Lichii Emulator (Switch and Switch 2, an Eglantine fork)

Searches for “lichii emulator” passed “eglantine emulator” this week. The repository had about 5,700 stars on 8 November 2026, double the count two days earlier, and the project now has an official website with community compatibility reports.

How it relates to Eglantine

The README says Lichii builds on Eglantine, Eden, yuzu and Sudachi while developing its own game compatibility and renderer fixes. It credits Eglantine’s original developer, Camille LaVey.

The repository was first named Eglantine and later renamed, so zortos293/Eglantine now redirects to zortos293/Lichii. Some internal names still use older project names. The main Eglantine repository is separate.

How to get it

1. Open the official releases page.
2. Download the build for your system. Windows, Linux x86-64, Linux aarch64 and macOS Apple silicon are offered, and the -pgo files are profile-guided builds.
3. On Windows, extract the whole archive and run lichii.exe.
4. Add your own games, keys and firmware.

New builds arrive several times a day. Since build-116 they are regular releases rather than pre-releases, and the notes recommend the -pgo build. Back up your saves first.

What to expect

The README makes no general promises. It says compatibility varies by game, hardware and driver, and that passing automated tests does not prove a game renders correctly. It lists no supported games.

The tracker gives a rough picture. Open reports on 6 November 2026 included:

• A black screen in Pokémon Pokopia.
• Missing textures and crashes in Mario Kart World.
• A freeze in Ocarina of Time, plus problems on macOS.
• Crashes and audio desync on AMD graphics. The notes for build-88 say AMD fixes are coming in the next build.

The repository had 147 open issues and pull requests that day, and about 350 on 8 November.

Ocarina of Time: the build-117 notes fix a crash on AMD RX 6000 and older cards while the remake builds its shaders, and list white streaks at night as a known issue linked to the DLSS setting. Players are clearly getting into the game, but open reports on 8 November 2026 still included crashes, a 6 fps report and graphics bugs on Intel Arc. For a native Windows build instead, see Ocarina Recomp.

Third-party builds: unofficial packages such as Lichii-Enhanced and Lichii-Superbuild have appeared on GitHub. They are not from the Lichii project, and we do not link them.

Is it safe and legal?

Lichii is not affiliated with Nintendo. Nintendo acts against emulator projects, so this one may not stay up. The project has also asked users not to upload game files, keys or firmware in reports.

Only use games and system files from a console you own. We link the official repository and its releases only, and never keys, firmware or game files. We have not audited the builds.

Unofficial. This page is written by an independent directory. It is not made by, endorsed by or affiliated with Nintendo and others or zortos293 (Lichii Emulator (Switch and Switch 2, an Eglantine fork)'s author). We do not host any files, and we never link to game files, ROMs or ISOs.