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Lakka


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Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown game console. The distribution is based on LibreELEC and runs the RetroArch console emulator. Lakka is capable of running on a variety of hardware, including personal computers, Raspberry Pi boards and WeTek Play devices.



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Average visitor rating: 7.2/10 from 5 review(s).


Lakka Summary
Distribution Lakka
Home Page http://www.lakka.tv/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://forums.libretro.com/c/libretro/lakka-tv-general
Alternative User Forums
Documentation http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Home/
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Download Mirrors http://www.lakka.tv/get/DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://github.com/libretro/Lakka-LibreELEC/issues
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Where To Donate, Buy, or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-01-18: Distribution Release: Lakka 4.3
 • 2022-03-20: Distribution Release: Lakka 4.0
 • 2021-11-14: Distribution Release: Lakka 3.6
 • 2021-09-06: Distribution Release: Lakka 3.4
 • 2021-05-22: Distribution Release: Lakka 3.0
 • 2020-01-23: Distribution Release: Lakka 2.3.2
 • 2019-09-21: Distribution Release: Lakka 2.3.1
 • 2017-11-28: Distribution Release: Lakka 2.1
 • 2017-10-11: Development Release: Lakka 2.1 RC5
 • 2017-04-29: Distribution Release: Lakka 2.0
 • 2017-03-01: Development Release: Lakka 2.0 RC1
 • More Lakka releases...

Feature 4.3 3.7 2.3.2
Release Date 2023-01-17 2022-03-01 2020-01-22
End Of Life      
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 300-700 300-600 300-500
Free Download IMG IMG IMG
Installation Text Text Text
Default Desktop RetroArch RetroArch RetroArch
Package Management -- -- --
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- --
Processor Architecture aarch64, i386, x86_64 aarch64, armhf, i386, x86_64 armhf, i386, x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4
Multilingual      
Asian Language Support      
Full Package List      


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Version: 4.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-01-31
Votes: 1


It's great, easy to use, and updateable/customizable flexible. I've got this setup with a most of the cores and it works great. Just follow the documentation guide and some cores you need to look into as the scan can be adjusted for better results. I've got this setup on Raspberry Pi 3b, a Nuc, Laptops, and tested on a desktop. Works in all regards. Performance varies on the hardware, but a pi3b playing Ps1 and Dreamcast, n64 struggles just a bit, but works great, and ps2 even works on faster hardware. Great distro. I tried recalbox and retropie before settling with cross platform lakka, as I wanted the PC options for more speed. I plan to test pi4/pi5 eventually, which I'm sure will be PC equivalent on performance now. Thanks Lakka team, can't wait for 5.0 hopefully soon, and hoping it will have the nVidia driver support to improve vulkan support.


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Version: 3.6
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-02-01
Votes: 0


It´s no "out of the box". All we have to hardly setup. Even made all the sets, simply doesn´t get to work. It sucks!


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Version: 3.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-06-29
Votes: 5


This distribution allows you to make a Retroarch machine out of the box, it uses LibreElec building environment so you can easily create your own custom image. I choose it a year ago for a rpi4 because it was the only one supporting arm64 while experimenting with Vulkan.



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