If your goal is to play games , upgrade to a 64-bit OS and use the modern Dolphin. If your goal is to preserve history , then by all means, dive into the GitHub history and resurrect the 32-bit beast.
git clone https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin.git cd dolphin git checkout 4.0-7161 # One of the last 32-bit compatible builds This code is nearly a decade old. It will not compile on modern Linux distributions without significant tweaking to the build systems (which assumed older versions of CMake, wxWidgets, and DirectX SDKs). Community Forks: The Unofficial 32-bit Archives Because the official project abandoned 32-bit, several users forked the repository to preserve the 32-bit version. Searching "dolphin 32 bits github" will often lead you to user repositories like dolphin-32bit , Dolphin-x86 , or DolphinLegacy .
The last commit that fully supported 32-bit Windows was merged in early 2015. After that, the master branch on GitHub pivoted entirely to 64-bit. This is the core of your search. If you visit the official Dolphin GitHub repository at github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin , you will find a master branch (now often called main ) that is strictly 64-bit. You cannot compile a working 32-bit version from this branch today.
