About

NSTool is a general purpose reading/extraction tool for Nintendo Switch file formats.

Supported File Formats

• Meta (.npdm)
• PartitionFS (and HashedPartitionFS) (includes raw .nsp)
• RomFS
• GameCard Image (.xci)
• Nintendo Content Archive (.nca)
• Content Metadata (.cnmt)
• Nintendo Software Object (.nso)
• Nintendo Relocatable Software Object (.nro)
• Kernel Initial Process List (.ini)
• Kernel Initial Process (.kip)
• Nintendo Application Control Property (.nacp)
• ES Ticket (v2 only) (.tik)
• PKI Certificate (.cert)

Change Log

• (1.1.0) Rename Npdm to Meta
• (1.1.0) Fix help text
• (1.1.0) Rename Nca to Nintendo Content Archive
• (1.1.0) Rename PfsHeader to PartitionFsHeader
• (1.1.0) Rename Xci to GameCard
• (1.1.0) Fixed bugs in KernelCapList processing
• (1.1.0) Fixed bugs in fnd::List
• (1.1.0) Add initial support for INI and KIP
• (1.1.0) Updated NACP specification
• (1.0.5) Fixed bug where processing certain RomFS archives resulted in a crash.
• (1.0.4) Fixed bugs in NSO/NRO symbol processing.
• (1.0.4) Fixed typo in CNMT AddOnContentMetaExtendedHeader info. RequiredSystemVersion -> RequiredApplicationVersion
• (1.0.4) Fixed bug where files were incorrectly identified as CNMT or NACP.
• (1.0.4) Fixed bug in processing titlekeys.
• (1.0.4) Representation of key-data was made consistent
• (1.0.4) Key-data imported from a keyfile can now be outputted to command-line using --showkeys
• (1.0.0) Initial Version