Homebrew Discussion Post homebrew ideas, suggestions, requests here

[Quantumcat]

The 3DS version of this thread was reasonably successful so I thought I would do the same thing here.

Please don't post "looking for developers" type posts in the forum unless you have a solid WIP repository to show. Otherwise it is just a waste of time for everybody. Instead, if all you have is a good idea but not the skills to bring it to fruition, please share it here. Developers with skills but no ideas will hopefully look here, and your idea may get picked up.

Homebrew list on WikiTemp

We have now a Wiki homebrew page : https://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/List_of_Switch_homebrew_applications
Note that we just created the pages, filling is in progress.
Please, help maintaining it by adding missing or new released homebrew.
Thank you.

List of requested and suggested homebrew, and their status

List last updated 2018-11-24, up to this post.
(duplicated request not referenced)

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1. 
   

   Request	Status
   fully featured NES emulator	✔ LaiNES, Retroarch, pNES
   N64 emulation	✘
   A NSP installed individual ROM launcher (virtual console channel creator)	✘
   PS2 emulator it will be possibile?	✘
   Rip EMU from NES Classic and SNES classic and port to switch	✘ (would be illegal to share)
   Daphne LaserDisc Dragon's lair1+2 & spaceAce	✘

   
   
2. 
   

   Request	Status
   Port OpenMW - more requests *	✘
   Quake 2 with openGl	✔ Thread
   Cannon fodder port or similar, request by Cyan	✔ Thread
   Marathon Trilogy	✘
   Heroes of Might and Magic	✘
   Re-Volt	✘
   OpenRA(command&conquer)	✘
   OpenXcom(xcom)	✘
   JA2 Stracciatella(Jagged Alliance2)	✘
   Exult(ultima 7)	✘
   Xash3D (Half Life)	✔ Xash3D

   
   
3. 
   

   Request	Status
   Streaming the Switch to PC or social media (Wirelessly or Wired without capture card)	✘
   A drawing app	✘
   Video player, requested multiple times	WIP PlayerNX by XorTroll WIP by jjbredesen
   Media player like WiiMC	✘
   Unlock the built in webrowser with an app	✘
   Media server client	✘
   Themes	✔ custom theme ✔ Switch theme injector
   Manga, pdf,ePub/Mobi reader	✔ nx-shell
   Being able to run Crunchyroll for streaming	✘
   Kodi	WIP official Github
   A bookr mod vita port to switch	✘
   a PS4 Remote Play app!	✘
   stream Xbox games from the console to Switch, similar to how it works on Windows 10 devices.	✘
   Android TV please	✘
   post screenshots to social media	✘
   Catch more than 30s videos	✘

   
   
4. 
   

