HBUpdater Switch

HBUpdater
HBUpdater
General
Author	LyfeOnEdge
Type	PC Utilities
Version	2.4
License	GPL-3.0
Last Updated	2020/01/25
Links
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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).

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