@XorTroll has released an important update for Goldleaf, his Nintendo Switch title installer and Swiss Army knife. Goldtree, its USB companion app, has also been updated aswell.

Version 0.5 sports a quite lenghty changelog and has been described by the developer as, quote, "the most stable update ever". Let's go through some of the highlights quickly: the user interface has been revamped and now supports touch controls, a new config file enables users to customize the UI to their liking, USB installations are more stable and reliable due to some backend changes, 7.0.X support has been added (it had been available in nightly builds already, however this is the first stable release to include it officially), NSP installation received some reliability improvements (mainly to avoid being left with corrupted data due to bad installs and there's also a new check to make the installation of newer/older versions of titles more streamlined) and a good number of quality of life improvements.

On the other hand, NCA extraction has been removed temporarily as the developer plans to implement a completely rebuilt system to support it. The CFW menu is no longer present aswell due to redundancy and usefulness issues (NXThemes are now handled externally, meaning its only good feature would be to check if qlaunch was replaced in your CFW of choice).

As usual, the full changelog is available below:

• Huge UI refactor:
  
  • Dialogs have been refactored, now they aren't full-screen, and are roundy and well designed
  • Several graphics have changed (main logo)
  • Touch support, mainly noticeable in dialogs and menus. (scrolling still not supported)
  • On file browsers (SD / console memory), the element size has been changed from 100 to 50, doubling the element count being showed, and improving browsing in very populated directories.
  • As Plutonium changed on 0.2.1, now moving up on the top element in a menu will move to the latest one, and down on the latest one to the top one.
• USB is in a better state now:
  
  • Installations are no longer handled by two different threads, which makes them more stable.
  • USB system has been changed on the libnx fork, hence some things are easy to handle now, like connection issues or callbacks while USB reading.
  • Don't worry, multi-installation USB is planned for 0.6 or sooner versions
• New and rebuilt content manager:
  
  • Titles are sorted by all their subcontents (in case they have updates or DLC)
  • Any kind of content can be deleted individually
  • System titles are also supported, but deleting them is not allowed by default.
• New config file! Goldleaf.ini:
  
  • Support to replace UI colors and assets.
  • Support to enforce a custom language
  • Via RomFs replacing icons, texts, even translations can be replaced!
• File browsers:
  
  • Files and directories are sorted properly now.
• NSP installs:
  
  • 7.x installs are supported by doing a temporary copy of CNMT and control NCAs to NAND SYSTEM (which gets deleted right after the install, don't worry)
  • Install dialog might take a few seconds to show up as the change mentioned above. Just a small delay, nothing dangerous.
  • Bad installs will (attempt) to remove half-installed contents to avoid corrupted installs.
  • If the title is already installed, Goldleaf will uninstall it so that the new one can be installed. This might happen with updates (share the same application Id so are considered as the same title internally)
• USB installs:
  
  • Sizes were fixed, transferring methods were revised... now USB installs are more stable than ever (after those tons of bugs with 0.4)
  • Goldtree also had small changes related to USB commands, so other PC clients should get updated too. Not a big change, but a really relevant one.
• Error handling:
  
  • Not a very big addition, but now caught errors are displayed on a FBI-ish style (dialog showing error type, description..., not just the error code on the footer)
• NXTheme installs:
  
  • Now Goldleaf doesn't handle these installs itself, instead it uses NxThemes installer, which should be installed in order to install themes. This fixes compatibility with new changes.
• User accounts:
  
  • Now icons are checked whether they are valid 256x256 JPEG icons before using them for account icons.
  • On previous versions the only user (in case there was just one) could be deleted. Now that has been corrected.
• Removed features!?
  
  • NCA file support (extractions) was removed as a new system to dynamically mount and access NCAs is being worked on for next versions
  • CFW support as it resulted in a pointless menu, which just was useful to see whether qlaunch was replaced in the selected CFW.
• General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.
  

Source
GBAtemp thread

 

[Adran_Marit]

I used to install a ton of games but these days I barely install anything. I don't check the news daily anymore. The only reason I've been using tinfoil is because you can skip firmware requirement on installation. Maybe you can do that on SX too now, then I'd just use that. I can't remember the gold leaf version I used, maybe 0.3 but I'm not sure.

Ver 0.5 still has an option to ignore firmware version

Yup I had my first crash as soon as I tried to quit the app the first time. Pressing home crashed the Switch. Not the most stable thing and this was on 0.5. But maybe it has to do with me using SX' homebrew menu instead of HBL.
Weirdly enough I think I'll be sticking with SX Installer. They did a really good job with the GUI and I know it's just a modified Tinfoil but Tinfoil doesn't even have a GUI.

Did you have the usb cable plugged in when you quit the app? that's the only way I've gotten goldleaf 0.5 to crash

 

[isoboy]

Ver 0.5 still has an option to ignore firmware version

That's why I tried gold leaf in the first place. I hadn't used tinfoil before either. I was looking for whatever had that option and gold leaf crashed on me two times so I jumped over to tinfoil and that hasn't failed me yet.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Ver 0.5 still has an option to ignore firmware version



Did you have the usb cable plugged in when you quit the app? that's the only way I've gotten goldleaf 0.5 to crash

I may have had it plugged in just to charge, but I wasn't trying to use USB installing or anything, I literally just opened it to see what the GUI was like.

I used to install a ton of games but these days I barely install anything. I don't check the news daily anymore. The only reason I've been using tinfoil is because you can skip firmware requirement on installation. Maybe you can do that on SX too now, then I'd just use that. I can't remember the gold leaf version I used, maybe 0.3 but I'm not sure.

It does. Confusingly, SX Installer is not the same thing as the built in installer in SX OS. The latter is some extremely basic thing that would be better off removed. It only sees nsps placed in the root and still has a bug that can corrupt installs.
SX Installer detects nsps placed anywhere and groups game/dlc/update per game which is pretty handy. USB and network installs work the same way, you just point the server at a folder containing nsps and you can choose what to install from the Switch side, which is so much more convenient than having to choose a game to install from the PC side one by one like Goldleaf. Not sure how it works in Tinfoil but at least you can batch install games with that. Goldleaf is kind of a hassle if you're installing multiple games.

 

[Adran_Marit]

That's why I tried gold leaf in the first place. I hadn't used tinfoil before either. I was looking for whatever had that option and gold leaf crashed on me two times so I jumped over to tinfoil and that hasn't failed me yet.

did you submit a bug report?

I may have had it plugged in just to charge, but I wasn't trying to use USB installing or anything, I literally just opened it to see what the GUI was like.

It does. Confusingly, SX Installer is not the same thing as the built in installer in SX OS. The latter is some extremely basic thing that would be better off removed. It only sees nsps placed in the root and still has a bug that can corrupt installs.
SX Installer detects nsps placed anywhere and groups game/dlc/update per game which is pretty handy. USB and network installs work the same way, you just point the server at a folder containing nsps and you can choose what to install from the Switch side, which is so much more convenient than having to choose a game to install from the PC side one by one like Goldleaf. Not sure how it works in Tinfoil but at least you can batch install games with that. Goldleaf is kind of a hassle if you're installing multiple games.

Yeah there is a known bug where if you close while usb is connected it crashes

multi nsp is a planned feature