# jhaizhou-ops/S2Arm

> A project for running your own Nintendo Switch games natively on iPhone, iPad and Mac: game code is statically recompiled to ARM64 and runs directly on the processor, with graphics going to Metal. You bring your own games and keys, and everything is built through a graphical launcher for Mac or Windows.

- Magnitude: 7.7 out of 10 — Early signal
- Stars: 490 total · +148 stars measured 2026-11-09, 00:47–02:08 UTC, ≈ 695 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Games & graphics · Language: C# · License: Apache-2.0 · Created: 2026-11-08 · Last push: 2026-11-09
- GitHub: https://github.com/jhaizhou-ops/S2Arm · Homepage: https://github.com/jhaizhou-ops/S2Arm/releases · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/jhaizhou-ops/S2Arm

## Useful for

- Build and install your own Switch game on iPhone via the Mac launcher
- Import base game, updates and DLC from one folder and queue them for building
- Drive the build with an AI assistant through s2armctl and export a diagnostic bundle

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-11-09 (UTC), 00:47–02:08: 342 → 490 stars (+148). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +695 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- The repository is 1 day old and already has 490 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Top new repositories this week: #29.
- About 280 forks a day — people are taking the code.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 125
- Issues and pull requests: 76
- Watchers: 2
- Average over the last week: 600 per day
- Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks)
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 109
- Latest release: v0.1.3 (2026-11-09)

## Stars per day, last 2 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-11-08 … 2026-11-09: 506, 148

## Spotted in now

- Top new repositories this week: #29

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