar-emu.org

Learn more here:
azahar-emu.org/blog/fake-we...
Fake Websites: A Word of Caution
Better safe than sorry.
azahar-emu.org
March 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM