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nx-python is an ecosystem for developing and running Python homebrew applications on the Nintendo Switch. PyNX serves as the entry point to this ecosystem and allows you to run Python apps on your Switch. It is a homebrew app that contains a port of the CPython interpreter and allows you to run Python applications from the Homebrew Menu. Just name your application main.py and place it next to the PyNX.nro, and it will be executed as soon as you launch PyNX from the Homebrew Menu. Simply grab a release build and copy the content of the ZIP archive into the /switch folder on your SD card. PyNX will appear on the Homebrew Menu. Currently, Python 3.5 is supported. Basic things should work fine, but for many advanced things, like PyGame, you will have to wait a bit until they are supported. This also includes threading, as well as the signal module. Those are high priority, though, so you won't have to wait for them for too long, hopefully. For Switch-specific things, such as controller input or filesystem read/write, you can use the nx package that's included in PyNX (see documentation).

I hope nx-python will allow many more people to develop awesome homebrew applications for the Switch.

If you encounter a problem, make sure to join our Discord and tell us about it, or, alternatively, reply to this thread.

Quick links: Download | Documentation | Discord | Source

Special thanks to DavidBuchanan314, @MarcusD, @Stary2001, rami, and several other people from ReSwitched as well as the SwitchBrew team, the devkitPro team, and the Python Software Foundation.

 

[Shrike]

"What would be the ideal coding language to make homebrew apps when the Switch gets hacked?"

You mean LUA, right ?

Just joking .. great work man <3

 

[AileenLumina]

Oh, I mean, I heard Lua support is brewing as well :eyes:

Thanks!

 

[incidentallyscribble]

Useful... good job.

 

[Brawl345]

Thank you for this, Python is a really easy language and this will be very useful

 

[AileenLumina]

await nx.P1.controller.A_BUTTON.wait_for_press()
if isinstance(nx.P1.controller, nx.SwitchProController):

print("Nice controller you have there.")​

Yeah, it's indeed very easy.

 

[AileenLumina]

Python 3 support added!

 

[pwsincd]

appstore updated to include the newer release... nice work as always..

 

[Shrike]

Now that Python works.. can we have Ren'Py next ?

 

[lordelan]

This is an amazing release and hopefully will lead to many more homebrew apps!
By using different copies of this and the asset editor by @vgmoose we can easily have multiple Python apps in our HBmenu, each with their own icon and name.

 

[reds]

AWESOME! I've already started writing some homebrew in C, but I can imagine nx-python giving us a lot of new homebrew from less-experienced coders. Great work :3

 

[AileenLumina]

@lordelan My idea was to have fake homebrew apps similar to the ones we had on the 3DS. Those would just launch Pynx and instruct it to run the Python program they contain, basically.

 

[NightScript]

I hope you remember that #python-haters channel that I made on my discord server.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

OwO what's this?

In all seriousness this is awesome and I will definitely be using this

 

[normal19]

Now that Python works.. can we have Ren'Py next ?

Was just going to say this. But that needs Python 2.7 and a dozen dependecneis.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Was just going to say this. But that needs Python 2.7 and a dozen dependecneis.

Can't you just import the old libraries (whatever the opposite of importing from _future_ is) and put all the dependencies in the same folder as the main .py?

 

[DarkOrb]

Now that Python works.. can we have Ren'Py next ?

Before we fantasize about Ren'Py, they should implement more basic things like "numpy". I need my multi-dimensional arrays.

Btw, great work. One suggestion: Please add a text editor which utilizes the onscreen keyboard (or a bluetooth keyboard), so we can write applications on the go.

 

[lordelan]

@lordelan My idea was to have fake homebrew apps similar to the ones we had on the 3DS. Those would just launch Pynx and instruct it to run the Python program they contain, basically.

Yay sounds good.

 

[Sonixier]

Is there a plan to add support for yuzu? I don't have a 3.0.0 switch and it would be nice to create homebrew before cfw comes to older fws.

 

[wl.]

it's yuzu should support this homebrew (for now yuzu lacks some services, for sockets and random numbers)