Zinc64

5.9easy start · #17 of 30
in Commodore 64 Emulators

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Runs on Linux, self-hosted, Windows.

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Zinc64 is ranked #17 of 30 in Commodore 64 emulators on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted, Windows.

Compared on Commodore 64 emulators

Free plan: Yes
Supported platforms: Linux, Windows
Disk and tape formats: BIN, CRT, P00, PRG, TAP
Built-in debugger: Yes
Emulated C64 variants: PAL C64, NTSC C64

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The record

Purpose: Zinc64 is a Commodore 64 emulator toolkit designed to run as a standalone emulator or as a library for building emulators.
Emulated hardware: It implements the MOS 6510 CPU, MOS 6526 CIA, MOS 6581 SID, and MOS 6567/6569 VIC chipset, along with C64 devices and peripherals.
Swappable components: Its design allows emulator components to be replaced with other implementations through a custom ChipFactory.
Bare-metal support: The zinc64-system crate can run without the Rust standard library in bare-metal environments.
Raspberry Pi: The project describes a bare-metal Raspberry Pi 3 port, listed as in progress in its component status table.
Debugger: The emulator includes a remote debugger accessible over telnet, with commands modeled after the VICE emulator.
Radare2 integration: The README documents connecting radare2 to the emulator through its RAP server support.
File formats: The status table lists BIN, CRT, P00, PRG, and TAP formats as done, while D64 and T64 are marked not started.
Other unfinished components: The status table marks floppy and mouse support as not started and the OpenGL client as in progress.
Getting started: The project instructs users to install Rust, clone or download the repository, build it with Cargo, and run the resulting emulator.
Windows setup: The README's Windows considerations say to install Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools 2017 and select the Visual C++ build tools workload.
License: The repository's LICENSE file contains the GNU General Public License version 3.
Maintainer: The GitHub account for binaryfields identifies the profile as Sebastian Jastrzebski and lists Boston, MA.

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Best Commodore 64 Emulators in 2026#17 of 30

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Sources

github.com/binaryfields/zinc64· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/binaryfields/zinc64/blob/master/LICENSE· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/binaryfields· checked 5 Oct 2026