# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/strato-emu/strato>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/strato-emu/strato/blob/ae1566a48285816a87e81d4aeb40bd2f4e56e60b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/strato-switch-emulation-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/strato-switch-emulation-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/strato-switch-emulation-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/strato-emu/strato/blob/ae1566a48285816a87e81d4aeb40bd2f4e56e60b/README.md>

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