Case study

Strato: Nintendo Switch system emulation on Android

Strato reconstructs Nintendo Switch system behavior in an emulator for ARMv8 Android devices. Its source includes high-level kernel and system-module implementations; the authors describe using Switchbrew and Ryujinx as references and continuing work from Skyline.

Targets: Firmware
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 2.4k
Last commit: 2024-04-28
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires an ARMv8 Android device; building uses Android Studio and a recursive checkout.
Limits: The emulator is described as experimental.
License: Licensed under GNU GPL-3.0 or later.

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BibTeX

@misc{strato-switch-emulation-case,
  title = {{Strato: Nintendo Switch system emulation on Android}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/strato-emu/strato}},
  url = {https://github.com/strato-emu/strato},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/strato-switch-emulation-case/}}
}

Plain text

Strato: Nintendo Switch system emulation on Android. https://github.com/strato-emu/strato (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/strato-switch-emulation-case/

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README.md GitHub · strato-emu/strato · Revision ae1566a