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melonDS 1.1 — November 18, 2025

Adds DSP high-level emulation for DSi audio and microphone input, cheat importing from usrcheat.dat, official BSD builds, and a run of smaller bugfixes.

Download melonDS 1.1 on GitHub

What changed

  • DSi: added DSP high-level emulation, DSP audio, and microphone input.
  • Multiplayer: made the input system thread-safe, fixing a random crash during local play.
  • Windows: builds can now be produced without MinGW.
  • BSD: assorted JIT compiler fixes across FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD.
  • Audio: added high-quality resampling via blip-buf.
  • Cheats: added support for importing cheats from usrcheat.dat, with UI improvements.

Builds in this release

Every build is 64-bit. Sizes are approximate — the exact size and checksum for the file you download are on the release page itself.

  • Windows

    • x64~18.6 MB
    • ARM64~12.0 MB

  • macOS

    • Universal~23.3 MB

  • Linux

    • x64~1.7 MB
    • ARM64~1.8 MB
    • AppImage (x64)~32 MB
    • AppImage (ARM64)~32 MB

  • BSD

    • FreeBSD~1.6 MB
    • OpenBSD~1.8 MB
    • NetBSD~1.6 MB

  • Older releases

    The full release archive, going all the way back to 0.1.

    Browse the archive

  • Nightly builds

    Cutting-edge builds straight from the GitHub repository, ahead of the next stable release.

    See build runs

  • BIOS & firmware dumpers

    melonDS needs files dumped from real hardware before it'll boot anything.

    Read the FAQ