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Developer Resources

Documentation, file libraries and server implementations for Flipnote Studio.

Flipnote Studio documentation

Flipnote StudioThe editor, frames, sound, local library and hardware behaviour.File formatsPPM, image resources, UGO menus, TMB files and identity fields.Flipnote HatenaThe DSi network client, browser and server responses.

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External references

Community format and protocol references used alongside the guides on this site.

Flipnote Collective DocsThe Flipnote Collective's reference for PPM and image formats, savedata, identifiers and the DSi online client.hatena-server wikiImplementation notes on Hatena formats such as UGO menus, TMB previews, NBF backgrounds and NTFT images.

File libraries

Code for reading, writing and rendering Flipnote files.

flipnote.jsA JavaScript library with format parsing, conversion and browser playback. Its documentation includes API references and examples.Hatenatools3A maintained Python 3 port of Hatenatools for working with Flipnote animations and Hatena menu and image formats.PPMLibA C# library for applications that need to load or create the original Flipnote Studio animation format.paraA Rust command-line utility for reading PPM animations and exporting frames, thumbnails, GIFs and metadata.

Server implementations

Source code to study when implementing a service for the DSi client.

RexiMemo-OSERexiMemo's reduced open-source edition, with SQLite storage, web browsing, Creator's Rooms and DSi proxy support.ugoserverA separate server codebase for comparing how DSi requests and Hatena formats are handled in Go.flipnote-servernswarr's original reverse-engineered server code, useful as a reference for basic early research into Flipnote Hatena.

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