List of Sinclair QL clones

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The following is a list of clones of Sinclair Research's Sinclair QL microcomputer:{{cite web|last=Klein|first=Robert|title=QL history FAQ part one: Hardware|url=http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/roklein/ql/Hardware|work=www.staff.uni-mainz.de|accessdate=23 July 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504000555/http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/roklein/ql/Hardware|archivedate=4 May 2006}}

• Sandy QLT / Futura (only produced in prototype form){{Cite news |last=HELLER |first=LEON |date=September 18, 1986 |title=Supplement: Alive and leaping |pages=iv-v |work=Popular Computing Weekly|url=https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1986-09-18/page/n25/mode/2up}}{{Cite news |last=Goodwin|first=Simon|date=January 1988 |title=Tech Niche - AMSTROLOGY The future of the Spectrum - can a superclone challenge Amstrad? |pages=143 |work=Crash|issue=48 |url=https://archive.org/details/crash-magazine-48}}
• CST Thor series (Thor 1 / Thor 20 / Thor XVI)
• Qubbesoft Aurora (a replacement QL motherboard)
• Peter Graf's Qx0 series of motherboards: Q40, Q40i and Q60{{cite web |date=2006 |title=Infos about the Q60 - A Sinclair QL successor |url=http://www.q40.de/ |access-date=2008-04-21 |website=q40.de: The Home of Q40 and Q60 users}}

The following hardware devices provided QL compatibility for other computer platforms:

• Futura Datasenter QL Emulator for the Atari ST{{Cite web |title=Sinclair QL Home Computer Emulators for Other Computers |url=https://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk/emulators.html |website=RWAP Software}}{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2006 |title=JMS Homepage for SMSQ/E (QL-compatible operating system and more) |url=http://smsq.j-m-s.com/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060327215946/http://smsq.j-m-s.com/index.htm |archive-date=27 March 2006 |website=Jochen Merz Software}}
• Jochen Merz's QVME card for the Atari MEGA STE and Atari TT{{Cite news |last=Merz |first=Jochen |date=May 1996 |title=My BOOT |pages=7 |work=QL Today |url=https://sinclairql.net/qlt/QLToday_V01-I1_en.pdf}}
• Miracle Systems QXL and QXL II cards for PC compatibles{{Cite web |last=Jäger |first=Peta |title=QL-HARDWARE und PRODUKTINFORMATIONEN |url=http://sinclairql.emuunlim.com/hardware.html |website=Petas Sinclair QL Support Page}}

The ICL One Per Desk (also sold as the BT Merlin Tonto or the Telecom Australia Computerphone) shared some hardware components with the QL but was not intended to be software-compatible.

In addition, several software emulators of the QL exist including QPC, uQLX, QLay and Q-emuLator.{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Dilwyn|title=Sinclair QL Software - Emulators|url=https://dilwyn.theqlforum.com/emu/index.html|work=Dilwyn Jones Sinclair QL Pages|accessdate=24 February 2025}}

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}