3DS:3DShell

3DShell

3DShell banner on the Home Menu
Screenshot of 3DShell Homebrew program while scrolling through files and changing settings
Developer(s)	joel16
Console	Nintendo 3DS
Version	5.1.0 (March 23, 2021 (2021-03-23))
Links
GitHub	joel16/3DShell
Download
Universal-DB GitHub release

3DShell is a Homebrew application that serves as a file manager for the Nintendo 3DS and supports handling media files. With this program, the user can easily access all the files that are stored in their SD card and even the CTRNAND.

Features

• Storage bar (at the very top, just beneath the current working directory).
• Precise battery percentage using mcu::hwc.
• Creating new folders and files.
• Renaming files/folders.
• File/folder deletion.
• Copy/Move files and folders.
• Multi-select items for delete/cut/copy (using Y button).
• FTP server (Press select or tap the ftp icon to toggle).
• Image preview (If the image is around 400 * 480 which is the size of both screens, the image will be split in half and displayed. Support for the following image formats -> BMP, GIF - non animated, JPG, PCX, PNG, PGM, PPM and TGA)
• Extract various archives such as ZIP, RAR, and 7Z.
• Searching for directories (allows you to quickly visit a directory by clicking the search icon on the top right (bottom screen).)
• File properties - lets you view info on current file/folder, such as size, modified time, parent folder etc.
• File timestamps.
• Browsing CTRNAND and copying data to/from CTRNAND.
• Dir list sorting (alphabetical - ascending, alphabetical - descending, size - largest to smallest, and size - smallest to largest).
• Online updater

Installation

Universal-Updater

3DShell is available on Universal-DB and can be installed and updated with Universal-Updater.

Install with FBI

You can scan one of the QR codes below to download and install the program using FBI. To do this, start FBI, then go to "Remote Install", then "Scan QR Code". You can scan one of the QR codes below to download and install the program using FBI. To do this, start FBI, then go to "Remote Install", then "Scan QR Code".

QR codes for FBI
3DSXCIA https://github.com/joel16/3DShell/releases/latest/download/3DShell.3dsx https://github.com/joel16/3DShell/releases/latest/download/3DShell.cia

Manually

1. Download the .3dsx or .cia from the latest release
2. If you downloaded the .3dsx, copy this file to the 3ds folder on your SD card
3. If you downloaded the .cia, copy this file to any place on your SD card and install it with FBI