   Request	Status
   Having homebrew apps installed to the system	✔ HacBrewPack by The-4n ✔ NCABuilder by SimonMKWii ✔ nro2nsp by Re.Lax
   A cheat program	✔ NswitchDebugger, by Type_o_dev ✔ Noexs
   BlueTooth audio	✘
   HDD support while docked, External drive supposed via otg?	✘ ✔ SX-OS supports USB access (docked / handheld).
   Hot MicroSD Swapping	✘
   Wii U to Switch Savefile Converter please!	✔ multiple individual game-based projects
   A fac-simile homebrew reboot for (possible) coldboot?	✘
   A way to either order & lock games to a certain order on the main screen or the grid view is default	✘
   An Amiibo spoofer	✘
   homebrew that can display whether pin 10 is shorted? A jig tester of sorts	✘
   A network title installer.	WIP NSPower ✔ tinfoil (original project), GoldLeaf (Fork/rename of tinfoil), DZ (renamed to tinfoil, not original tinfoil fork)
   quick shutdown Homebrew	✘
   Some sort of modification to the default lock screen to actually require a password of some sort to unlock.	✘
   An app Turn off auto RCM when not needed to avoid battery drainage and shortage of life with time.	Misconception! autoRCM doesn't drain battery, RCM does. ✔ ReiNX Toolbox (swap AutoRCM, doesn't affect battery without a reboot)
   A new nand dumper that dumps little nand not all the emmc.	✔ ReinNX Toolbox, Hekate (sys, boot1/2)
   Network play emulator over LocalPlay network	✔ SwitchLanPlay ✔ SuperLanPlay
   A multi-SD card game database	✘
   homebrew to see your playtime from games (without NNID/link console required)	✘
   Wii u Pro Controller Compatibility ?	✘
   use a USB keyboard as a pro controller,	✘
   Video game software downgrader	✘
   an App that let you manage your Album, to copy individual Screenshots to the SD card	✔ NS ScreenshotMaker (pc tool to add screenshots) ✔ Switch Screenshot Organizer (pc tool to manage screenshots) ✘ no real homebrew on switch to manage the album.
   a homebrew app capable of rebooting the switch into RCM. Useful to switch between CFW	2/12/2018: RCMReboot A) These are not really homebrew used to reboot into RCM specifically (RCM requires either a jig+Vol button pressed or AutoRCM) ✔ Easy Power can reboot the console. ✔ Official Shutdown option from Horizon OS actually reboots the console, if you have AutoRCM you can launch another payload. B) Atmosphere CFW v8.1.0 now allows homebrew to reboot into RCM. List of homebrew using Atmosphere's feature: ✔ Atmosphere debug screen (press Vol+ or Vol- button after a crash to go into RCM. Power button reboots the console without RCM)
   a Savestate homebrew For games that don't allow you to save at any point	✘
   PrivateShop (host your own eshop on nas)	No real eshop redirection. existing homebrew are Title installer from network. ✔ DZ (newly renamed to tinfoil, not original tinfoil)
   Support for other controllers like ps4 or xbox gamepads.	✘
   notes app	✘
   Android wrappers so that we can use Android apps from Nintendo OS.	✘
   Force dock mode while in handheld mode[/url]	✘
   Forwarders[/url]	✔ nro loader ✔ nro2nsp builder
   A Certificate spoofer	Not possible
   Night-light mode[/url]	✘
   A theme manager to quickly switch themes stored on SD Card	✘
   Mount a network drive as a folder on SDCard	✘
   File transfer over USB or SMB	✘
   File management on PC through USB	✔ MemLoader (RCM payload) ✔ nx-USB (nro homebrew)
   Wifi hotspot thetering	✘
   A game Loader interface	✘
   A pending firmware deleter, without the need to boot into maintenance mode	✘ (gag order only edit ns info info, does not clear downloaded files)

   
   
5. 
   

   Request	Status
   Hardware accelerated graphics for hombrew	✔ OpenGL Support

   
   
6. 
   

   Request	Status
   Payload injector for mtk and low power phones.	✘

   
   
7. 
   

   Request	Status
   some way to evade bans	✘
   an app to add custom made user avatars	✔ possible with devmenu

   
   

 

[Deleted-442439]

Great idea!

This should help a lot with the "please make this" or "is this possible to make" threads.

As for a Wiki, a good place to start is the appstore: https://www.switchbru.com/appstore/#/

 

[M7L7NK7]

Having homebrew apps installed to the system

This exists but doesn't explain how to use it, if anyone could figure out what all the options mean that would be great

https://gbatemp.net/threads/ncabuilder-build-working-installable-switch-ncas-legally.514313/

 

[Deleted-442439]

Having homebrew apps installed to the system

This exists but doesn't explain how to use it, if anyone could figure out what all the options mean that would be great

https://gbatemp.net/threads/ncabuilder-build-working-installable-switch-ncas-legally.514313/

LibNX apps can't run as programs, only applets so it is best to wait for the toolchain to adapt to this, as well as the app developers themselves to release official builds.

 

[Deleted-442439]

Started work on a wiki: https://nxhomebrew.wikia.com/

 

[Xandrid]

Streaming the Switch to PC (Wirelessly or Wired without capture card)

 

[nero99]

I would love to have a video player one day. Something that plays a simple .mp4 or .avi video file so I can watch my movies on a screen bigger than my iPhones. A man can dream right?

