Install Quartz on Nintendo Switch

Quartz

A useful fast Web Browser for Windows and Linux written in pyqt5 webkit.

This browser is aimed at ease of use, faster page loading, very short startup time.

This has minimal settings to avoid confusion.Yet it has most useful settings, such as load images on/off, javascript on/off, change font.

To save pages to read later, print feature can be used to save as pdf. And it can also export the whole page as png image.

To run: Menu -> Internet -> Quartz Browser
To run in a terminal: quartz_browser

Fortunately, Quartz 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 Quartz.

Compatibility

For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest version of Switchroot L4T Ubuntu Jammy, which is currently version 5.1.2 Ubuntu Jammy.
Quartz 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 Quartz

Now that you have Pi-Apps installed, it is time to install Quartz.
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 Quartz in the list.

Just click Install and Pi-Apps will install Quartz 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