# uLaunch: reconstructing the Nintendo Switch HOME Menu

> uLaunch reconstructs selected Nintendo Switch HOME Menu behavior in a customizable replacement. It launches and suspends applications, handles applets and controllers, and implements a subset of system settings; additional settings are being reversed and implemented.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/XorTroll/uLaunch>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/XorTroll/uLaunch/blob/6da94f9164f5fa61380010008270457f95ff4b04/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ulaunch-switch-home-menu-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ulaunch-switch-home-menu-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ulaunch-switch-home-menu-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The documented installation is intended for Atmosphère custom firmware on Nintendo Switch.
- **Limits:** Several system settings and messages remain unimplemented; eShop, parental controls and game updates are outside the current plan.
- **License:** GPL-2.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/XorTroll/uLaunch/blob/6da94f9164f5fa61380010008270457f95ff4b04/README.md>

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