Homebrew Libraries and Tools

2021-03-24T02:11:30Z

FrozenLake: Attempted to add maintained status to list. Uncertain as to what is actually maintained, as 3DS homebrew development is rather slow when it comes to updates. I know for certain that some cases are not maintained, though (such as the cases where Cruel was the person in control of the branch.)

This is a list of libraries and tools that can be used to develop 3DS Homebrew.

== Libraries ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%"
! width="16%" | Name
! width="50%" | Description
! width="10%" | Author
! width="8%" | Download
! width="8%" | Open-Source
! width="8%" | Maintained
|-
| [https://github.com/smealum/ctrulib ctrulib]
| C library for writing user mode ARM11 code for the 3DS (CTR)
| [https://twitter.com/smealum smea] et al.
| [[Setting_up_Development_Environment|See here]]
| Yes
| Yes
|-
| [https://github.com/xerpi/sf2dlib sf2dlib]
| Simple and Fast 2D library for the Nintendo 3DS (using libctru and citro3d)
| [https://github.com/xerpi xerpi]
| [https://github.com/xerpi/sf2dlib/archive/master.zip Here]
| Yes
| Deprecated
|-
| [https://github.com/fincs/citro3d citro3d]
| Stateful PICA200 GPU wrapper library for the Nintendo 3DS
| [https://github.com/fincs fincs]
| [https://github.com/fincs/citro3d/archive/master.zip Here]
| Yes
| Yes
|-
| [https://github.com/cpp3ds/gl3ds gl3ds]
| OpenGL implementation for Nintendo 3DS using ctrulib
| [https://github.com/Cruel Cruel] et al.
| [https://github.com/cpp3ds/gl3ds/archive/master.zip Here]
| Yes
| No
|-
| [https://github.com/machinamentum/Caelina Caelina]
| An OpenGL implementation for (N)3DS
| [https://github.com/machinamentum machinamentum]
| [https://github.com/machinamentum/Caelina/releases Here]
| Yes
| No
|-
| [https://github.com/Parx-3DS Three-DS, computers]
| Canvas/GDI Parx-Pas tested in FreePascal, public stubs
| [https://twitter.com/Kenny_D_Lee Kenneth Dwayne Lee]
| [http://flying-dutchmen.github.io/3DS-Sails Here]
| No
| Vandalized?
|-
| [https://github.com/Myriachan/libkhax libkhax]
| Library for modifying kernel memory on a certain handheld game console.
| [https://github.com/Myriachan Myria] et al.
| [https://github.com/Myriachan/libkhax/archive/master.zip Here]
| Yes
| No
|-
| [https://github.com/cpp3ds/cpp3ds cpp3ds]
| Object-oriented C++ game library and port of [http://www.sfml-dev.org/ SFML]
| [https://github.com/Cruel Cruel] et al.
| [https://github.com/cpp3ds/cpp3ds/releases Here]
| Yes
| No
|-
| [https://github.com/BtheDestroyer/SpriteTools SpriteTools]
| Extension to SF2D, adding support for things like animations
| [https://github.com/BtheDestroyer BtheDestroyer]
| [https://github.com/BtheDestroyer/SpriteTools/releases Here]
| Yes
| Canceled
|-
| [https://github.com/TurtleP/LovePotion LovePotion]
| Love2d port, a lua game engine
| [https://github.com/TurtleP/ TurtleP]
| [https://github.com/TurtleP/LovePotion/releases Here]
| Yes
| Yes
|}

== PC Tools ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%"
! width="16%" | Name
! width="50%" | Description
! width="10%" | Author
! width="8%" | Download
! width="8%" | Open-Source
! width="8%" | Maintained
|-
| [http://devkitpro.org/ devkitARM]
| GCC-based toolchain tuned for homebrew development for ARM-based consoles.
| [https://github.com/WinterMute WinterMute] et al.
| [[Setting_up_Development_Environment|See here]]
| [https://github.com/devkitPro Yes]
| Yes
|-
| [https://github.com/smealum/aemstro aemstro]
| Set of tools used to disassemble and assemble shader code for DMP's MAESTRO shader extension used in the 3DS's PICA200 GPU
| [https://twitter.com/smealum smea]
| [https://github.com/smealum/aemstro/archive/master.zip Here]
| Yes
| No
|-
| [https://github.com/fincs/picasso picasso]
| Homebrew PICA200 shader assembler
| [https://github.com/fincs fincs]
| [https://github.com/fincs/picasso/releases Here]
| Yes
| No
|-
| [http://4dsdev.org/thread.php?id=14 nihstro]
| 3DS shader assembler and disassembler
| [https://github.com/neobrain neobrain]
| [http://4dsdev.org/thread.php?id=14 Here]
| [https://github.com/neobrain/nihstro Yes]
| No
|-
| [https://github.com/Lectem/3ds-cmake 3ds-cmake]
| CMake files for devkitARM and 3DS homebrew development
| [https://github.com/Lectem Lectem]
| [https://github.com/Lectem/3ds-cmake/archive/master.zip Here]
| Yes
| No
|-
| [[Makerom|makerom]]
| Tool which can be used to create NCCH, CCI, and CIA files.
| [[User:3dsguy|3dsguy]], maintained by [https://github.com/profi200 profi200]
| [https://github.com/profi200/Project_CTR/archive/master.zip Here]
| [https://github.com/profi200/Project_CTR/tree/master/makerom Yes]
| Yes
|-
| [https://github.com/Steveice10/bannertool bannertool]
| Tool to create NCCH banners
| [https://github.com/Steveice10 Steveice10]
| [https://github.com/Steveice10/bannertool/archive/master.zip Here]
| Yes
| No
|-
| [https://github.com/socram8888/amiitool amiitool]
| Tool to decrypt, encrypt and sign amiibo dumps
| [https://github.com/socram8888 socram8888]
| [https://github.com/socram8888/amiitool/archive/master.zip Here]
| Yes
| No
|}

== 3DS Tools ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%"
! width="16%" | Name
! width="50%" | Description
! width="10%" | Author
! width="8%" | Download
! width="8%" | Open-Source
! width="8%" | Maintained
|-
| [https://github.com/neobrain/braindump braindump]
| Tool to dump ExeFS/RomFS data from games and other applications
| [https://github.com/neobrain neobrain]
| [https://github.com/neobrain/braindump/releases Here]
| Yes
| No
|-
| [https://github.com/citra-emu/uncart uncart]
| Utility to dump game cartridges to the SD card
| [https://github.com/neobrain neobrain] et al.
| Build from [https://github.com/citra-emu/uncart repo]
| Yes
| No
|-
|}

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