Download Cemu 2.6

What the installer does

Windows

• Delivered as a ZIP archive that is unpacked containing a portable program that runs without being installed for x64.
• The manifest does not state an install scope.

Linux

• Delivered as a "flatpak" installer for x64.
• The manifest does not state an install scope.
• No silent-install switch is declared in the manifest.

Description

Nintendo Wii U Emulator

Cemu at a glance

What’s new in Cemu 2.6 February 6, 2025

Changelog: - Exporting saves via the title manager no longer crashes when the export path contains unicode characters - Fixed a regression in DS Virtual Console titles (#1440) - Fixed a bug where the debug shader dumping option would try to write files to the wrong directory - Added a right-click context menu to the PPC debugger disassembly view and fixed some smaller bugs in the debugger - Use libusb as the backend for HID/USB devices on Windows (#1471) - Reduce amount of Vulkan sampler objects that are created. Reduces memory usage slightly and avoids crashes on drivers that have a low limit on sampler objects - Improved index data caching on Vulkan. This may provide a very small performance benefit in some games - The --force-interpreter command line option now always uses single-threaded CPU emulation like originally intended

Read the full release notes on the publisher’s site

Notes for older versions are inside each version below.

Is Cemu safe?

Scan info

File integrity

Old versions

Windows versions

8 versions listed. Open a version for its installers, checksums and a command that pins it.

Linux versions

Flathub lists only the current release, and Flatpak installs the newest build; earlier versions cannot be chosen from the listing.

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Cemu FAQ

Is Cemu safe to download from here?

We host no installers. Every download button goes to the download location named in the package listing, and the checks below were run on those files.

On 2026-11-08 we downloaded the latest installer from those sources and re-computed the SHA-256: it matches the package catalog’s value. Code signatures: 0 valid, 1 not applicable (archives and similar).

VirusTotal: none of its 67 security engines flagged the scanned file.

Reports exist for 1 of 2 files, so the rating does not cover the rest.

Our rating: Safe so far. No check is a guarantee. See the security details above and our Security and Trust Center. Publisher’s website: Cemu’s official website.

Does Cemu update itself after I install an old version?

For Windows, we have no information on whether Cemu updates itself, and for Mac, we have no confirmation that the app updates itself, although many apps check for updates and offer to install them. Look for an update setting in Cemu (see Cemu’s documentation) before you rely on an older version.

Does Cemu cost anything?

No. Cemu is free and open source (license: MPL-2.0).

Which versions of Cemu are listed here, and how far back?

For Windows, we list 8 versions, from 1.26.2 up to 2.6, and for Linux, we list 1 version, from 2.6 (2025-02-04) up to 2.6. This page shows all of the Windows versions.

Where do the download links go?

They go straight to the source named in the package catalog, with nothing added by us: for Windows, to github.com, and for Linux, to dl.flathub.org. We host no files. Compare the SHA-256 shown next to each file with the one you compute after downloading. Publisher’s website: Cemu’s official website.