Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere

Atmosphère is a work-in-progress customized firmware for the Nintendo Switch.

Hardware, IoT & roboticsC++

2.7 Breakout Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 14, 2026.

About the project

A custom firmware (CFW) for the Nintendo Switch that replaces the bootloader, TrustZone, sysmodules and patches Horizon OS to enable homebrew and extended features.

Useful for

Install custom firmware on a Switch to run homebrew applications
Set up EmuNAND via Thermosphère to isolate the modified system from the original
Use the Rosalina menu to debug and manage sysmodules in-game

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

20 stars today. The usual pace is 4 per day, so that's 5.7× as much.
Over the last two days the pace is 4.2× that of the previous week and a half.
The spike has held for 3 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
GitHub Trending C++ today: #8, +24 stars.
Recent forks include notable developers: @masagrator (530 followers).

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 19,587
Stars in a day: 20
Forks: 1,469
Issues and pull requests: 2,652
Watchers: 770
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
Latest release: 1.11.2 · June 16, 2026
Created: January 18, 2018
Last push: September 12, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 13, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #2, +24 stars

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