Install Azahar on Nintendo Switch

Azahar

Azahar is an open-source 3DS emulator project based on Citra.

It was created from the merging of PabloMK7's Citra fork and the Lime3DS project, both of which emerged shortly after Citra was taken down.
The goal of this project is to be the de-facto platform for future development.

IMPORTANT: You have to disable hardware shaders for playable performance:
Azahar Menu -> Emulation -> Configure -> Graphics -> Advanced -> Turn OFF Enable hardware shader

To run from menu: Games -> Azahar
To run from terminal: flatpak run org.azahar_emu.Azahar

Fortunately, Azahar is very easy to install on your Nintendo Switch in just two steps.

  1. Install Pi-Apps - the best app installer for Nintendo Switch.
  2. Use Pi-Apps to install Azahar.

Compatibility

For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest version of Switchroot L4T Ubuntu Noble, which is currently version 5.1.2 Ubuntu Noble.
Azahar will run on L4T Ubuntu ARM64.

Install Pi-Apps

Pi-Apps is a free tool that makes it incredibly easy to install the most useful programs on your Nintendo Switch with just a few clicks.

Open a terminal and run this command to install Pi-Apps:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash

Feel free to check out the Pi-Apps source code here: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps

Install Azahar

Now that you have Pi-Apps installed, it is time to install Azahar.
First launch Pi-Apps from your start menu:

Then click on the Games category.

Now scroll down to find Azahar in the list.

Just click Install and Pi-Apps will install Azahar for you!

Pi-Apps is a free and open source tool made by Botspot, theofficialgman, and other contributors. Find out more at https://pi-apps.io