Homebrew Applications
Installing
Applications are installed by copying the necessary files directly to the 3ds/ folder in the root of the SD card, or in a subdirectory of "3ds", in which case said subfolder must be named identically to its executable. Most applications come with two files:
- (app name).3dsx: The executable.
- (app name).smdh: The icon/metadata. (Not required in any case, and may be integrated into the .3dsx)
- (app name).xml: The list of supported targets, i.e. installed titles which the app supports replacing in memory at runtime, thus inheriting its permissions. (Optional)
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. Recent enough versions can freely navigate the filesystem to select an application.
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 | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 3dsfetch | Small 3DS version of a popular Linux ricing script called screenfetch | VideahGams | Here | Yes | |
| Brainfudge | Alpha brainfuck interpreter | V0idst4r | 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 | |
| Homebrew Browser | Download homebrew from the internet! | cromo zeta0134 | Here | Yes | |
| fb43ds | This is a simple Facebook's chat client | linoma | 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 |
Game Engines
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LövePotion | An unofficial work in progress implementation of the LÖVE API for 3DS Homebrew | VideahGams | Here | Yes | |
| ctrµLua | A Lua interpreter for 3DS brought to life by the remnants of the µLua community | Firew0lf, Reuh, Negi | 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 | |
| Antibounce | Move your player to bounce around and collect coins. Go between screens through the holes in the sides of the floor. 3D can also be enabled. | TurtleP | Here | Yes | |
| checkers3ds | A buggy ASCII checkers game | UnsureSherlock | Here | Yes | |
| DrawAttack | Online multiplayer drawing game like pictionary. | Cruel | Here | Yes | 16/Nov/15 |
| 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 | 18/Sep/15 |
| Insectoid Defense | A Sci-Fi Tower Defense game. This is merely a port of the Android/iOS/Windows Phone version. | sgowen | Here | Yes | |
| NumberFucker3DS | Simple math game, originally used as a debug game for LövePotion | VideahGams | 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 | |
| Pituka Classics | The goal is to bring CPC classics using my Pituka Emulator-Core as base with new features to your 3DS. | D_Skywalk | Here | Yes (see core) | |
| 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 | |
| Reversi | Reversi for the 3DS. | Jasper Peters | Here | Yes | |
| Space Fruit | Hackathon game by 4 friends ported to 3DS. Asteroids but with fruit (kinda) | TurtleP | Here | 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 | |
| Trucmuche 2DS 09 | Hidden Objects. | 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 | |
| ctrQuake | Unofficial port of Quake for the 3DS, fully playable. | MasterFeizz | Here | Yes | |
| EDuke3D | Unofficial port of EDuke32 for the Nintendo 3DS | MasterFeizz | Here | Yes | |
| Sokoban | Puzzle game. Unofficial port of Sokoban for the Nintendo 3DS | Landm | Here | Yes | |
| Cookie Collector | Cookie Collector game. Very tiny and not much in it. Good car trip or time waster game. On version 1.2 as of now. | Kaisogen | Here | Yes | 4/5/2016 |
| Tetrepetete 3DS | A game with blocks. | thp | Here | No | |
| That Rabbit Game 3DS | Inverse duck hunt with accelerometer input and stereoscopic 3D. | thp | Here | No | |
| One Whale Trip | Five-lane underwater whale swimming/pearl pickup adventure game in Python. | thp | Here | Yes |
Emulators
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DNES | An NES emulator. (No longer being worked on) | St4rk | Here | Yes | March 2015 |
| atari800-3DS | An Atari 8-bit home computer emulator. | asie | Here | Yes | April 2016 |
| blargSnes | A Super Nintendo emulator. A compatibility list can be found here. | StapleButter | Here | Yes | May 2015 |
| CHIP-3DS | A simple and slow CHIP-8 emulator. | xerpi | Here | Yes | March 2015 |
| CHIP8-3DS | CHIP-8 emulator with savestates and touch controls. | xerpi | Here | Yes | 2016-7-20 |
| CitrAGB | Yet another GBA emulator. | shinyquagsire23 | Here | Yes | September 2015 |
| EasyRPG Player | RPG Maker 2000/2003 interpreter | Rinnegatamante & EasyRPG Team | Here | Yes | May 2016 |
| GameYob | A Game Boy (Color) emulator. A compatibility list can be found here. | Drenn/Steveice10 | Here | Yes | November 2015 |
| r3Ddragon | A virtual boy emulator. | mrdanielps | Here | Yes | October 2015 |
| RetroArch | A multisystem emulator. (GB, GBA, SNES, Genesis, CPS1, CPS2, etc.) | libretro | Here | Yes | Undergoing rapid development. |
| mGBA | A GBA emulator that runs well without kernel hax. | endrift | Here | Yes | December 2015 |
Title managers
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FBI | Open source CIA (un)installer and launcher. | Steveice10 | Here | Yes | 2015-12-2 (1.4.17) |
| FBI 2 | Multipurpose file/title/ticket/save manager | Steveice10 | Here | Yes | Undergoing rapid development. |
| NASA | Universal CIA Manager for FWs 4.1 - 10.7 | Rinnegatamante | Here | No | 2016-4-13 (1.6) |
Save managers
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| save_manager | Proof of concept save exporter/importer | profi200 | Here | Yes | 2015-9-13 |
| svdt | Save Data Explorer/Manager | meladroit | Here | Yes | 2015-10-16 (0.10.42d) |
| JK's Save Manager | Save/Extdata Manager | JK_ | Here | Yes | 2016-6-30 |
File servers
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ftpd (ftBrony) | A FTP server. | mtheall | Here | 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 |
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 |
| 1LP | Cool Icon Pack!. | 100pcrack | Releases | 27 November 2015 |
| Modern UI | A simple icon pack with a flat and minimalist design. | LouchDaishiteru | Download | 20 January 2016 |
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 | |
| demo ou mourir | Small demo for the 3DS with music and 2D effects | Desire | Pouet | No | November 2015 |
Alternate Launchers
| Name | Description | Author | Download | Open-Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mashers HBL | Homebrew Launcher with a grid and folders support. | Mashers | Here | No |