Atmosphere Custom Firmware (Download ZIP) Nintendo Switch

Atmosphere firmware for Nintendo Switch

Atmosphere firmware for Nintendo Switch

INFO

Atmosphere is a work-in-progress customized firmware for the Nintendo Switch.

This project is currently being developed and maintained by SciresM, TuxSH, hexkyz, and fincs.

Atmosphere firmware for Nintendo Switch

FEATURES

Atmosphere consists of multiple components, each of which replaces/modifies a different component of the system:

  • Fusee: First-stage Loader, responsible for loading and validating stage 2 (custom TrustZone) plus package2 (Kernel/FIRM sysmodules), and patching them as needed. This replaces all functionality normally in Package1loader/NX Bootloader
    • Sept: Payload used to enable support for runtime key derivation on 7.0.0
  • Exosphere: Customized TrustZone, to run a customized Secure Monitor
  • Thermosphere: EL2 EmuNAND support, i.e. backing up and using virtualized/redirected NAND images
  • Stratosphere: Custom Sysmodule(s), both Rosalina style to extend the kernel/provide new features, and of the loader reimplementation style to hook important system actions
  • Troposphere: Application-level Horizon OS patches, used to implement desirable CFW features

LICENSE

This software is licensed under the terms of the GPLv2, with exemptions for specific projects noted below:

  • The yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator and the Ryujinx Team and Contributors are exempt from GPLv2 licensing; they are permitted, each at their individual discretion, to instead license any source code authored for the Atmosphere project as either GPLv2 or later or the MIT license
  • Nintendo is exempt from GPLv2 licensing and may (at its option) instead license any source code authored for the Atmosphere project under the Zero-Clause BSD license
Atmosphere firmware for Nintendo Switch

UPDATES

Please be sure to update fusee when upgrading to the latest version, fusee-primary no longer exists, and will not work any more.

  • Support was improved for 14.0.0+.
    • loader was updated to reflect the latest official behaviors
    • ro was updated to reflect the latest official behaviors
  • A number of minor issues were fixed and improvements were made, including:
    • A memory leak was fixed in filesystem path management; this could cause a crash when launching games ~100 times, or when deleting/re-downloading games
    • A bug was fixed that could cause threads to not see a newly signaled semaphore
    • A number of minor inaccuracies were fixed in the updated FileSystem APIs.
  • General system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience
Atmosphere firmware for Nintendo Switch

INSTALL

When a new version of Atmosphere releases, you can update Atmosphere by following these steps:

  1. Turn off your Nintendo Switch and plug your SD card in your computer
  2. Download the latest release of Atmosphere (on the link below)
  3. Copy the contents of the Atmosphere .zip file to the root of your SD card
    • If you are prompted to overwrite files, do so
  4. (If your hekate is not on the latest version) Update hekate via the steps below
  5. Put your SD card back in your Switch and launch CFW

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