Homebrew Applications
Installing
Applications are installed by copying the necessary files directly to the switch/ folder in the root of the SD card, or in a subdirectory of switch/, in which case said subfolder must be named identically to its executable. Normally the former should be used. The latter should be used if the application uses anything from FS current-working-directory (directory where the NRO is located). Applications come with the following:
[appname].nro: The executable.
The Homebrew Menu will scan the SD card for all .nro files, but will only display an icon for those who have one according to the format described above. You can also freely navigate the filesystem to select an application.
Icon/metadata for each application is loaded from data embedded in the NRO (custom assets section), if available.
Notes
Distribution and promotion of tools to create or work with commercial game dumps is illegal under DMCA and EUCD provisions. Such tools risk legal repercussions and should not be linked or promoted here.
List
Launchers
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homebrew Menu | Run homebrew on your Switch! | Yellows8, plutooo | Here | Yes |
| PegaScape | Entrypoint for Homebrew Menu and a few others to be run. | AtlasNX | Here | Yes |
Applications
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homebrew App Store | Download and manage installed homebrew apps | VGMoose | Here | Yes | 2018-10-02 |
| switch_sysmodule | RPC over USB, etc. Originally a sysmodule, however this can also be used as a regular application. | Yellows8 | Yes | ||
| pPlay | A video player for the Nintendo Switch | Cpasjuste | Here | Yes | 2018-12-19 |
| Switch Lan Play | Allows you to play Lan supported games online, | spacemeowx2 | Here | Yes | 2018-03-19 |
| Ldn_mitm | Allows you to play Wireless supported games online,(Requires Switch Lan Play) | spacemeowx2 | Here | Yes | 2018-12-07 |
| Pynx | Allows you to run homebrew applications written in Python on the Switch. | AileenLumina | Here | Yes | 2018-03-19 |
| Switch Brainfuck | A brainfuck interpreter for the Nintendo Switch. | TheKgg | Here | Yes | 2018-04-21 |
| ScreenTester-NX | Detect and repair dead/stuck pixels | Marice | Here | Yes | 2018-05-19 |
| NX-Shell | Multipurpose File Manager | Joel16 | Here | Yes | 2018-05-26 |
| Gag Order | SuperNag remover | Adubbz | Here | Yes | 2018-05-30 |
| Switch Reader | E-Hentai gallery viewer | Colin969 | Here | Yes | 2018-11-21 |
| In-Home-Switching | Stream games from PC to the Nintendo Switch | jakibaki, D-VAmpire | Here | Yes | 2018-12-31 |
| vgedit | Text editor with touch/controller/usb support | vgmoose | Here | Yes | 2020-06-15 |
Game Engines
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Nukem 3D | EDuke32 is an awesome, free homebrew game engine and source port of the classic PC first person shooter Duke Nukem 3D | Cpasjuste | Here | Yes | 2018-04-29 |
| LovePotion | Love2D for Nintendo Switch | TurtleP | Here | Yes | 2019-01-03 |
| EasyRPG Player | RPG Maker 2000/2003 game interpreter | Rinnegatamante & EasyRPG team | Here | Yes | 2019-03-03 |
| MegaZeux | A game creation system originally released in 1994 with text mode-like graphics and a large library of games. | Lachesis | Here | Yes | 2020-11-22 |
| Solarus Engine | Zelda-like Action-RPG game engine | carstene1ns | Here | Yes | 2018-05-20 |
Games
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2048 | 2048 port for Switch homebrew | Bernardo Giordano | Here | Yes | 2018-04-21 |
| Cannonball-NX | An Enhanced OutRun Engine | lantus/MVG | Here | Yes | 2018-05-23 |
| Chocolate Doom | Chocolate Doom port for Switch | WinterMute | Here | Yes | 2018-06-22 |
| Hamsters NX | A breeding of Hamsters game in text mode. | Cid2mizard | Here | Yes | 2018-02-28 |
| HEXGEM | A match 3 (or more) board game | carstene1ns | Here | Yes | 2018-07-25 |
| Hot Pocolate | Alternative music visualizer | illteteka | Here | Yes | 2018-08-15 |
| Hurrican | Port of POKE53280 Classic Turrican reimagination | rsn8887 | Here | Yes | 2019-05-09 |
| InvadersNX | Space Invaders type game | MaesterRowen | Here | Yes | 2018-07-09 |
| Ken's Labyrinth | Classic MS-DOS shooter with enhanced features such as HD textures and 60fps support | Nightfox | Here | Yes | 2019-01-19 |
| MCOsu | Osu! Port for Switch | McKay42 | Here | Yes | |
| Meritous | Top View Dungeon Game | nop90 | Here | Yes | 2018-03-17 |
| Noodles! | A clone of the iOS puzzle game Noodles! | MrJPGames | Here | Yes | 2019-07-24 |
| NXEngine | Reimplementation of Cave Story / Doukutsu Monogatari, a Japanese freeware PC side-scrolling platformer game from 2004. | carstene1ns | Here | Yes | 2018-05-20 |
| NXQuake | TyrQuake is a source port of id Software's Quake | fgsfds | Here | Yes | 2018-09-15 |
