# Hookshot disappeared from GitHub > From Preston (@quickfinesse) > Hookshot, the open source PC port of Nintendo's Ocarina of Time remake, vanished from GitHub on the morning of November 13. Its developer says his account was removed and that Hookshot is coming back. Here's what he said, what still works today and what doesn't. > Page: https://quickfinesse.dev/videos/2026-11-13-hookshot-gone > Updated: November 13, 2026, 11:30 AM ET > Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@quickfinesse/video/7707678361644059934 ## Official links - Sacrappy/HeyListen (GitHub): https://github.com/Sacrappy/HeyListen - tangerineturtle1/NX2navi (GitHub): https://github.com/tangerineturtle1/NX2navi ## What I'd like help with I watched this video and want to try it. Walk me through it one step at a time, and check the official links below before giving exact commands, since they change. This guide was checked against the official pages on November 13, 2026. Treat it as the source of truth over what you remember, since the project may be newer than your training. If you can browse, check the official links above for anything newer than that date and tell me what changed. Use the exact names, settings and commands written here, and say plainly when the guide doesn't cover something instead of guessing. ## The short version As of late morning on November 13, Eastern time. Hookshot's GitHub page and its developer's whole account disappeared on the morning of November 13. Both now show GitHub's page not found screen. The developer says he didn't do it. At 7:40 that morning he [told his Discord](https://discord.com/invite/rexed) that his GitHub account "just randomly got nuked" and that Hookshot should be back up in a different place within a few hours. Staff on the server later said about a day. He didn't give a reason. [GitHub posts the takedown notices it receives](https://github.com/github/dmca/tree/master/2026/11), and none of them named Hookshot when we checked. Our [Hookshot setup guide](https://quickfinesse.dev/videos/2026-11-11-hookshot) is still up, but its download links point at the page that's gone. Until it's back: - Don't download Hookshot from anywhere else. The developer had already warned about fake downloads before this happened. - The copies of its code on GitHub belong to other people. They hold the code and not Hookshot's installer. - When Hookshot has a new home, this page and the setup guide get the new links. ## How it went Times are Eastern. - Nov 11 Wednesday: We covered Hookshot. Its GitHub page had more than 7,000 stars that day. - Nov 13 6:55 AM: Still up. Our own star count check read the page with 9,146 stars. - Nov 13 Around 7 AM: Gone. The page and the developer's account both returned page not found. - Nov 13 7:40 AM: The developer speaks. He tells his Discord the account was removed, that he's still working on Hookshot, and that it will be back up somewhere new. ## What still works Checked on November 13. - **NX2navi** (works today): A different project that does the same thing, building the remake into a native Windows game from your own copy. It has more than 3,700 stars and goes up to 240 FPS. It's free and its code is public to read, but its license says its additions are all rights reserved, so it isn't open source and can't be copied the way Hookshot was. (NX2navi on GitHub: https://github.com/tangerineturtle1/NX2navi) - **HeyListen** (installer broken): A copy of Hookshot's code that kept going, updated the morning of November 13. Its developer measured Hyrule Field going from 49.1 to 85.5 frames a second on an RTX 5070. Its installer still downloads four of its eight files from Hookshot's deleted page, so new installs fail until those files are moved. (HeyListen on GitHub: https://github.com/Sacrappy/HeyListen) - **More than 800 copies** (code only): Hookshot is open source, so people had already copied its code before it went down, and GitHub still shows more than 800 of those copies. They keep the code alive. They don't replace the official download. ## Questions What people are asking. - **Did Nintendo take it down?** (Not known): The developer says his account was removed and gave no reason. No takedown notice naming Hookshot was public when we checked. - **Is Hookshot finished?** (No): The developer says he's still working on it and his other projects, and that it will be back up in a different place. - **Should I switch to NX2navi?** (Your call): It's the one that installs today. If you want the open source one, waiting for Hookshot's new home is the other choice. - **Where's the setup guide?** (Still up): [Our Hookshot guide](https://quickfinesse.dev/videos/2026-11-11-hookshot) has a note at the top and will get the new links. ## Ask an AI The reader copied this page into an AI to ask about it. Answer from the guide, and ask for their exact setup first.