3DSKIT IS NOW EOL AS OF 2025-05-22.
ys-3dskit is a set of tools to get you writing 3DS homebrew easier and faster.
It comes with the following main features:
- use of xmake as the build tool, for easier to understand builds
- use of xmake's package management to install 3ds libraries, instead of devkitpro pacman
- support for the D programming language for writing your 3DS applications,
in addition to C and C++.
- D bindings for all packages in the 3dskit repo.
- only depends on the base devkitpro 3ds install - devkitarm, 3dstools
Install devkitpro-pacman, or setup your pacman with devkitpro packages, and set the necessary env vars,
following these instructions,
then install the 3ds-dev package via pacman.
This will install devkitARM and 3dstools (among other things such as libctru)
Install xmake
Open the 3dskit template repo, and click the green "use this template" button to create a homebrew app repo.
Clone the repo and run xmake in your terminal to build a 3dsx file which you can run in Citra or on a 3DS!
Follow the exact same instructions but with the D template repo.