Easiest way is to just download nut.exe to the directory where your NSP's are, and start it. Will install NSP's from your PC to the switch via USB or network connection. The games will show up on the switch (in the "new games" section) to install, the PC client is just a dumb server. Default username and password is guest/guest for network install.



# USB Install

Run server.py or Windows users can use the precompiled nut.exe in the release section.

Follow the directions found in the release page to install the USB driver.

After you run the server, ensure NSP's are visible in the list. If they are not, change the path and click the "scan" button.

Connect your USB cable from your switch to your PC.

Start Tinfoil or SX Installer, and all of the NSP's listed in nut server should now be available to install in Tinfoil or SX Installer.


# Network Install

Run server.py or Windows users can use the precompiled nut.exe in the release section.

After you run the server, ensure NSP's are visible in the list. If they are not, change the path and click the "scan" button.

Start Tinfoil or SX Installer, then go to locations, then select "Add New" location. Enter the ip, port, username, and password that is displayed in the nut server application, then press save.

All of the NSP's listed in nut server should now be available to install in Tinfoil or SX Installer.

https://tinfoil.io/Download#download

changelog:

- Scan path is now saved and remembered.
- Web GUI is now works with the windows release.
- Web gui optionally launches at application launch.
- Various bugfixes / enhancements to web gui.
- Fixed display bug where username did not display in gui.
- conf/users.conf is created, and users can edit their username and password there.
- fixed random error when initializing.

 

[bluedart]

This is not the Tinfoil mentionned in this thread.
Refer to this one: https://github.com/digableinc/tinfoil

Thanks for that, when googling for tinfoil the other comes up first and I wasn't aware there was a better repo. This version looks a lot better, and after making a prod.keys file and renaming it to keys.txt in the folder it works perfectly.

Installing another driver with Zadig did not break my ability to flash a bin, so that's nice. After setting this up as instructed it works correctly, and I even managed to install something small like guacamelee via usb. Nice program, and nice tutorial. Thanks. If this keeps working I no longer need to manually split nsps for fat32 nor do I need to manually copy them over to my SD card and require double the space on their to install. Neat.

Quick question though: why does the usb install start at something like 40MB/s and then get down to around 8MB/s near the end. Is this something I can fix? Even so, this process is still faster than my old one. (Note: I do not seem to be able to tell if the USB port in question is 3.0 or 2.0, as I do not know how to check through software, and if there is writing on the back of my computer, I cannot read it.)

 

[Reecey]

According to pyqt5 documentation for 64 bit operation systems pip3 needed ?!

Try doing this maybe ?!

pip3 install PyQt5

@xOxO Try using latest 86x windows installer don’t use 64.
Edit: did you “Add Path” on install? also don’t run nut server as admin just click on normal run but download your pips as admin cmd.

 

[x0x0]

@Reecey Im using linux debian9 arm64 distribution.

 

[Reecey]

@Reecey Im using linux debian9 arm64 distribution.

I didn’t know that I see.

 

[Reecey]

Bit of advice for everyone using this nut server, if you’re using sx installer for example go into settings overclock your gui both etc.. 1.79 everything works a lot quicker especially with over WiFi it loads to the nut server much faster you might need to enter settings file on your sd card notepad do it that way so it stays when you boot it up

Edit: @blawar is there anyway to save your drive name automatically when nut server starts up if I name the folder for example mine is Z:/ it won’t let me do : so how do I set my location on the nut server window so it always starts with that correct drive instead of my having to type it in thanks

 

[Reecey]

Look everyone I’m using Stargatenx! It’s great

That’s basically all stargatenx is a cloud drive your connecting too and paying huge prices, I don’t think its connected through a Nintendo cdn network unless it mines for your certs while you’re genuinely using it

 

[linuxares]

This is not Stargate , this is Nut, and Nut a) runs on your pc so its not even possible to steal switch keys and b) it is open source. being that it is open source, please kindly point to any line of code you feel is malicious or deceptive. I know that you did not technically accuse Nut of doing anything malicious, but your comments could be erroneously construed by a layman to infer that Nut is doing something malicious.

What I'm refering to is that your software can be used for malicious intent if people don't build the source themselves. I want to make sure this isn't happening since I don't want our users to get robbed of their keys.

 

[blawar]

What I'm refering to is that your software can be used for malicious intent if people don't build the source themselves. I want to make sure this isn't happening since I don't want our users to get robbed of their keys.

Any software that a user does not compile themselves can be used for malicious intent. If you think it is connecting to websites to submit keys, kindly submit a network trace that shows it doing so. Since it is compiled python bytecode, you could also disassemble the bytecode in the exe I submitted and view the code for malicious use.

 

[linuxares]

Any software that a user does not compile themselves can be used for malicious intent. If you think it is connecting to websites to submit keys, kindly submit a network trace that shows it doing so. Since it is compiled python bytecode, you could also disassemble the bytecode in the exe I submitted and view the code for malicious use.

