Install Brave on Nintendo Switch

Brave

The new Brave browser blocks ads and trackers that slow you down and invade your privacy.
Discover a new way of thinking about how the web can work.
3x faster than Chrome. Better protection from Google and Big Tech.

To run: Menu -> Internet -> Brave Web Browser
To run in a terminal: brave-browser-stable

Fortunately, Brave 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 Brave.

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.
Brave 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 Brave

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

Then click on the Internet category, which leads to the Browsers category.

Now scroll down to find Brave in the list.

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

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