Homebrew New Homebrew "Foil Server"?

TheTrailBlazer · May 12, 2026

- Hi brothers, lacking support for a homebrew, I found a homebrew that appears to be a great alternative to the outdated Tinfoil.

The most incredible thing is that it has full support for Linux and Windows, with step-by-step PDFs, a very stable speed using its own server, and something that was always missing in the defunct Tinfoil: the option to PAUSE the download and continue later without any problems.

Old Updates

( v22.1-r5 )

Sorting by release date, if there are entries in the index with that information to solve Google Drive unsorted stuff.
General stability improvements.

( v22.1-2 )

- Stability improvements
- Support to Encrypted Google Drive with rclone crypt algorithm. Use inside your index
gdrive:file#filename
for plain files or
gdrivecrypt:encryptedfile#filename
for encrypted files. Expect limited speeds.

( v22.1-11 )

General stability improvements.
Fixed application exit issues and problems in Applet mode.
Support for encrypted drives with rclone.
Support for auto-update with encrypted or unencrypted remote JSON.

For auto update, you can create an PasteBin URL with the content:

file: update.json

{
"litefoil": {
"version": "X.Y.Z",
"url": "http://yourserver.com/newlitefoil.zip"
}
}

on your console config.json, add an extra option:

"update_url": "http://yourserver.com/update.json"

LiteFoil will check the version X.Y.Z with its own version and upgrade itself to the bigger one.

( v22.1-12 )
Included the hability to process a recommended section inside the index and show the menu. If your index have the following option (same level as files and titledb), it will show an extra option.

"recommended": {
"0100000000000000": {
"name": "Game Name",
"critic_score": 88.0,
"review_count": 42,
"source": "metacritic"
}
}

New Update ( v22.1-14 )

Improved download speeds, now we can choose between two approaches to download. The direct mode is faster than the stream mode. Also, improved some cosmetic interface options and stability.

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-- Full thanks to Ahoy dev, you saved the day!
wherever you are

johw · May 13, 2026

Congratulations on the project!

mathew77 · May 13, 2026

@TheTrailBlazer
I guess there's no public online free servers with games / updates / DLCs contents for that new homebrew LiteFoil?..
At least for now.

Tom Jones · May 18, 2026

Hi, looks interesting, thanks! Is it open source? I only see the binaries attached here...

roice2000 · May 18, 2026

Ist There a Homepage of this Project?
Can you Name the source?

roice2000 · May 21, 2026

BETA215 · May 21, 2026

It might as well be malware, careful you people. Even more with the reputation of these Foil and DBI hazards.

jc28735250 · May 21, 2026

What's sus is this thing cannot be found anywhere else but here, but the OP isn't the author?

fst312 · May 21, 2026

I got this like a week ago, didn’t really understand how to use this on switch even though there was instructions. I think I know how to use this on pc but seeing that registry file told me to leave this alone.

condector · May 22, 2026

Wow, interesting project! Congratulations. But I was not able to use your server, man. I can't debug what's wrong. Well, I ended up implementing my own open-source server in Python with Flask

.

I followed your instructions (and some from the Tinfoil website itself), copied LiteFoil.nro inside the /switch/LiteFoil/ directory on the SD card (apparently it needs to be capitalized this way), and it worked! I tested it with emuNAND on firmware 22.1.0, using the latest Atmosphere and sys-patch.

I need to test it with Google Drive too. Has anyone tested that yet? I also noticed that I can only use one server. That's a bummer... Maybe you could improve that?

VioletRose · May 22, 2026

fst312 said:
seeing that registry file told me to leave this alone.

Huh? There is no registry file in any of the downloads.

fst312 · May 22, 2026

VioletRose said:
Huh? There is no registry file in any of the downloads.

I think I seen it in the win download of litefoil.

TheTrailBlazer · May 22, 2026

Okay...let's answer what's always useful.

johw said:
Congratulations on the project!

Even though it's not mine, it's something cool, new, and functional, and wanted to share it with the scene =]

mathew77 said:
@TheTrailBlazer
I guess there's no public online free servers with games / updates / DLCs contents for that new homebrew LiteFoil?..
At least for now.

For private servers only, created by yourself.

Tom Jones said:
Hi, looks interesting, thanks! Is it open source? I only see the binaries attached here...

closed source =[

roice2000 said:
Ist There a Homepage of this Project?
Can you Name the source?