| NXQuake2 | Yamagi Quake II is a source port of id Software's Quake II | fgsfds | Here | Yes | 2018-09-04 |
| OpenBOR | OpenBOR is the ultimate 2D gaming engine with over 10+ years of active development behind it. With OpenBOR you can build anything from simple button mashers to elaborate projects rivaling the most lavish professional offerings. Download one of the dozens of ready to play game modules available here, or grab the development kit and start up one of your own! | cpasjuste | Here | Yes | 2018-03-18 |
| OpenTyrian | OpenTyrian is a port of the DOS shoot-em-up Tyrian, which is an arcade-style vertical scrolling shooter. | felixrg | Here | Yes | 2018-05-19 |
| Pickr | Pickr webgame port for Switch homebrew | Bernardo Giordano | Here | Yes | 2018-04-16 |
| Pixel-Painter | A simple drawing homebrew | 8BitWonder | Here | Yes | 2020-08-19 |
| Postal-NX | An isometric top-down shooter video game from 1997 | lantus/MVG | Here | Yes | 2018-05-25 |
| powder-nx | Physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different substances. | VelocityRa | Here | Yes | 2019-09-15 |
| REminiscence | REminiscence is a re-implementation of the engine used in the game Flashback made by Delphine Software and released in 1992. | Cpasjuste | Here | Yes | 2018-03-28 |
| SDLLopan | A classic remake of Linux Lopan (a Mahjong solitaire clone) by Dave Ashley. | nop90 | Here | Yes | 2018-03-02 |
| SDLPoP | An open-source port of Prince of Persia, based on the disassembly of the DOS version. | usineur | Here | Yes | 2018-05-14 |
| Space Game NX | Space game is a graphical shooter game on the Switch ported from Wii U! | vgmoose | Here | Yes | 2018-02-19 |
| Snake | A minimalistic Snake clone for Switch made with LovePotion. | Shrike | Here | Yes | 2018-03-10 |
| Stepmania 5.x | A port of the Stepmania 5.x PC game to the switch | retronx-team | Here | Yes | |
| Super Methane Brothers | An elimination platformer remake similar to Bubble Bobble (originally released for AMIGA in 1993). Blast baddies with your methane gun and survive 100 floors in the tower of time. | carstene1ns | Here | Yes | 2018-05-08 |
| Switch Pong | A port of pong for the Nintendo Switch | TheKgg | Here | Yes | 2018-04-20 |
| Tetriswitch | A Tetris clone for Nintendo Switch. | Ryuzaki_MrL | Here | Yes | 2018-03-13 |
| TicTacToe | A Tic Tac Toe implementation for Switch. | SH3RLOCK | Here | Yes | 2018-02-23 |
| Useless Homebrew | A "useless machine"-like software, ported from DS | Tcm0, Rydian (DS) | Here | Yes | 2018-03-03 |
Emulators
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ScummVM | ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games... | Cpasjuste | Here | Yes | 2018-05-18 |
| mGBA | Standalone version of mGBA for Switch | endrift | Here | Yes | |
| pFBA | A port of final burn alpha to multiple platforms | Cpasjuste | Here | Yes | 2018-08-25 |
| PPSSPP | Port of the standalone PSP Emulator "PPSSPP" for the Switch | m4xw, Henrik Rydgård | Here | No | |
| CHIP8-NX | CHIP8 emulator | Marice | Here | Yes | 2018-05-25 |
| LaiNESwitch | Compact, cycle-accurate NES emulator in ~1000 lines of C++. | Kevoot | Here | Yes | 2018-07-26 |
| pSNES | snes9x 1.56.2 | Cpasjuste | Here | Yes | 2018-08-24 |
| RetroArch | RetroArch has advanced features like shaders, netplay, rewinding, and next-frame response times. | Here | Yes | 2018-10-01 |
Title managers
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|
Save managers
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checkpoint | Fast and simple save manager for 3DS and Switch written in C++. | Bernardo Giordano | Here | Yes | 2018-05-14 |
| JKSV | WIP save manager for more advanced users | JK_ | Here | Yes | 2018-06-25 |
| EdiZon | Save file manager and editor with JSON+Lua plugin support for easy creation of new save editors for any game. | WerWolv | Here | Yes | 2018-08-19 |
File servers
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ftpd | A port of ftpd for 3DS. | mtheall, TuxSH, WinterMute | Here | Yes | 2018-09-24 |
| sys-ftpd | A port of ftpd for 3DS that's running in the background. | mtheall, TuxSH, WinterMute, jakibaki | Here | Yes | 2018-09-24 |
| mtp-server-nx | A port of mtp-server for Android. | Gillou68310 | Here | Yes | 2019-09-19 |
| nxmtp | A MTP implementation. | liuervehc | Here | No | 2019-01-13 |
Demos
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34c3-demo | Demo from the 34c3 for Homebrew on the Switch. | plutoo | Here | Yes | 2018-02-19 |
| Dokkaebi Hack | Animated Demo using SDL on the Switch. | NicholeMattera | Here | Yes | 2019-06-14 |
System tools
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hekate | Software to run on boot to patch firmware and restore bricks. | CTCaer | Here | Yes | 2020-12-11 |
| Atmosphere CFW | Custom firmware for the Switch. | Atmosphere-NX | Here | Yes | 2020-12-11 |