Continuing its spree of shutting down Switch emulators, Nintendo has now disabled the GitHub repository of the Eden emulator.
The developers behind the Nintendo Switch emulator Eden have announced that the project’s GitHub repository has been taken offline following a DMCA complaint from Nintendo. The news was shared by crueter, a member of the development team, in a message posted to the project’s community Discord server, where they criticized the handling of the situation by both GitHub and its parent company Microsoft.
According to the developer, the repository previously used to distribute official Eden builds has been disabled after a DMCA notice filed by Nintendo earlier in February. The takedown affects the GitHub “Releases” section that had served as the primary distribution point for the emulator’s compiled builds.
In the Discord post, crueter stated that the Eden team had submitted legal countermeasures in response to Nintendo’s DMCA complaint. However, they claim that GitHub proceeded with disabling the repository without acknowledging those countermeasures. The developer described the situation as an “incredible display of unprofessionalism,” arguing that the platform failed to properly address their response.
Despite the removal of the GitHub repository, the Eden team says the project itself is not shutting down. The emulator’s source code and release builds have been moved to an independent hosting platform controlled by the developers. Going forward, this alternative site will act as the primary distribution hub for official releases of the emulator. They also noted that a temporary archive containing previous Eden releases is currently available for users while the project transitions away from GitHub. Notably, one of the most recent release candidates is not included in that archive.
The developer mentioned that moving the project off GitHub allows them to continue development without the immediate risk of additional DMCA enforcement actions on that platform. They also confirmed that the project remains open to contributors.
In February, a DMCA takedown notice submitted by Nintendo to GitHub targeted repositories for a number of Nintendo Switch emulators, including Eden. It outlined the console maker’s argument that these projects unlawfully circumvent the technological protection measures (TPMs) built into the Switch console and its games.
