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 since v1.1.0

• Updated to use libnintendo-hac v0.3 branch
  • Intepreting the string representation for enum values is now mostly handled by libnintendo-hac.
• [CNMT] ContentMetaAttributes now displayed as a list
• [GameCard] Better detection of whether ExtendedHeader will decrypt properly
• [GameCard] Initial support for SDK-style XCI files (.xcie & .xcir).
• [GameCard] KekIndex is now intepreted correctly
• [GameCard] More HeaderFlags bits supported
  • RepairTool renamed to RepairTimeRevisorTool
  • AllowCupToChina
  • AllowCupToGlobal
• [GameCard] ExtendedHeader FwVersion is now intepreted
  • ForDevelopment (0)
  • 1.0.0+ (1)
  • 4.0.0+ (2)
• [GameCard] New ExtendedHeader field supported: CompatibilityType with values:
  • Global (0)
  • China (1)
• [GameCard] ExtendedHeader field Partition Hash renamed to CUP Digest
• [Meta] New META header field is supported ACID RSA KeyGeneration field.
  • Support for validating ACID using non-zero KeyGeneration is not supported yet
• [NRO] Field RoCrt is no longer displayed as a byte array, instead as two sub fields:
  • EntryPoint
  • ModOffset