Pokémon Brilliant Diamond as a native app for iPad, iPhone, Mac, Linux, and Windows, made by static recompilation: the game’s own ARM64 code is translated ahead of time into native code and a small runtime replaces the Switch operating system and its graphics API (Metal on Apple devices, Vulkan on Linux and Windows). It is not an emulator. A graphical installer for macOS, Linux, and Windows guides you through keys, game files, and the build; the iPhone and iPad apps are built on a Mac with Xcode and signed with your own Apple ID, and the IPA export embeds the data from your own dump (about 5.3 GB, for your own devices only). It generates the app icons from your game data, supports swappable file mods (RomFS) and built-in code mods (ExeFS), and uses the Switch’s own system keyboard (it needs your firmware during the build). Linux aarch64 is experimental and Apple TV is planned. The README says the repository contains no game data, keys, or generated code, that the iPhone was tested on an iPhone 11 Pro Max and macOS only on macOS 26; the stated minimum systems haven’t been tried. It is built from parts of LASRecomp. Its latest release, from November 4, is installer 0.1.5 (the repository only publishes installers, in 8 releases since October 30, of about 100 MB each with Python included, and we haven’t checked inside them). None of its last 100 commits list Claude as a co-author. The repository replaced a Unity reimplementation that its author discontinued.
You needYour own copy of the game (XCI and, optionally, the update NSP) and your own prod.keys. For iPhone and iPad, a Mac with Xcode and your Apple ID, and about 5.3 GB free for the IPA with data; an iPhone 11 or newer (A13, 4 GB of RAM or more) with iOS or iPadOS 17 or later. For Mac, Apple Silicon and macOS 14 or later (tested only on macOS 26). For Linux, x86-64 with Vulkan 1.3; for Windows, 64-bit 10 22H2 or 11.
- How it gets to PC
- Static recompilation
- Console
- Nintendo Switch
- Architecture
- ARM64
- Author
- Veemyu
- Original studio
- ILCA
- Year
- 2021
- Stars
- 156
- Last activity
- 2026-11-05 · 6 days ago
- Latest version
- installer-v0.1.6 · 2026-11-05
- License
- MIT
- Language
- C
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