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Decrypt CIA/3DS roms in UNIX environments (Linux and macOS)

cia-unix

Decrypt CIA roms in UNIX environments 🪐

Requirements

Note A new Python 3 (unstable) version has been released, you can find the experimental code here.

cia-unix/
├─ cia-unix
├─ decrypt.py
├─ ctrtool
├─ makerom
└─ Encrypted Game.cia

ctrtool, makerom and decrypt.py can be downloaded with dltools.sh

📋 Roadmap

  • [x] Decrypt .cia
    • [x] Games
    • [x] Patch and DLCs
  • [x] Decrypt .3ds
  • [ ] Rust decrypt.py rewrite (in progress)

Warning Decryption with cia-unix may fail, when it happens it is suggested to decrypt roms directly on the 3DS.

⚡️ Build from source

You’ll need the Crystal compiler

crystal build cia-unix.cr --release --no-debug

Dependencies can be compiled with makerom and ctrtool make files

Contributors

ctrtool and makerom are from 3DSGuy repository

Adaware contributed translating the windows-only version