I never said it does, I however said it's possible for it to do it. And people should be very aware of it. Heck the best would be if you just removed that part completely so users can feel safe.

 

[blawar]

I never said it does, I however said it's possible for it to do it. And people should be very aware of it. Heck the best would be if you just removed that part completely so users can feel safe.

It is also possible that Ted Cruz's father was the Zodiac killer

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Quick question though: why does the usb install start at something like 40MB/s and then get down to around 8MB/s near the end. Is this something I can fix? Even so, this process is still faster than my old one. (Note: I do not seem to be able to tell if the USB port in question is 3.0 or 2.0, as I do not know how to check through software, and if there is writing on the back of my computer, I cannot read it.)

It's most likely 2.0, I havent been able to test the new atmosphere that says it fixed 3.0. 2.0 is still 40 MB/s which is plenty fast

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Edit: @blawar is there anyway to save your drive name automatically when nut server starts up if I name the folder for example mine is Z:/ it won’t let me do : so how do I set my location on the nut server window so it always starts with that correct drive instead of my having to type it in thanks

yes, next version.

 

[Reecey]

yes, next version.

If you ever want me to beta test I’m always here for you.

 

[hippy dave]

Look everyone I’m using Stargatenx! It’s great

That’s basically all stargatenx is a cloud drive your connecting too and paying huge prices, I don’t think its connected through a Nintendo cdn network unless it mines for your certs while you’re genuinely using it

Did you get it working with google file stream?

 

[blawar]

Published version 1.1, changelog:

- Scan path is now saved and remembered.
- Web GUI is now works with the windows release.
- Web gui optionally launches at application launch.
- Various bugfixes / enhancements to web gui.
- Fixed display bug where username did not display in gui.
- conf/users.conf is created, and users can edit their username and password there.
- fixed random error when initializing.

 

[Reecey]

@blawar thanks for the new version 1.1 update. Just a quick question can you scan two drives at the same time for example say you have Drives Z & D is that possible with a command in the box or how could I do it?

Wow that web gui that pops up is mad I was wandering for a minute what was going on! it scared me I thought I had been hacked or something.

 

[blawar]

@blawar thanks for the new version 1.1 update. Just a quick question can you scan two drives at the same time for example say you have Drives Z & D is that possible with a command in the box or how could I do it?

You cannot scan two drives, I want to keep this as simple as possible. However, you could scan one drive, then change the drive, scan that drive and they should both show up, just any new files put on the original drive wont show up until you change it back and scan.

Wow that web gui that pops up is mad I was wandering for a minute what was going on! it scared me I thought I had been hacked or something.

Please do not give @linuxares any conspiracy ideas

 

[snoofly]

@blawar thanks for the new version 1.1 update. Just a quick question can you scan two drives at the same time for example say you have Drives Z & D is that possible with a command in the box or how could I do it?

Wow that web gui that pops up is mad I was wandering for a minute what was going on! it scared me I thought I had been hacked or something.

I guess you could run 2 nut servers on say port 9000 and 9001 for ex and set these 2 up as separate file locations in sx installer

 

[linuxares]

Please do not give @linuxares any conspiracy ideas

Hey, don't worry. I let people fool themselves instead

 

[Don Jon]

Hey, don't worry. I let people fool themselves instead

reason for me not using tinfoil dz(yet) is because its closed source and im afraid it can steal my switchs cert
so is there a way to open a network call and check it to make sure its not doing so?

there were rumors going around stargate used peoples game certs via sx installer

 

[linuxares]

there were rumors going around stargate used peoples game certs via sx installer

That I haven't heard of, but I wouldn't trust anyone involved with TX. But wouldn't surprise me at all. I mean TX are shady. Stargate is just the Shady of the Shady.

 

[Don Jon]

the network functionalitly of this tinfoil version is a beast and has a great gui
how do we know how safe it is when we cant compile it ourselves?
hmm
I mean can the switch itself send it to some other network? or does it close in only on your network?

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Look everyone I’m using Stargatenx! It’s great
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That’s basically all stargatenx is a cloud drive your connecting too and paying huge prices, I don’t think its connected through a Nintendo cdn network unless it mines for your certs while you’re genuinely using it

is there a way to make this show the game icons instead of their names?
kinda like freeshop. XD

 

[blawar]

the network functionalitly of this tinfoil version is a beast and has a great gui
how do we know how safe it is when we cant compile it ourselves?
hmm
I mean can the switch itself send it to some other network? or does it close in only on your network?

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is there a way to make this show the game icons instead of their names?
kinda like freeshop. XD

press - to switch to icon cover mode.

If you do not trust the author (me), you are free to put it into airplane mode and use USB install. Tinfoil has been out for 6 months, and not one person has reported any credible malicious activity.