NXBoot Alternatives

NXBoot is described as 'Enables starting custom boot code on the Nintendo Switch through the Fusée Gelée hardware exploit. Booting Coreboot/Linux is supported' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to NXBoot for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best NXBoot alternative is TegraRcmSmash, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like NXBoot are JTegraNX, CrystalRCM, Rekado and Web Fusée Launcher.

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  1. TegraRcmSmash icon

    TegraRcmSmash

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    A reimplementation of fusee-launcher in C++ for Windows platforms.

    9 TegraRcmSmash alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • TegraRcmSmash is the most popular Windows alternative to NXBoot.

    • TegraRcmSmash is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to NXBoot.

    • TegraRcmSmash is Free and Open SourceNXBoot is also Free and Open Source
  2. JTegraNX icon

    JTegraNX

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    Another RCM payload injector written in Java and C++.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • JTegraNX is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to NXBoot.

    • JTegraNX is Free and Open SourceNXBoot is also Free and Open Source
  4. CrystalRCM icon

    CrystalRCM

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    A simple fusee-launcher frontend for macOS (Universal). Supports macOS >= 10.9.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. Rekado icon

    Rekado

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    Payloads launcher (and set of other useful tools) for console Nintendo Switch with bundled Hekate, SX OS and ReiNX payloads.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
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    • Rekado is the most popular Android alternative to NXBoot.

    • Rekado is Free and Open SourceNXBoot is also Free and Open Source

  6. Web Fusée Launcher

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    Fusee Launcher ported to JavaScript using WebUSB.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     

    • Web Fusée Launcher is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to NXBoot.

    • Web Fusée Launcher is Free and Open SourceNXBoot is also Free and Open Source
  9. NXLoader icon

    NXLoader

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    Launch Fusée Gelée payloads from stock Android.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  10. Fusée Gelée icon

    Fusée Gelée

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    The Fusée Launcher is a proof-of-concept arbitrary code loader for a variety of Tegra processors, which takes advantage of CVE-2018-6242 ("Fusée Gelée") to gain arbitrary code execution and load small payloads over USB.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
     

  11. iOUSB

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    A project to upload payloads from iOS devices to a Nintendo Switch via the Serial Connector/OTG-Adapter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • Nintendo Switch
     

    • iOUSB is the most popular iPhone alternative to NXBoot.

    • iOUSB is Free and Open SourceNXBoot is also Free and Open Source
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