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
BlueLineFM	Line Loader for Blue FW	MrFakeMK	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	2016-7-23 (0.1.1)
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