NX-Shell
~4 min read · Third-party project
NX-Shell (joel16) is a lightweight file manager for Switch. Faster startup than Goldleaf, simpler UI. If all you need is file operations, NX-Shell feels noticeably snappier.
Features
- Browse and edit SD card / USB drives
- Copy / move / rename / delete
- ZIP / 7z extraction (no compression)
- Image preview (JPG / PNG / BMP / WebP)
- Audio playback (MP3 / FLAC / OGG / WAV)
- Text file viewer
- USB Mass Storage mode (Switch appears as external SD on PC)
Setup
- Download
NX-Shell.nro from GitHub releases.
- Drop into
/switch/NX-Shell/.
- Launch from hbmenu via Album.
NX-Shell vs Goldleaf: pure file ops, NX-Shell is faster. Need NSP install / amiibo / ticket management, use
Goldleaf. Many people install both and pick per task.
Relation to the secretchat.tel loader
NX-Shell and our loader are both homebrew NROs running under Atmosphère. NX-Shell is handy for editing the loader's config files or customName.txt directly on the console — drop both into the same SD.
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