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The LinuxServer.io team brings you another container release featuring:

• regular and timely application updates • easy user mappings (PGID, PUID) • custom base image with s6 overlay • weekly base OS updates with common layers across the entire LinuxServer.io ecosystem to minimise space usage, down time and bandwidth • regular security updates

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linuxserver/mame

MAME is a free and open-source emulator designed to emulate the hardware of arcade games, video game consoles, old computers and other systems in software on modern personal computers.

Supported Architectures

We utilise the docker manifest for multi-platform awareness. More information is available from docker here and our announcement here.

Simply pulling lscr.io/linuxserver/mame:latest should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.

The architectures supported by this image are:

| Architecture | Available | Tag |

| x86-64 | ✅ | amd64-\ | | arm64 | ✅ | arm64v8-\ |

Application Setup

The application can be accessed at:

• https://yourhost:3001/

Strict reverse proxies

This image uses a self-signed certificate by default. This naturally means the scheme is https. If you are using a reverse proxy which validates certificates, you need to disable this check for the container.

This container is based on Docker Baseimage Selkies, which streams a desktop or single application to your web browser. Only the essentials are covered below, the full platform documentation lives at docs.linuxserver.io/selkies.

Start Minimal

Most support issues we see stem from large run configurations assembled from years of forum posts. These containers are designed to work with almost nothing. Start with the minimal command below, confirm it works, then add your options (volumes, env vars, GPU flags) one at a time:

Open https://localhost:3001 (note the https) and accept the self signed certificate warning. The trailing bash gives you a shell inside the container, ctrl+d exits and cleans everything up. If a bigger setup misbehaves, return to this command to isolate the problem, see the Quickstart and Troubleshooting guides.

GPU Acceleration

A GPU is optional, the CPU pipeline is fast enough for smooth sessions on modest hardware. When a GPU is mounted into the container it is automatically detected and configured for zero copy rendering and encoding, set AUTO_GPU=false to disable this behavior.

Intel / AMD (open source drivers), one flag is all it takes:

Nvidia (proprietary drivers, not available on Alpine based images):

Requires host driver 580 or newer installed from the .run file downloaded directly from Nvidia. On drivers older than 595.80 you may also need kernel parameters and a dummy plug, see GPU Acceleration before opening an issue.

Compose examples, multi GPU selection (DRINODE/DRI_NODE), Unraid notes, and a step by step debugging loop are in the GPU Acceleration guide.

Security

[!WARNING] This container provides privileged access to the host system. Do not expose it to the Internet unless you have secured it properly.

HTTPS is required. Modern browser features used for video and audio (WebCodecs) only work in a secure context. Port 3001 serves HTTPS directly, the HTTP port exists only to sit behind a reverse proxy.

By default there is no authentication. Setting the CUSTOM_USER and PASSWORD environment variables enables HTTP basic auth, which is suitable only for a trusted local network. For internet exposure, place the container behind a reverse proxy with robust authentication, such as SWAG. Keep in mind the web interface includes a terminal with passwordless sudo, anyone who can reach the GUI can gain root inside the container.

Authentication options, sharing link behavior, container isolation, and the lockdown variables for kiosk style deployments are covered in Security and Hardening.

Language Support - Internationalization

To launch the session in a different language, set the LC_ALL environment variable, e.g. -e LC_ALL=zh_CN.UTF-8 (Chinese), ja_JP.UTF-8 (Japanese), ko_KR.UTF-8 (Korean), ar_AE.UTF-8 (Arabic), ru_RU.UTF-8 (Russian), es_MX.UTF-8 (Spanish Latin America), de_DE.UTF-8 (German), fr_FR.UTF-8 (French), nl_NL.UTF-8 (Dutch), it_IT.UTF-8 (Italian).

Beyond Running the App

This image inherits every capability of the Selkies platform, all documented in depth on the docs site:

• Configuration Reference - every environment variable: ports, subfolder reverse proxy, custom dashboards, watermarking, and the full set of SELKIES_* stream, feature, and UI settings with their |locked syntax. • Using the Web Client - file transfer, clipboard sync, audio and microphone, up to four gamepads, session sharing, and mobile touch support. • Installing Applications - persistent user installed apps with proot-apps (proot-apps install filezilla) or native packages at boot with Docker mods. • Docker in Docker and host Docker control - run --privileged for an isolated DinD setup, or mount /var/run/docker.sock to manage the host. • Reverse Proxy - proxying websockets and subfolders correctly. • SealSkin - turnkey multi user VDI orchestration with browser extension and mobile apps, this image is fully compatible. • Pelorus - expose the session to AI agents via a computer use API and accessibility stack.

Usage

To help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli.

[!NOTE] Unless a parameter is flagged as 'optional', it is *mandatory* and a value must be provided.

docker-compose (recommended, click here for more info)…

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