For me I find "DOSBox Staging" works best. I prefer to do the config in a .conf file instead of GUI

It also has native Mac Apple Silicon build. I find something very satisfying with emulating DOS and Windows 95 on a very fast non-x86 machine.

I found DOSBox-ECE more stable than DOSBox-X. I believe they provide similar set of features.

EDIT: Oops, talked too soon. Apparently DOSBox-ECE has been EOLed :(

My experience with dosbox-x is similar. dosbox-staging is probably the most stable and it's still updated.

Thanks! DOSBox Staging also comes with better CRT emulation defaults which is a bonus.

I like the -X fork because it adds a basic GUI, and menus on the Mac.