As a private developer, he doesn't want to get involved in gossip.
I hope you understand him.

BETA215 said:
It might as well be malware, careful you people. Even more with the reputation of these Foil and DBI hazards.

dude....Grow up.

jc28735250 said:
What's sus is this thing cannot be found anywhere else but here, but the OP isn't the author?

Did you ask the same question to all the devs who don't want to be identified? Grow up.

fst312 said:
I got this like a week ago, didn’t really understand how to use this on switch even though there was instructions. I think I know how to use this on pc but seeing that registry file told me to leave this alone.

registry file? its only in your PC

condector said:
Wow, interesting project! Congratulations. But I was not able to use your server, man. I can't debug what's wrong. Well, I ended up implementing my own open-source server in Python with Flask .

I followed your instructions (and some from the Tinfoil website itself), copied LiteFoil.nro inside the /switch/LiteFoil/ directory on the SD card (apparently it needs to be capitalized this way), and it worked! I tested it with emuNAND on firmware 22.1.0, using the latest Atmosphere and sys-patch.

I need to test it with Google Drive too. Has anyone tested that yet? I also noticed that I can only use one server. That's a bummer... Maybe you could improve that?

I love the community because of that, if something doesn't work out for someone, someone will help anyway =]

"Ahoy said that if he had the blob of the tinfoil private key, he would release a functional version with the current stores."

Google Drive is also being studied to make it work, I'll send him the feedback to read =]

Post automatically merged: May 22, 2026

fst312 said:
I think I seen it in the win download of litefoil.

I'm sure you did your best

fst312 · May 22, 2026

condector said:
Wow, interesting project! Congratulations. But I was not able to use your server, man. I can't debug what's wrong. Well, I ended up implementing my own open-source server in Python with Flask .

I followed your instructions (and some from the Tinfoil website itself), copied LiteFoil.nro inside the /switch/LiteFoil/ directory on the SD card (apparently it needs to be capitalized this way), and it worked! I tested it with emuNAND on firmware 22.1.0, using the latest Atmosphere and sys-patch.

I need to test it with Google Drive too. Has anyone tested that yet? I also noticed that I can only use one server. That's a bummer... Maybe you could improve that?

I think I’ll try this later, I think this app hates my switch though because it crashes on me now because I’m still on firmware 18.1.0
Atmospheres 1.7.1 |s. Sometimes it didn’t crash though.

condector · May 22, 2026

fst312 said:
I think I’ll try this later, I think this app hates my switch though because it crashes on me now because I’m still on firmware 18.1.0
Atmospheres 1.7.1 |s. Sometimes it didn’t crash though.

I don't know, man. FAT32, emuNAND, latest Atmosphere + sys-patches. I installed the homebrew, use it forwarding while hold R, deleted, downloaded, and paused files from the queue. Well, at least it worked here as far as I can tell. Maybe your firmware is too old?

Post automatically merged: May 22, 2026

TheTrailBlazer said:
"Ahoy said that if he had the blob of the tinfoil private key, he would release a functional version with the current stores."

Google Drive is also being studied to make it work, I'll send him the feedback to read =]

I'm sure you did your best

Well, the first one would be a dream, but I really doubt it's even possible. As for the second, thanks! It will be awesome if it works with Google Drive.

TheTrailBlazer · May 22, 2026

condector said:
Wow, interesting project! Congratulations. But I was not able to use your server, man. I can't debug what's wrong. Well, I ended up implementing my own open-source server in Python with Flask .

I followed your instructions (and some from the Tinfoil website itself), copied LiteFoil.nro inside the /switch/LiteFoil/ directory on the SD card (apparently it needs to be capitalized this way), and it worked! I tested it with emuNAND on firmware 22.1.0, using the latest Atmosphere and sys-patch.

I need to test it with Google Drive too. Has anyone tested that yet? I also noticed that I can only use one server. That's a bummer... Maybe you could improve that?

"Google Drive works if you use a JSON index, then encrypt and compress it following the server instructions in the PDF (credentials and token are necessary)"

Post automatically merged: May 22, 2026

fst312 said:
I think I’ll try this later, I think this app hates my switch though because it crashes on me now because I’m still on firmware 18.1.0
Atmospheres 1.7.1 |s. Sometimes it didn’t crash though.

Send me the error so I can forward it to Ahoy.

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