NSWSwitch · 2017 · open-world action-adventure

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch, 2017) has a matching decompilation, zeldaret/botw, and 1 other public project, including a static recompilation.

Data checked 2026-10-12 · unbaked registry

Projects

zeldaret/botw (uking)

Matching decompClang 4.0.1 (upstream, matching NX SDK codegen), open-ead/nx-decomp-t…2,206 starspushed 2026-10-12no license

Decompilation of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch 1.5.0)

WIP, Switch v1.5.0; 17.49% code / 30.40% functions per botw.link badges (Oct 2026); function-level matching with tolerated non-matching 'equivalent' functions; does not link a playable executable

CafeRecomp

Static recompWii U PowerPC static recompilation built on ExpansionPak/DolRecomp, c…17 starspushed 2026-09-28MPL-2.0 license

First Working Wii U Recomp

Early prototype (created 2026-09-23, : BotW boot/compatibility work, not playable; YouTube proof-of-concept video. Caution: anonymous numeric username - verify code before building, do not run prebuilt binaries

What you need

You need your own copy of the game: these projects ship code only.

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Found via leoetlino/botw-re-notes, botw.link/, botw.link/badges/progress.json, youtube.com/watch?v=v7CwIDTCNas, ExpansionPak/DolRecomp

GitHub data checked 2026-10-12. Notes are summaries from the research pass; the project pages are the authority.