Homebrew Applications

Installing

Applications are installed by copying the necessary files to the 3ds/ folder in the root of the SD-card. Most applications come with two files:

(app name).3dsx: The executable.
(app name).smdh: The icon/metadata.

The Homebrew Launcher will scan the sdcard for all .3dsx files, but will only display an icon for those who have one according to the format described above.

List

Official Launcher

Name

Description

Author

Download

Open-Source

Homebrew Launcher

Run homebrew on your 3DS!

smea

Here

Yes

Homebrew Starter Pack

Everything to get you started.

smea

Here

Yes

Applications

Name	Description	Author	Download	Open-Source
3DS HomeMenu extdata Tool	Tool for accessing the SD extdata which Home Menu uses. This essentially allows writing custom themes to extdata which get loaded at Home Menu startup.	yellows8	[1]	Yes
3DS Nyan Cat	3DS Nyan Cat using LIBSF2D.	markwinap	Here	Yes
ctrrpc	A small and easily extensible RPC server/client written in C/Python. Allows you to quickly poke service-commands and syscalls over wifi from a Python shell on your PC. Useful during reverse-engineering.	plutoo	N/A	Yes
ctr-streaming-server	This is a server which runs on a 3DS, which receives audio/video for playback. This can also send HID state to the client (see the README) when enabled. The included parse_hidstream tool can be used to parse that HID data to simulate keyboard/mouse input events, via Linux uinput.	yellows8	N/A	Yes
Custom Home Menu Manager 2	Theme manager for Nintendo 3DS	Rinnegatamante	Here	Yes
DownloadMii	This is a WIP homebrew online store.	filfat	Latest	Yes
fb43ds	This is a simple Facebook's chat client	linoma	Here	Yes
FBI	Open source CIA (un)installer.	Steveice10	Here	Yes
for-anyone-who-walks-a-lot	Tool to get past the 10 coin per day limit on earning Play Coins by walking.	iamevn	Here	Yes
ftBRONY	An FTP server.	mtheall	N/A	Yes
FTP-3DS	Fork of ftBRONY with a Nintendo theme.	iamevn	Here	Yes
ftPONY	A basic FTP server, useful for testing new homebrew versions without swapping the SD card.	smea	Here	Yes
Homebrew Browser	Download homebrew from the internet!	cromo zeta0134	Here	Yes
svdt	Save Data Explorer/Manager	meladroit	Here	Yes

Games

Name	Description	Author	Download	Open-Source	Last Updated
100 Boxes 2DS	Simple puzzle game.	Cid2mizard	Here	Yes
2048-3D	"2048 was a big hit not so long ago, and I still see many people at my school playing it. So I thought it would be pretty cool to be able to play 2048 on the go on the 3DS."	Jasper Peters	Here	Yes
3DSCraft	Minecraft clone.	smea	Here	Yes
checkers3ds	A buggy ASCII checkers game	UnsureSherlock	Here	Yes
Hamsters 2DS	A hamster breeding game in text mode.	Cid2mizard	Here	No
Helii	Fly a helicopter through a 2D tunnel! Ported from the Wii.	BHSPitMonkey	Here	Yes	9/18/15
Insectoid Defense	A Sci-Fi Tower Defense game. This is merely a port of the Android/iOS/Windows Phone version.	sgowen	Here	Yes
Mastermind 3DS	Mastermind on 3DS	Jasper Peters	Here	Yes
Minesweeper 2DS	Minesweeper clone.	Cid2mizard	Here	Yes
Paddle Puffle 3DS	A port of Paddle Puffle for the 3DS.	Peanut42	Here	Yes
Pixel Shuffle 2DS	Puzzle game.	Cid2mizard	Here	Yes
Pixel Swap 2DS	Relaxing Puzzle game.	Cid2mizard	Here	Yes
Portal3DS	An adaptation of Portal for the 3DS.	smea	N/A	Yes
Tappy Plane	A Flappy Bird clone, but with a colorful plane. This is merely a port of the Android/iOS/Windows Phone version.	sgowen	Here	Yes
TileMap 2DS	Puzzle game.	Cid2mizard	Here	Yes
Tiles 2DS	Puzzle game, Lights Out Like.	Cid2mizard	Here	Yes
World of 3DSand	World of Sand clone.	Steveice10	Here	Yes
Yeti3DS	A quick and dirty port of Derek Evans' Yeti3D software rendering engine.	smea	N/A	Yes

Emulators

Name	Description	Author	Download	Open-Source
3DNES	An NES emulator. (No longer being worked on)	St4rk	Here	Yes
blargSnes	A Super Nintendo emulator. A compatibility list can be found here.	StapleButter	Here	Yes
CHIP-3DS	A simple and slow CHIP-8 emulator.	xerpi	Here	Yes
CitrAGB	Yet another GBA emulator.	shinyquagsire23	Here	Yes
GameYob	A Game Boy (Color) emulator. A compatibility list can be found here.	Drenn/Steveice10	Here	Yes
r3Ddragon	A virtual boy emulator.	mrdanielps	from github	Yes
RetroArch	A multisystem emulator. (GB, GBA, SNES, Genesis, CPS1, CPS2, etc.)	libretro	Here	Yes
mGBA	A GBA emulator that runs good without kernel hax.	endrift	Here	Yes

Icon Packs

Icon Packs are SMDH Packs for homebrew apps

Name	Description	Author	Download	Last Updated
Simplok	The first 3DS Icon pack.	link6155	Download	7 September 2015

Demos

Name	Description	Author	Download	Open-Source	Last Updated
cubedemo	A short demo of Homebrew on 3ds with working sound.	plutoo	Here	No
Spine 2D	Demo of Spine 2D skeletal animations	Cruel	3DSX CIA	No

Alternate Launchers

Name	Description	Author	Download	Open-Source
Mashers HBL	Homebrew Launcher with a grid and folders support.	Mashers	Here	No