Homebrew Libraries and Tools

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

Libraries

Name	Description	Author	Download	Open-Source	Maintained
libctru	C library for writing user mode ARM11 code for the 3DS (CTR)	smea et al.	See here	Yes	Yes
citro3d	Stateful PICA200 GPU wrapper library for the Nintendo 3DS	fincs	See here	Yes	Yes
citro2d	Library for drawing 2D graphics using the Nintendo 3DS's PICA200 GPU	fincs	See here	Yes	Yes
sf2dlib	Simple and Fast 2D library for the Nintendo 3DS (using libctru and citro3d)	xerpi	Here	Yes	Deprecated
gl3ds	OpenGL implementation for Nintendo 3DS using libctru	Cruel et al.	Here	Yes	No
Caelina	An OpenGL implementation for (N)3DS	machinamentum	Here	Yes	No
libkhax	Library for modifying kernel memory on a certain handheld game console.	Myria et al.	Here	Yes	No
cpp3ds	Object-oriented C++ game library and port of SFML	Cruel et al.	Here	Yes	No
SpriteTools	Extension to SF2D, adding support for things like animations	BtheDestroyer	Here	Yes	Deprecated

PC Tools

Name	Description	Author	Download	Open-Source	Maintained
devkitARM	GCC-based toolchain tuned for homebrew development for ARM-based consoles.	WinterMute et al.	See here	Yes	Yes
aemstro	Set of tools used to disassemble and assemble shader code for DMP's MAESTRO shader extension used in the 3DS's PICA200 GPU	smea	Here	Yes	No
picasso	Homebrew PICA200 shader assembler	fincs	See here	Yes	Yes
nihstro	3DS shader assembler and disassembler	neobrain	Here	Yes	No
3ds-cmake	CMake files for devkitARM and 3DS homebrew development	Lectem	Here	Yes	No
makerom	Tool which can be used to create NCCH, CCI, and CIA files.	3dsguy, maintained by profi200	Here	Yes	Yes
bannertool	Tool to create NCCH banners	Steveice10	Here	Yes	No
amiitool	Tool to decrypt, encrypt and sign amiibo dumps	socram8888	Here	Yes	No

3DS Tools

Name	Description	Author	Download	Open-Source	Maintained
braindump	Tool to dump ExeFS/RomFS data from games and other applications	neobrain	Here	Yes	No
uncart	Utility to dump game cartridges to the SD card	neobrain et al.	Build from repo	Yes	No