 

[Xandrid]

I would love to have a video player one day. Something that plays a simple .mp4 or .avi video file so I can watch my movies on a screen bigger than my iPhones. A man can dream right?

It would cool if there was a media player that could popout and be over everything, move it with the touchscreen, change the size. More than likely won't happen tho

 

[Nerdtendo]

Ive been waiting for a fully featured NES emulator

 

[Deleted-442439]

I would love to have a video player one day. Something that plays a simple .mp4 or .avi video file so I can watch my movies on a screen bigger than my iPhones. A man can dream right?

It is being worked on, in fact I am aware of 3 separate developers working on it.

 

[nero99]

It is being worked on, in fact I am aware of 3 separate developers working on it.

Sweet baby Jesus

 

[Skittyusedcovet]

What about a drawing app.

• Different colors to choose from (including colored glitter, pastels and gold/silver/bronze/rainbow)
• Pick from: Marker, Chalk, highlighter, paint(flat, round, fan, angle brushes), pencil, crayon, pen(calligraphy), paint roller, air brush to draw with
• Maybe an option to edit a photo you have taken with your switch and doodle on it
• Stamps like flowers, cats, dogs (create your own stamps)
• Different canvas types to choose from like Chalk board, Parchment paper, canvas board, regular paper, construction paper, graph paper(some people like graphs)(different texture is awesome)
• Different drawing widths to choose from
• Choosing the canvas size before drawing
• Zoom in and out
• Paint can to fill the page or between the lines
• Eraser with different sizes and shapes(Also undo option with redo and wipe canvas clean to erase everything)
• Layers (if thats even possible) and being able to turn them off/on and switch between them.

Those are some ideas. I might add to this list if I think of some more.

Edit: I have more ideas to add
-Added in paint
-Added canvas types
-Added drawing widths and canvas size
-Added zooming

I might add more. I also apologize that this is really long.

Edit 2: Yes I thought of more things
-Added in paint brush types, pen, paint roller and air brush
-Added in eraser options/undo, redo, erase everything
-Added in paint can
-Added layers


Im sorry that this is getting really long.

 

[badman112]

I really want a cheat programme now some how i lost my saves. Lost hours of xenoblade 2, shining resonance, zelda and octopath.

I never did finish octopath.

 

[ArrayOfBytes]

I really want a cheat programme now some how i lost my saves. Lost hours of xenoblade 2, shining resonance, zelda and octopath.

I never did finish octopath.

THIS 100%
An in-game cheat scanner / memory view / disassemble / cheat codes file loader
The ones right now that use a PC are.....bleh
I feel like the SX people will do it, since the gateway people made one too
And even after the GW people made one, homebrew never made a clone, resulting in me having to dual boot GW to this very day just to cheat in-game as i play

 

[nWo]

Well yes I would dream about this:

1.-Bluetooth audio
2.-Hard Disk Drive support while docked
3.-Mp3 AND video player, like the Wiimc (still use it from time to time)
4.-Hot micro SD swapping, or hot swapping of payloads, you know, change from Horizon to SX OS, or Hekate, without all the hassle of jig etc.
5.-Themes!!
6.-Maybe some folders, or something like that.
7.-Perfect emulation and progress on that topic, like N64, Gamecube, some Wii titles, maybe PS2 games? In a few words, great emulation progress (we are going there already, this is a great time to be alive)
8.-Some way to evade the bans.

That`s all I can think of now. I know we are aproaching another step forward soon.

 

[huma_dawii]

Wii U to Switch Savefile Converter please!, there are like a lot of ports of Wii U on the Switch so it will be very helpful

 

[M7L7NK7]

Wii U to Switch Savefile Converter please!, there are like a lot of ports of Wii U on the Switch so it will be very helpful

Pretty sure I've seen people transfer zelda saves from one to the other?

 

[huma_dawii]

Pretty sure I've seen people transfer zelda saves from one to the other?

Yes that is a SPECIFIC title converter, it's just for Zelda :/

 

[Dontwait00]

A fac-simile homebrew reboot for (possible) coldboot?

 

[M7L7NK7]

A way to either lock games to a certain order on the main screen or the grid view is default