| Goldleaf | |
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| File:Goldleafswitch.png | |
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| Author | XorTroll |
| Type | Utilities |
| Version | 0.10.1 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| Last Updated | 2023/04/09 |
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Goldleaf is a popular open-source homebrew tool for the Nintendo Switch console that allows users to install custom firmware, manage their game backups, and access other advanced features on their console. It is a multipurpose tool that can be used for a variety of tasks, including installing and managing game backups, installing homebrew software, and customizing the appearance and functionality of the console. The concept is very similar to FBI 3DS, a Nintendo 3DS homebrew tool.
Goldleaf supports a range of installation formats, including NSP and XCI, and can be used to install both official and unofficial game titles. It also provides a range of advanced features, such as the ability to mount and browse SD card partitions, manage user accounts, and install custom themes and fonts. However, it is worth noting that using homebrew tools on your console can potentially void your warranty and may carry other risks, so it is important to understand the potential consequences before using tools like Goldleaf.
Features
- Content explorer: An easy-to-use but fully featured filesystem browser.
- Supported locations/devices:
- SD card
- Console memory (SAVE, SYSTEM, USER and PRODINFOF partitions)
- Remote systems (via remote tools like Quark)
- USB drives (thanks to libusbhsfs)
- Game savedata (check below how to mount it)
- Note: game savedata will be automatically unmounted when Goldleaf is exited
- Features:
- Basic file operations: create, delete, copy, rename, view as hex/text, get size, etc.
- Basic directory operations: create, delete, copy, rename, (un)set archive bit, get full size, etc.
- Install NSP packages as applications/games, updates, etc. (Note: use this carefully and make sure you know what you're doing)
- Launch other NRO homebrews
- Execute .bin files as RCM payloads
- Set JPG/JPEG files as user icons (Note: use this carefully and make sure you know what you're doing)
- Supported locations/devices:
- Content manager: an easy-to-use but fully featured content manager:
- Basic content (application/title, update, DLC, etc.) operations:
- View content information (ID, size, version, play stats...)
- Uninstall/completely remove the content (won't remove savedata)
- Export to NSP package
- Mount savedata to navigate it (check the Content explorer above)
- Remove ticket if present (Note: use this carefully and make sure you know what you're doing)
- Reset launch version (useful to be able to play a base game after an update has been removed)
- Note: some of this operations are not available with system titles or gamecart titles.
- Check unused tickets, and remove them (Note: use this carefully and make sure you know what you're doing)
- Basic content (application/title, update, DLC, etc.) operations:
- Web browser: makes use of the console's web applet:
- Browse user-submitted URLs
- Create and save bookmarks
- Account manager: select a user (or uses the selected one) and manage it:
- Change nickname
- Delete user (only if there is more than one in the system)
- Note: to change the user's icon, check the Content explorer above
- Amiibo dump: create a virtual amiibo (for emuiibo) from a real amiibo figure.
- Settings: check both system and Goldleaf settings:
- Firmware and updates:
- Check current firmware information (version, hash, key generation)
- Check for pending updates, and remove them if present
- Export current firmware or pending update data
- Memory: check free and total space on different locations
- Goldleaf settings: check settings present in settings.json
- Firmware and updates:
- Updates: check for latest Goldleaf updates, and if a new release is out, update to it
- About: check Goldleaf's version and how it was launched (as an applet or an application)
- Goldleaf currently supports 8 different languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese and simplified Chinese.
Controls
- Common:
- (LR-stick / R-stick / D-pad): Move through the current menu
- (ZL / ZR): Show a dialog to shut down or reboot the console.
- (Minus / -): Show a dialog with this control information.
- (Plus / +): Exit the application in order to return to hbmenu.
- Content explorer:
- (X): Unmount the selected location (only when a savedata location is selected)
- (Y): Select folder (might take some time with folders with many sub-items)
Media
GOLDLEAF for the Switch - (Bobby8451)
Screenshots
Changelog
v.0.10.1)
- General
- Updated with latest libnx, correctly supporting up to 16.0.1 firmwares
- Goldleaf
- Fixed a bug where the location of multiple NSP installs would be incorrectly selected
- Content menu navigation was improved (exiting doesn't suddenly go back to the main menu, etc.)
- Added support for Traditional Chinese
- Updated key generation information (for latest system versions)
- Content menu options are properly set now: gamecard contents have proper options now, and other fixes/improvements in option code
- Dumping is now referred to as exporting, and exported contents now go inside
/exportinstead of/dump - Added menu for Goldleaf's own settings, currently only supporting selecting custom language support and ignoring required firmware versions on content installs
- Amiibo dumping has been improved, now allowing to dump the amiibo's application area (game savedata) if it exists, and its mii in the legacy 3DS format.
- Redesigned ticket menu (now all tickets, even used ones, are shown), added support for exporting them
- Fixed a bug where cancelling URL text input when browsing a web page would attempt to open the web browser anyway
- Added support for language-specific icons in NSP installs, so that now Goldleaf attempts to find and show the icon corresponding to Goldleaf's language (which is by default the system language)
- Fixed invalid/nonsense "game played since" values
- Quark
- From now on, Quack and Goldleaf will follow the same version numbering: this will thus be less confusing from now on. Therefore, Quark jumps from 0.5 to 0.10.1 in this release
- (No other changes here)
Credits
The main concepts of Goldleaf are and have been developed by me (XorTroll), but without the effort and support of many others, this project wouldn't have been a thing:
- Adubbz and all the (old) Tinfoil contributors, for their huge work with title installing.
- C4Phoenix, for his awesome work doing this project's logo, and the GIF displayed when launching the installed forwarder.
- All the graphics except Goldleaf's logo (see credit above) were grabbed from Icons8.
- 2767mr, for all the support given in Goldtree (former Quark tool).
- developer.su for NS-USBloader, which helped a lot on the development of Quark, mainly on the usage of usb4java and the base of a multi-platform JavaFX Java project.
- Simon for his libusbK implementation for C#, which has made Goldtree client possible.
- shchmue for the system to get tickets from system save data without breaking anything, found in Lockpick.
- WerWolv for the help with custom exception handling, avoiding those frustrating fatals.
- Translators: unbranched and exelix for Italian, tiliarou, FuryBaguette and GOffrier#9688 for French, and LoOkYe and C4Phoenix for German.
- All the testers, for reporting bugs and helping a lot with the project's development.