This program permits to convert or create various formats used on the Nintendo Switch. For now, it only supports the creation of PFS0/NSP and 64 bits NRO/NSO. It can also be used with cargo through cargo nro to simplify the build process of Megaton-Hammer homebrew.

Assuming you have cargo installed, cargo install --features=binaries linkle will install linkle and the cargo nro subcommand.

Alternatively, you can download the linkle binary for Windows, MacOS and Linux ARM64 in the Github Releases.

Creating a NRO file:

linkle nro input.elf output.nro

Creating a NSO file:

linkle nso input.elf output.nso

Creating a PFS0/NSP file:

linkle pfs0 input_directory output.pfs0

Creating a NACP file:

linkle ncap input.json output.nacp

Creating a RomFs file:

linkle romfs input_directory output.romfs

Compiling and creating an NRO file (requires xargo, use cargo install xargo to install):

cargo nro

When compiling a project with cargo nro, a special [package.metadata.linkle.BINARY_NAME] key is used to allow customizing the build. This is an example Cargo.toml:

[package]
name = "link"
version = "0.1.0"
authors = ["linkle"]

[package.metadata.linkle.megaton-example]
romfs = "res/"
icon = "icon.jpeg"
titleid = "0100000000819"

[package.metadata.linkle.megaton-example.nacp]
name = "Link"

[package.metadata.linkle.megaton-example.nacp.lang.ja]
"name": "リンク",
"author": "リンクル"

All paths are relative to the project root (where the Cargo.toml file is located).

Every field has a sane default:

The [package.metadata.linkle.BINARY_NAME.nacp] key follows the NACP input format

This is an example of a compatible JSON:

{
    "name": "Link",
    "author": "Linkle",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "title_id": "0400000000020000",
    "lang": {
        "ja": {
            "name": "リンク",
            "author": "リンクル"
        }
    }
}

NOTE: Every fields are optional