CosmoU 0.13.0

✨ A calmer, clearer CosmoU

CosmoU 0.13 reworks the whole interface. All the features are still there, just sorted better, so every window and every theme feels like one product: easy to understand on the first start, calm with a big library, readable from the sofa.

What changed

• Play is always the strongest button – in Covers, Grid, the Wii U Look and the game details. Details and the other actions are quieter.
• Grid – a calm banner: the cover sharp in front of its own softly blurred colours, instead of a giant pixelated picture.
• Game details – a smaller cover, Play first, Add to favorites as a quiet toggle, one line instead of four empty statistics before the first play, the tools in one row, save data and updates as simple rows.
• Settings – a calmer category bar (only the open category is in colour), a bigger search with its shortcut (Ctrl F / ⌘F).
• Quick Menu – your games first, then three clear groups: Look, Sound and System.
• Theme gallery – big cards with a preview picture of every theme.
• Empty screens lead somewhere – Clear search, Show the library, or the folder button of the console you're looking at.
• TV mode – the button legend sits at the bottom instead of over your games; bigger on a TV, normal size on a Steam Deck.
• Controller and keyboard – in every window the D-pad and the arrow keys move to the button that is really in that direction, in lists, rows and grids alike.
• Calmer motion – no ripple on hover, every window slides in the same way, the cover flow settles instead of bouncing.
• Smaller fixes: readable selected chips in the N64 theme, no Quit entry on iPhone and iPad.

Downloads

Windows	CosmoU-Windows-Setup-0.13.0.exe or the portable .exe
macOS	.dmg (Apple silicon and Intel)
Linux	.AppImage, .deb, .tar.gz
Android	.apk
iPhone / iPad	.ipa for sideloading

The files appear here a few minutes after the release is published.

🎮 CosmoU for Wii U

CosmoU-WiiU-0.13.0.wuhb is CosmoU as an app on the Wii U itself. It shows the games installed on your Wii U (system memory, USB drive and disc) in CosmoU's look, with Covers and Grid views and themes with their music, and starts them, on the TV and the GamePad.

🛍️ Shop: press + (or tap Shop) to install things right on the Wii U:

• Emulators: RetroArch (NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance in one app), NooDS (Nintendo DS) and other emulators
• Apps: the whole Homebrew App Store catalog by ForTheUsers (apps installed in CosmoU also show up as installed there, and the other way round)
• Themes: the 17 other CosmoU themes with their music (Classic Wii, Plaza, Switch 2, DS, DSi, 3DS, GameCube, Game Boy, Virtual Boy, SNES, NES, Game & Watch, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, GBA, GBA SP, Game Boy Micro)
• Fonts: Rounded, Soft, Pixel, Arcade and Condensed

The shop only has homebrew, themes and fonts: no games, ROMs, BIOS files or keys.

Install: you need a Wii U with the Aroma homebrew environment.

1. Copy CosmoU-WiiU-0.13.0.wuhb to your SD card into wiiu/apps/.
2. Put the SD card back into the Wii U and start CosmoU from the Wii U Menu.

Controls: D-pad or stick to move · A start · Y Covers / Grid · X theme · + shop · − music on/off · the touch screen works too. In the shop: L / R tabs · A install / use · X remove · B back.

This Wii U version belongs to 0.13.0 and has no update check.