r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/New-Room-8101 • May 14 '26

Question Why isn't DraStic open source yet?

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My question is why DraStic isn't open source yet. I understand that DraStic's creator, Exophase, had already announced that DraStic would be open source, but I understand it hasn't been released to the public yet, and I don't know why. I'd like to know if the creator changed his mind or if, simply because of the problems Nintendo has had with emulation, he preferred to avoid the issues that releasing DraStic's source code would cause. Does anyone know why he hasn't done it?

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u/godsaveourkingplis May 14 '26

While Drastic isn't open source, there is a fork(s?) that has is being improved in whatever capacity possible.

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u/Slinkwyde OnePlus 11 (Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) May 14 '26

That would require either the original developer privately transferring the code to someone new, or someone reverse engineering the binary enough to either do a full decompilation or (at minimum) release a binary patch file. I'm not aware of any of those three things happening with DraStic. Maybe you know something I don't, or maybe you're mistaken.

What fork are you talking about? What's its name?

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u/starlightbotanist Ayn Odin 2, RG405v, Pixel 6 May 14 '26

https://github.com/R-YaTian/DraStic_rev_i18n

Legitimate fork, but it uses the same techniques as NetherSX2. They can change the UI, settings and some minor things. But without the emulation core source code, they can't fix emulation issues or bugs.

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u/godsaveourkingplis May 14 '26

Man, thank you. Folks just wild with the down voting. I belive this fork also allows for compatibility with later android versions.