HOOKSHOT
GITHUB Recompilation next to an emulator
Hookshot versus Lichii
Lichii is not a second recompilation. Its repository calls it a very experimental Nintendo Switch 2 emulator. Hookshot compiles the game into a PC program.
Counts and dates
On 11 Nov 2026 Lichii (zortos293/Lichii) showed 8,216 stars, GPL-3.0, and a last push on 10 Nov 2026. Hookshot showed 6,636 stars the same day. Fritchii, the fork in the second video, showed 3,395 stars. Those counts will move. The videos people attach to this comparison are Games Hub Benchmarks: the 9 Nov multi-project clip, a separate 8.9K-view clip, Hookshot v2.0.13 versus Fritchii V5.6 on 11 Nov, and v2.0.14 versus Fritchii V5.7. None of the descriptions I read include a frame-time table, so I will not invent one.
Moving a save
On Windows, Lichii's Ocarina of Time saves sit under %APPDATA%\eden\nand\user\save\0000000000000000\ then a profile folder and 0400486024DEC000. On Linux the same tree starts at ~/.local/share/eden/. Hookshot uses the game folder's user\save path on Windows and ~/.local/share/hookshot/save/ on Linux. scripts/oot_saves.py can import a Lichii save and copy the other direction, and it backs up before it overwrites.
The saves note records one Linux test on an Arch-family system: a Hookshot v2.0.5 save opened in a same-day Lichii build at the Kokiri Forest flower spawn. The reverse copy matched the files and was not then played onward inside Hookshot. I keep that limit in the sentence. It is one machine, one spot, one direction that was actually continued.
Video
Hookshot vs Lichii / Fritchii / NX2 / Eglantine
Questions
Will my Hookshot save open in Lichii?
The saves note says the filenames match and records one successful copy into Lichii at the forest spawn. Back up first.
Which is faster?
No same-scene numbers were published with those videos. I am not going to guess.
Sources
| Source | Evidence status | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Lichii repository | 1 reference · shared publishers and mirrors count together | 2026-11-11 |
| Hookshot saves note | 1 reference · shared publishers and mirrors count together | 2026-11-11 |
| Comparison video | 1 reference · shared publishers and mirrors count together | 2026-11-11 |