KoboPatch Web UI

How would you like to set up your Kobo?

Note: Your browser does not support direct device access via the native filesystem API, which is required for a seamless patching experience. Directly connecting to your Kobo is not available because of this. Use Chrome, Edge or Opera to connect your Kobo directly, or choose the manual download option.

Connect your Kobo

Your Kobo's model and version number can be automatically identified. Based on this information, certain options will be presented to you as part of the next step.

1. Connect your Kobo to this computer using a USB cable.
2. Your Kobo will show a "Computer detected" screen. Tap Connect to continue.
3. In your file manager, you should now see KOBOeReader appear as a drive.
4. When you press the button below, your browser will open a folder picker. Select the KOBOeReader volume, then click "Allow" when your browser asks if you want to give this site permission to write to this folder.

Since you have chosen not to connect your device, you will need to look up some information related to the device you want to patch.

Select the version number currently installed on your device. If it does not appear in this list, your software version is not supported for custom patching. You can go back and choose NickelMenu instead, which works with all versions.

You can find the version number on your Kobo under More > Settings > Device information > Software version. Make sure it's a complete match, or you may encounter issues!

Match the first characters of your serial number (e.g. N428) to the list above. You can find it under More > Settings > Device information. Keep in mind that older devices (released prior to Kobo Libra 2) are not supported by this website at this time, but you may be able to patch them manually.

You seem to have a Kobo device that cannot be identified. While you can continue since a supported software version seems to be installed, please file an issue on GitHub so the developer can add this device to the list.

What would you like to do?

Custom patches are not available for your software version. You can still install NickelMenu and choose what you want to do with your Kobo.

Choose what to do with your Kobo.

Select which features you'd like to enable.

Before continuing, make sure you these are the changes you want. You can always use the wizard again to uninstall NickelMenu, if you want to.

Files have been written to your Kobo. Safely eject the device before unplugging the USB cable — it will reboot and install NickelMenu automatically.

Safely eject your Kobo and let it reboot. Please be patient, NickelMenu will be automatically removed during the reboot. A "glitchy" horizontal line may briefly appear on screen after restarting — this is normal, as NickelMenu removes itself.

You can always restart the entire flow by reloading the page, if you want to try again for another configuration or undo the changes that were made.

Enable or disable patches below. Patches in the same group are mutually exclusive.

Software update for will be downloaded automatically from Kobo's servers and will be patched after the download completes.

The following patches will be applied:

Please wait while the patch is being applied...

KoboRoot.tgz has been written to your Kobo. Safely eject the device before unplugging the USB cable — it will reboot and apply the patches automatically.

You can always restart the entire flow by reloading the page, if you want to try again for another configuration or undo the changes that were made.

Something went wrong

Some patches may not work correctly with your software version. You can go back and try a different selection.