The custom Home Menu UI for the Nintendo 3DS.

Check out the Home Menu UI Layout Customization Guide for creating your own customized Home Menu UI for 3DS!

Kitsune’s Custom Home Menu UI

A customized Home Menu UI made by me.



Target system firmware version: 11.17.0-50

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Last updated: 2024-05-23

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Installation Method 1: LayeredFS

Adding the Home Menu Applet Patch (3DS)

Luma3DS custom firmware is required to use the mod. Install CFW if you haven’t already.

LayeredFS patching is unstable for applets which causes Home Menu to randomly crash if Home Menu is opened several times (by suspending a game or exiting an applet).
Consider using the CIA file method for now.
LayeredFS method can be used on Lime3DS emulator without any crashes.

You can add my RomFS assets to your Home Menu mod, be sure to credit me if you're gonna share your combined mod anywhere :)

  1. Unpack the downloaded archive file and enter the LayeredFS folder.

  2. Enter a folder matching your console region.

  3. Copy the luma folder to the root of the SD Card.

  4. Launch the Luma3DS config by holding the Select button while booting.

  5. Activate “Enable game patching”.

  6. Save and exit.

  7. The custom Home Menu UI has been installed.

Adding the Home Menu Applet Patch (Lime3DS)

You can also add the Home Menu applet patch to Lime3DS emulator.

AES Keys are required to install encrypted contents to Lime3DS. Read here for more info.
If you have Citra emulator, the installation process works the same.

  1. Launch Lime3DS emulator.

  2. Go to Emulation → Configure... → System.

  3. Under the 3GX Plugins Loader options, pick the system model and system region, then click Download.

  4. Wait for the system firmware download to complete.

  5. Close the configuration window.

  6. Go to File → Open Lime3DS Folder.

  7. Go to /load/mods. Create folders if those don’t exist.

  8. Unpack the downloaded archive file and enter the LayeredFS folder.

  9. Go to /[region]/luma/titles.

  10. Copy the 000400300000??02 folder to the mods folder.

  11. Launch the Home Menu by going to File → Boot Home Menu → EUR/USA/JPN.

  12. The custom Home Menu UI has been installed.

Removing the Home Menu Applet Patch

  1. Launch GodMode9.

  2. Go to SDCARD:/luma/titles and delete the 000400300000??02 folder.

    • EUR: 0004003000009802

    • JPN: 0004003000008202

    • USA: 0004003000008F02

  3. Reboot the console.

  4. The Home Menu UI has been restored.

  • If you want to turn off the mod instead, while leaving other patches (such as Pretendo Network) active, rename the 000400300000??02 folder to 000400300000??02_off.

  • To restore the Home Menu UI on Lime3DS, go to /load/mods and delete the 000400300000??02 folder. If you want to turn off the mod instead, rename the 000400300000??02 folder to 000400300000??02_off.

Installation Method 2: CIA File

Backing Up the Home Menu Applet

Luma3DS custom firmware is required to use the mod. Install CFW if you haven’t already.

It is recommended to backup your Home Menu applet as you'll be able to restore it later on if the custom Home Menu applet is installed with the CIA file.

  1. Launch GodMode9.

  2. Press the Home button.

  3. Select Scripts... → GM9Megascript → Miscellaneous → Title Options → Dump HomeMenu to .cia.

  4. Proceed dumping this system applet.

  5. Answer “No” if asked to decrypt the CIA file.

  6. The homemenu.cia file is saved to SDCARD:/gm9/out. Copy that file to a safe place in your computer.

Installing the Custom Home Menu Applet

Create a NAND backup before modifying any system files!
Make sure you have a backup of the Home Menu applet before proceeding.
Modifying the Home Menu applet is safe and can be restored by re-installing the original Home Menu applet, instead of restoring a NAND backup.
To restore the Home Menu applet, see the restore section.

System Update will fail if the custom Home Menu applet is installed. To update your system, you must restore the Home Menu applet back to its original state.
After a system update, backup the homemenu.cia file again in case the Home Menu is also updated.
The current Home Menu mod is likely compatible with the future system firmware versions with a newer Home Menu version. If this mod stops working, I will update the base Home Menu applet for this mod.

