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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. JTegraNX icon

    JTegraNX

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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. CrystalRCM icon

    CrystalRCM

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

    Cost / License

    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

    Platforms

    • Android
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  6. Web Fusée Launcher

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    Fusee Launcher ported to JavaScript using WebUSB.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. NXLoader icon

    NXLoader

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    Launch Fusée Gelée payloads from stock Android.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    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

    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 (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • Nintendo Switch
     
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