Wii HomeBrew Browser & FTP server

After you install the Wii HomeBrew channel, pretty much the next thing you should do is install the HomeBrew Browser and ftpii, an FTP server.

The HomeBrew Browser is a 10 foot GUI interface that lets you browse different categories of HomeBrew software that has been released by the Wii HomeBrew Community.  This includes Demos, Games, Media Players, Emulators, and Utility software.  It has descriptions, icons denoting the supported controllers, and most importantly, allows you to download and install said software directly from within the application. It does not have the USB Loader stuff in it… Perhaps for legal reasons, or perhaps because of all the behind-the-scenes work you have to do to get that stuff to work, but it is easy to use.

ftpii is a FTP server, allowing you to FTP to your Wii, writing to your SD card across your network.  This lets you add programs to your HomeBrew channel that aren’t available via the HomeBrew Browser.