Note: The CIA file must be installed with GodMode9. Do not install it with FBI, the installation will fail as the Home Menu applet is being used by other processes.

Never uninstall CFW while any modded system files are installed, doing so will brick the console! A DS flashcart with ntrboot is required to re-install B9S.
Modified system files are not signed which they don't work on the original firmware, as the signature check fails.
If you wanna uninstall CFW before selling your console, you must restore the system files first, then follow the CFW uninstallation instructions.

  1. Add the downloaded CIA file to the SD Card.

  2. Launch GodMode9.

  3. Browse and select the CIA file.

  4. Select CIA image options... → Install game image.

    • CIA files are already encrypted, so there’s no need to.

  5. Reboot the console.

  6. The custom Home Menu applet has been installed.

Restoring the Home Menu Applet - Method 1

If you've dumped the homemenu.cia file with GodMode9, follow this section.

  1. Launch GodMode9.

  2. Go to SDCARD:/gm9/out and select the homemenu.cia file.

  3. Select CIA image options... → Install game image.

  4. Reboot the console.

  5. The Home Menu applet has been restored.

Restoring the Home Menu Applet - Method 2

If you've lost the homemenu.cia file from your SD Card and computer, follow this section.
The target system firmware version is 11.17.0-50.

  1. Download the original Home Menu applet:

  2. Add the HomeMenu_???.cia file to the SD Card.

  3. Launch GodMode9.

  4. Browse and select the HomeMenu_???.cia file.

  5. Select CIA image options... → Install game image.

  6. Reboot the console.

  7. The Home Menu applet has been restored.

Restoring the Home Menu Applet - Method 3

If you've installed the custom Home Menu applet to your system running on older firmware version without any backups, follow this section.

  1. Go to Darthsternie’s Firmware Archive.

  2. Download the firmware archive matching your console region and current firmware version.

    • If you don’t know your system’s current firmware version and can’t boot to Home Menu:

    • Launch GodMode9

    • Go to CTRNAND:/title/000400db/00017?02/content.

      • EUR: 00017102

      • USA: 00017302

      • JPN: 00017202

    • Select the .app file.

    • Select NCCH image options... → Mount image to drive.

    • Answer “Yes” to browse inside the .app file.

    • Go to the romfs folder.

    • Open the titleversion.txt file with hex editor or text viewer.

    • Take a note of the firmware version.

  3. Unpack the firmware archive and find the .cia file for Home Menu inside the updates folder.

    • EUR: 0004003000009802.cia

    • USA: 0004003000008F02.cia

    • JPN: 0004003000008202.cia

  4. Rename the 000400300000??02.cia file to HomeMenu.cia.

  5. Place it in the SD Card.

  6. Launch GodMode9.

  7. Browse and select the HomeMenu.cia file.

  8. Select CIA image options... → Install game image.

  9. Reboot the console.

  10. The Home Menu applet has been restored.

  11. (Optional) Update the CFW and system firmware to the latest version.

Restoring the Home Menu Applet - Method 4

If you have any issues downloading the firmware archive, follow this section.

  1. Download 3DNUS.

  2. Launch 3DNUS.

  3. Input your system’s current firmware version and region (ex: 11.17.0-50E).

  4. Click “New 3DS” or “Old 3DS” for your 3DS system model.

  5. Click “Begin Download”, and wait for the download to complete.

  6. Enter the firmware folder and find the .cia file for Home Menu inside the updates folder.

    • EUR: 0004003000009802.cia

    • USA: 0004003000008F02.cia

    • JPN: 0004003000008202.cia

  7. Rename the 000400300000??02.cia file to HomeMenu.cia.

  8. Place it in the SD Card.

  9. Launch GodMode9.

  10. Browse and select the HomeMenu.cia file.

  11. Select CIA image options... → Install game image.

  12. Reboot the console.

  13. The Home Menu applet has been restored.

Restoring the Home Menu Applet - Last Resort

If none of those restoration methods work for you, restore your NAND backup or give CTRTransfer a try.

The CTRTransfer method will re-install all the system files and temporarily downgrade the firmware version to 11.15.0.
Your games and their save data will not be lost in the process, so follow the instructions carefully.