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NXThemes Installer
by exelix11
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| Version | nxt-2.9 |
| Zip size | 5,259 KiB |
| License | GPLv2 |
| Updated | 30/05/2026 |
| Downloads | 815,566 |
| MD5 | 8049ec0c5fa9d419bc0bc0884a56f19f |
App Details
Manage custom themes directly on the Switch
Changelog
vnxt-2.9
This release brings a number of new features and fixes:
- JPG and PNG images can now be directly installed as themes, without the need to create nxtheme files.
- Currently wallpapers are installed as plain images with the system default layout.
- We have a new experimental sysmodule- to detect home menu updates and automatically uninstall themes when they are not compatbile
- You can enable or disable it from the settings page of the theme installer
- This sysmodule only runs on boot and removes themes when the firmware version changes, this should fix crashes when switching between sysmmc/emummc or updating firmware
- The sysmodule uses very little memory and automatically terminates after boot, freeing memory for other sysmodules
- Title ID is 00FF007468656D65, please give it a try and report any issues.
- Home menu extraction happens on the fly and does not write to the sd card anymore
- This solves a number of crashes on boot caused by users skipping the extraction process after an update and accidentally installing an incompatible version
- Installing themes just works regardless of sysmmc or emummc
- You can still export the raw szs files needed for making custom layouts from the home menu extraction page
- Home menu patches are applied when installing from external sources
- This solves crashes on boot when installing a theme from themezer-nx right after updating the console
- Various improvements on error handling, hopefully we should see overall less crashes of the application especially in applet mode.
This release only updates the theme installer, the PC theme injector was not changed.
In fact, support for the PC injector is being dropped, starting with the next version it will replaced with a web-based theme creator powered by themezer, stay tuned.
v4.8.3
This release adds support for firmware 21.0.0
Nothing else changed from the previous release.
v4.8.2
This release implements the new themezer api, fixing 152
v4.8.1
This release add additional compatibility fixes to support old themes on 20.0 and newer firmware.
In particular:
- Themes with old animations should no longer crash the home menu when installed
- The settings section has new options to force the compatibility mode when installing themes, this should help with certain themes that only have a wallpaper designed around the placement of icons of a specific version of the home menu.
A lot of the 20.0 compatibility quirks still apply, you can read more in the post for the previous release: https://github.com/exelix11/SwitchThemeInjector/releases/tag/v4.8
4.8
This release of the theme tools brings support for the new 20.0 firmware as well as support for replacing the icons of all the new applet icons.
Compatibility with 20.0
Since the new firmware changes some aspects of the home menu layout the installer will try to fix old themes automatically. With the feedback of a few people who tested the beta builds and my testing of the most popular layouts on themezer i can say most themes should work fine with only minor UI differences.
We know of one specific layout that is currently broken on 20.0 and i expect a few more will pop up along the way, in those cases the layout author will have to manually fix it and provide a 20.0 compatible version.
Making 20.0 layouts
If you're making layouts and want to make sure they work on all fimware versions you should be careful to not move the applet icons around otherwise they will leave empty spots when the layout is installed on an older firmware, you can read more on the wiki.
If you made a 20.0 theme before this release you should diff your layout again with latest layout editor otherwise it might not show properly due to the auto fix mistaking it for an old layout.
Finally, i'd like to thank @new-waifu, @ELY3M and @Migushthe2nd and the others on discord for the help in getting this release done and tested.
4.7.1
Support for 17.0
Expose patch templates functionality in the PC theme injector, allows for patching custom szs files
Minor changes in bflan serialization, mostly for the layout editor
