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Ownfoil

Ownfoil is a Nintendo Switch library manager, that will also turn your library into a fully customizable and self-hosted Tinfoil Shop.

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Ownfoil is a Nintendo Switch library manager, that will also turn your library into a fully customizable and self-hosted Tinfoil Shop. The goal of this project is to manage your library, identify any missing content (DLCs or updates) and provide a user friendly way to browse your content. The project is still in development, expect things to break or change without notice.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

74/100 Good

Maintained
98last commit 14 days ago
Popular
59927 GitHub stars
Easy to install
452 install platforms, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 10 days ago

GitHub stars
927
Open issues
19
Last commit
2026-09-29
Latest release
2.4.2
License
AGPL-3.0
Activity
declining

Checked 5 days ago - source: GitHub (a1ex4/ownfoil)

Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 15 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Installation Ownfoil is shipped as a Docker container for easy deployment, data persistency, and updates. See the linked documentation if unfamiliar with Docker. source

Fetched 6 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives

No alternatives collected yet.

Common questions

Can multiple clients connect to the same Ownfoil shop?

Yes. Ownfoil is described as a self-hosted Shop that supports multiple clients.

What password should I use if Ownfoil authentication is enabled?

Use the same value as the PASSWORD environment variable.

Where should my game files be stored for Ownfoil to find them?

Store the game files at the root of the host path you assign to the container so they become available for installation.

Why would large game installations fail in an Ownfoil container on unRAID?

A reported unRAID container issue had games larger than 1 GB fail partway through installation while smaller games worked.

Do I need to assign a port when hosting Ownfoil on QNAP?

Yes. The QNAP Container Station setup assigns a port for the Ownfoil container.

Answers sourced from github.com, www.reddit.com, www.reddit.com, www.reddit.com

Community

Collected 14 days ago - public community threads