I'm not sure if you try to start a drama and if I have to take it in a wrong way, but I'll try to answer before ->
Yes, I renamed 3DS to 9DS in the name to make reference to the boot9 keys, which are used since V10 to extract and rebuild encrypted games
(3DS and CIA), with no need to decrypt them anymore, like it was the case before with Decrypt9 or GodMode9.
? And it is always the case here.
Not really. What I removed was extra tools and not-needed at all, take them as a bonus, like 3DS Builder or RomFS Extractor, which are deprecated for a while, and to lower the size of the final release pack. I always use what you call "notable tools"
(and they are, indeed!). It's ctrtool, 3dstool, and makerom. I never claimed they are my work, and I always gave credits for them,
you can go check.
The project was renamed and the extra apps removed long ago, even before the bounty was announced, so...