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Gaseous Server

Self-hosted ROM library and metadata server

Game Engines & Frameworks ★ 950 stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

Gaseous Server is a self-hosted game ROM library and metadata management server. It catalogs a ROM collection, fetches metadata from IGDB, and supports in-browser play via EmulatorJS.

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Key features

  • ROM cataloging
  • IGDB metadata
  • EmulatorJS in-browser play
  • Collection organization

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Browser-based emulation
  • Good metadata handling

Trade-offs

  • Smaller community
  • Requires MariaDB

Is Gaseous Server secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Gaseous Server's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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