3DS CFWs

This is a list of all the CFWs that exist for the 3DS. CFW is an acronym for Custom FirmWare, which means a customization of the stock 3ds's firmware. Because of bootloader checks, these firmwares can't be installed directly onto the 3ds, and need loaders to modify the firmware in memory.

For some of the words used here, please refer to the 3DS Glossary.

4.x CFWs (These patch signature checks = illegal games, and provide DevMenu installation, and only load with MSET on 4.x. These are pretty hard to set up and a bit unstable when booting.):

• Yellows8's CFW (Leaked by govanify) (Boots emuNAND)
• Palantine's CFW (Modified from yellows8's) (Boots emuNAND, more stable than Yellows8's)
• PBT-CFW (Modified from palantine's) (Boots sysNAND)
• Dual-emuNAND CFW (Modified from palantine's) (Boots second emuNAND)
• TRICK CFW (PBT + Dual-emuNAND + Palantine)

Piracy:

• Gateway (Patches signature checks = free games and emuNAND support via MSET + spider on firmware 4.0-9.2. Requires DRM card. Classic mode only does the emuNAND stuff and supports emuNAND without DRM card until something like 7.x.)
• MT-card (Was used for cartless emuNAND on 4.5 before rxMode came to life) (Same stuff as gateway, only boots via MSET on 4.x, supports emuNAND until 9.5, Classic mode works without DRM card)
• Some more clones, not as widely used.
• Pasta (Only patches signature checks on firmware 4.0-9.2 via CN, boots to sysNAND)
• Pasta MSET version (old 3ds) (Only patches signature checks on firmware 4.x via MSET, boots to sysNAND)

Misc:

• rxMode (old 3ds) (emuNAND via MSET + spider + CN on firmware 4.0-9.2)
• NTR-CFW 1.0 (old 3ds) (Region free, cheats and plugins for MSET on 4.x. Boots sysNAND and emuNAND)
• NTR-CFW 2.0 (new 3ds) (Region free, cheats and plugins for CN on 9.x. Boots sysNAND)

Unreleased:

• KARL
• Govanify's CFW (He teased it on his site, so I guess it gets a place here)
• Smea's CFW (Teased on his site)
• Some other private CFWs.