MinUI

MinUI is a focused, custom launcher and libretro frontend for a variety of retro handhelds.

Features

• Simple launcher, simple SD card
• No settings or configuration
• No boxart, themes, or distractions
• Automatically hides hidden files and extension and region/version cruft in display names
• Consistent in-emulator menu with quick access to save states, disc changing, and emulator options
• Automatically sleeps after 30 seconds or press POWER to sleep (and wake)
• Automatically powers off while asleep after two minutes or hold POWER for one second
• Automatically resumes right where you left off if powered off while in-game, manually or while asleep
• Resume from manually created, last used save state by pressing X in the launcher instead of A
• Streamlined emulator frontend (minarch + libretro cores)
• Single SD card compatible with multiple devices from different manufacturers

You can grab the latest version here.

Devices with a physical power switch use MENU to sleep and wake instead of POWER. Once asleep the device can safely be powered off manually with the switch.

Supported consoles

Base:

• Game Boy
• Game Boy Color
• Game Boy Advance
• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System
• Sega Genesis
• PlayStation

Extras:

• Neo Geo Pocket (and Color)
• Pico-8
• Pokémon mini
• Sega Game Gear
• Sega Master System
• Super Game Boy
• TurboGrafx-16 (and TurboGrafx-CD)
• Virtual Boy

Supported Devices

[!NOTE] Active actively working on compatibility and improvements specific to this device
Maintained inheriting improvements to common functionality
Legacy will be retired in a future update
Retired removed from repo, no longer updated or packaged with new releases

Legacy versions

The original Trimui Model S version of MinUI (2021/04/03-2021/08/06) has been archived here.

The sequel, MiniUI for the Miyoo Mini (2022/04/20-2022/10/23), has been archived here.

The return of MinUI for the original Anbernic RG35XX (2023/02/26-2023/03/26) has been archived here.

The current MinUI which introduced support for multiple devices starting with the Trimui Smart, Miyoo Mini (and Plus), and the original Anbernic RG35XX was released on 2023/09/22 with the initial functional commit 6 months earlier on 2023/03/27.