Homebrew Libraries and Tools

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
🔗 N2DS .. N3DS Computers	2DS .. 3DS development in the Pascal computer language	Kenneth Dwayne Lee	🔗 here	No	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