RetroArch Menu Drivers: Switch Between Ozone, XMB, GLUI and RGUI

This guide summarizes the official RetroArch documentation on its user interface. RetroArch currently has four different "Menu Drivers" to choose from for its graphical user interface, and the documentation states that the menu driver can be changed under Settings > User Interface > Menu. It also states that a restart of RetroArch will be required after the change. The instructions below are drawn from that documentation and have not been hands-on tested here.

Available menu drivers

• Ozone — described in the documentation as the default skin for many host systems.
• XMB — described in the documentation as the "old" default skin.
• GLUI — described in the documentation as the smartphone/touchscreen skin.
• RGUI — described in the documentation as the "basic" skin.

The documentation labels each driver with a short description: Ozone is the default skin for many host systems, XMB is the "old" default skin, GLUI is the smartphone/touchscreen skin, and RGUI is the "basic" skin. The source does not describe per-driver visual layouts, feature differences, or compatibility with specific RetroArch versions.

Changing the menu driver

• Open RetroArch.
• Navigate to Settings > User Interface > Menu.
• Select the menu driver you want to use.
• Restart RetroArch so the change takes effect.

The setting path in the official documentation is Settings > User Interface > Menu. After selecting a menu driver there, restart RetroArch for the change to take effect.

Scope and source limitations

The source page lists the four menu drivers and the setting path for switching between them, but it does not describe the visual layout of each driver in detail, per-driver feature differences, compatibility with specific RetroArch versions, or troubleshooting steps. Those details are outside the scope of this source summary and are not covered here.