install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install fceux

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add fceux

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · fceux · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install fceux

Debian stable package indexes · fceux · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#fceux

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fc/fceux/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S fceux

Arch Linux sync databases · fceux · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id FCEUX.FCEUX -e

Windows Package Manager source index · FCEUX.FCEUX · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

All-in-one NES/Famicom Emulator

Project links

Commands and aliases

fceux

history

Project history and usage

FCEUX is an all-in-one NES, Famicom, Famicom Disk System, and Dendy emulator. Its own homepage positions it for both casual play and advanced emulator work such as debugging, ROM hacking, map making, tool-assisted movies, and Lua scripting.

The package is historically important because it consolidated the fragmented FCE Ultra family. FCEUX's official history says the project began in 2006 to merge FCE Ultra branches, and version 2.0.0 was released on August 2, 2008.

Project history

The lineage starts with FCE, a Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom emulator by Bero, then FCE Ultra, which released Beta 1 at the end of November 1998. FCE Ultra later gained Linux and Windows ports, released source in 2000, and relicensed under the GNU GPL in 2002.

By the mid-2000s, FCE Ultra had split into specialized branches: rerecording builds for tool-assisted speedruns, debugger-oriented FCEUXD/FCEUXDSP variants, and mapper-focused work from FCEU-mm. FCEUX was created to reunify those branches into one maintained emulator.

Adoption history

FCEUX became a practical default for users who wanted one emulator that covered normal play and specialist workflows. The official site explicitly names general players, the ROM-hacking community, and the tool-assisted speedrun community as target audiences.

Its adoption in package managers reflects that cross-platform utility: the input metadata lists packages across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Alpine, Nix, and winget, while the project itself documents Windows and SDL builds.

How it is used

Basic use is opening an NES/Famicom ROM from the File menu or command line. More advanced use centers on debugger tools, RAM watch/search, trace logging, hex editing, Lua scripting, movie recording, and TAS Editor workflows.

FCEUX is also a package nerd's emulator because it bundles a CLI-friendly SDL heritage with a GUI and long-lived documentation, so it can serve both desktop users and scripted emulator workflows.

Why package nerds care

FCEUX packages preserve a historically messy emulator family behind one installable name. Instead of choosing among FCE Ultra, rerecording, debugger, or mapper forks, users get the merged branch with documentation and release history.

For Unix package collections, it is one of the NES emulators that demonstrates why emulator packages are not just games: they are also reverse-engineering, debugging, TAS, and preservation tools.

Timeline

1998: FCE Ultra Beta 1 was released near the end of November.
2000: FCE Ultra source code 0.40 was released.
2002: FCE Ultra 0.80 was relicensed under the GNU GPL; FCEUD added debugger features.
2006: FCEUX began as a merge of FCE Ultra branches.
2008: FCEUX 2.0.0 was released on August 2.
2023: FCEUX 2.6.6 was released on August 26.

Related projects

FCE, FCE Ultra, FCEU rerecording, FCEUXD, FCEUXDSP, FCEUXDSP CE, and FCEU-mm are direct ancestors or merged branches.
TASVideos is part of the broader community context because FCEUX's movie and rerecording features were built for tool-assisted speedrun workflows.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 7 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`fceux`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version2.6.6

manager updated2026-06-25

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/TASEmulators/fceux

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/TASEmulators/fceuxnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:fceux
Version	2.6.6
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fceux
Homepage	https://fceux.com/
Repository	https://github.com/TASEmulators/fceux
Upstream docs	https://fceux.com/web/documentation.html
License	GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/TASEmulators/fceux.git
Last updated	2026-06-25T13:37:40+02:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	ffmpeg, libarchive, minizip, qtbase, sdl2-compat, x264, x265
Build dependencies	cmake, pkgconf
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	fceux
Version Scheme	0
Revision	10
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

fceux 2.6.5+dfsg1-2+b2

all-in-one NES/Famicom Emulator

https://fceux.com/

sudo apt install fceux

Section: games
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: fceux
12 dependencies
1 provides
1 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Fceux

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: fceux from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

fceux

nix profile install nixpkgs#fceux

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fceux

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fc/fceux/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

fceux 2.6.5+dfsg1-2build3

all-in-one NES/Famicom Emulator

https://fceux.com/

sudo apt install fceux

Section: universe/games
Architecture: amd64
12 dependencies
1 provides
1 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Fceux

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fceux from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

fceux 2.6.6-r4

Fast and ultra-compatible NES/Famicom emulator

https://fceux.com

sudo apk add fceux

License: GPL-2.0-only
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fceux
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Fceux

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fceux from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

fceux-doc 2.6.6-r4

Fast and ultra-compatible NES/Famicom emulator (documentation)

https://fceux.com

sudo apk add fceux-doc

License: GPL-2.0-only
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fceux
normalized package name match
Matched by: Fceux

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fceux-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

pacman95%

fceux 2.6.6-8

Fast and ultra-compatible NES/Famicom emulator

https://github.com/TASEmulators/fceux

sudo pacman -S fceux

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
6 dependencies
1 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Fceux

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: fceux from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

winget95%

FCEUX.FCEUX

winget install --id FCEUX.FCEUX -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fceux

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: FCEUX.FCEUX from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/fceux.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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