HBUpdater Switch

HBUpdater
General
Author	LyfeOnEdge
Type	PC Utilities
Version	2.4
License	GPL-3.0
Last Updated	2020/01/25
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HBUpdater is a one-stop-shop for managing and updating your Nintendo Switch Homebrew.

It is written in Python and works on Windows/Mac/Linux.

Features

• Compatible with the HBAppstore, apps installed by HBUpdater will register in the Appstore.
• Easily update or remove apps on your Nintendo Switch SD card.
• Add your own repos to easily manage and update.
• View GitHub patch notes and homebrew version history.
• Launch each homebrew's project page at the click of a button (gbatemp thread if available or github).
• Inject Payloads with fusee-launcher (this is also a replacement for your current rcm tool).
  • Injector remembers last selected payload between restarts.
• Manage your backups with blawar's NUT server or fourminute's fluffy.
• Add python scripts to be run by PyNX.
• Switch serial number checker tool to determine if a given SN is vulnerable.
• Simple tool for making and restoring switch SD card backups.

User guide

Requirements

• Works on: macOS, Windows, Linux
• Python 3.6 or greater

How to use

Windows:

• Extract HBUpdater.zip.
• Install Python.
  • If you do a custom installation remember to install tcl/tk, add python to the path, and include pip.
• In a command prompt type pip install -r requirements to install dependencies.
• Double-click startHBUpdater.bat.

Macintosh:

• Extract HBUpdater.zip.
• Mac users may already have a compatible version of python installed, try double-clicking HBUpdater.py --If the file opens in a text reader, close the reader and right-click the file and open it with pylauncher.
• If this still doesn't work, install Python.

Linux:

• Extract HBUpdater.zip.
• Navigate to the directory in a terminal
• Type python HBUpdaterGUI.py
  • If you are missing dependencies do the following:
  • sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-tk python3-pil.imagetk
• If you don't know how to do this you should probably be using Windows.
• For access to USB functions you must run python with elevated privledges (sudo).

Troubleshooting

Mac:

• Error: ssl.SSLCertVerificationError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1056)
• Solution: Macintosh HD > Applications > Python3.6 folder (or whatever version of python you're using) > double click on "Install Certificates.command" file.

Screenshots

▼ Old version 

Media

HBU example with improved details page (LyfeOnEdge)

Compatibility

This has only been tested on Atmos/Kosmos.

Changelog

v2.4 2020/01/25

• Fixed some bugs.

v2.3 2019/11/10

• Fixed bug displaying injector banner, less bold text.
• Reduced package image pop-in, and fixed images missing on screen load due to insufficient padding.
• Added settings system, settings page, added on-the fly tile size adjustment.
• Updater failing to get update file no longer causes crash.
• Falls back on old repo json when new one unavailable.
• Added multiple maximization settings (Normal/Fullscreen/Maximized).
• Added setting to keep window topmost.
• Fixed searchbar and dropdown padding in main page.

v2.2 2019/11/01

• Failing to get update no longer calls sys.exit().
• Moved to new repo system.
• Failing to get update file no longer calls sys.exit().
• Removed unneeded build scripts.

v2.1 2019/10/21

• Fixed fail-to-install due to an issue where with open() on a zip would allow the file to be deleted within the with on linux but not windows, thanks cptWhiskey.

v2.0 2019/10/15

• New gui, much prettier and user friendly, pulls images from the appstore team's servers.
• Startup is only a few seconds now.
• The repos file is now grabbed from a github release itself, this allows HBUpdater to exceed 60 apps as well as update content offered without having to release a new version of the app.

v1.5 2019/08/28

• Bug fixes, code reduction, added Mario wars.
• Next version will include a better UI for software list pages using icon buttons akin to those found in the Homebrew Appstore.

v1.4 2019/08/24

• Added MarioBrosNX C++/SDL2, Created by Lukasz Jakowski 2014, Ported to the Nintendo Switch By Krank/KuranKu 2019.
• Next update will move the repos to json files.

v1.3

• App now updates itself (with user permission).
• Failing to download gravatars for Lyfe/npprmint dev images no longer results in crash.
• Added more room to the error / message frame for releases info.

v1.2 2019/08/16

• This can be disabled in the settings menu.

v1.1 2019/08/15

• Injector now uses pattern system for standardization reasons.
• Broke pattern-based asset finding out into a function.
• Fixed injector page listbox continuing under console.
• Cleaned up some messy copy-pasted app descriptions.
• Tools like nut are now Popen() in a config folder so config files aren't at risk, this is for the future addition of proper version managing for nut and fluffy.
• Serial checker no longer needs download as it has been re-written as a single file.
• Fixed bug with adding forked repos.
• Search now updates with every character typed.
• Users can now set the name of an added repo.
• Improved per-file-type-handling.
• Content:
  • Added ComicNX.
  • Added Apollo.
  • Added hbmenu.
  • Removed sdsetup-switch (for now) per authors recommendation.

v1.0 2019/07/03

• App now implements the Homebrew Appstore package system, many thanks to the folks at the 4TU discord for their help and enabling me to make my app compatible with theirs.
• More tweaks, improvements, and bug fixes than I can count.
• Notably the injector now remembers which payload was selected between instances.

v0.9 2019/06/05

• Added metro home page - The buttons were getting crowded on the standard homebrew page so I've added a new landing page with big icons.
• Improved HBUpdaterGUI.py code layout.
• Software lists are now populated within the page that uses them, this is more flexible and requires far less code.
• HBUpdater will now check for updates, setting available in setting menu to disable it.
• errorpage.py now handles errors and yes/no questions, code reduction in installerhelperpage.py.
• installerhelperpage's functions have been moved to toolhelper.py in modules.
• Improved folder handling, moved all folder definitions to locations.py.
• Removed homebrewcore.py to simplify backend.
• Download-on-demand serial checker.
• nut, fluffy, serial checker, payload injector, etc download into a tools subfolder for better folder structure.
• Bug fixes to the install tracking system.

v0.8 2019/06/03

• Projects missing github links will now get one generated from the github api link to go to the.
• GitHub repo, this applies to user-added homebrew as well.
• Added titles to pages so you know what you are looking at.
• Payload injector page now indicates if injector is already downloaded.
• Title bar now displays app version.

v0.7 2019/05/26

• Most pages with a table now follow a standard template for fast-track page additions and code reduction.

v0.6 2019/05/24

• fluffy.py has been added for users that don't use blawar installers.

v0.5 2019/05/16

• Blawar's python version of NUT is now downloaded upon user request and its dependencies are installed via pip.

v0.4 2019/05/11

• User's can now add their own github repos to be managed by the gui.

v0.3b 2019/04/28

• Also a preview of user-added repos code.

v0.3 2019/04/25

• Lots of tweaks, and improvements, this update adds a gui with a list of payloads to the fusee-launcher.py (all downloaded via github of course).

v0.2_bat_fix 2019/04/16

• Fixed a bug with the bat file causing a failure to start the app.

v0.2 2019/04/15

• Initial Public Release.
• I've removed a few unfinished features, this is a beta version, please report any bugs except the image not found error (which is due to the way tkinker handles images).

External links

• GitHub - https://github.com/LyfeOnEdge/HBUpdater
• GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/hbupdater-a-one-stop-shop-for-keeping-cfws-homebrew-up-to-date.546116/