Free and open source

A real terminal, on your PS5.

PS5Term runs on the console's own screen: a native shell for the PS5's files, a real Linux shell with curl, nano, tmux and htop, and SSH and SFTP from your computer. Use a keyboard, a mouse or just the controller.

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For a jailbroken PS5 with a homebrew launcher. Tested on firmware 13.60.

PS5Term on a PS5: a Linux shell running uname, free, curl over HTTPS and df.

2 shells: native and Linux
3 ways to drive it: keyboard, mouse, controller
1 SSH and SFTP server built in
0 cost: free and open source

What it does

Your console, with a command line

Everything runs inside the app. No payload to send, no separate SSH server and no computer needed to use it.

A real Linux shell

RISC-V Linux 6.12 with BusyBox, curl with HTTPS, nano, tmux, htop, jq and less.
Files in /mnt/data stay between starts; add Alpine and its apk packages.
The PS5's own files are at /mnt/ps5. Internet goes out through the app; nothing can connect in.

htop running in Linux inside PS5Term on a PS5.

Native shellls, cat, cp, grep, sha256sum, ps, sysinfo and more, on the PS5's own files.

SSH and SFTPLog in from your computer with a password or your own key.

Tabs and split panesUp to four sessions, side by side if you like.

Search and copyFind text in the output, select it and paste it back.

Colour and UnicodeFull colour, box drawing and accented text at native 1080p.

Any input, aloneKeyboard, mouse or controller: every action works with each.

Guide

Get started in three steps

1

Download and copy

Download the ZIP from the latest release and copy the FAKE99260 folder in it to /data/homebrew/FAKE99260 on the console, for example with PS5Upload.
2

Open PS5Term

Launch it from your homebrew launcher. The built-in shell is ready; type help.
3

Turn on what you need

Open Settings (Options on the controller) to start Linux or switch on SSH. Settings shows the password and the exact command to connect.

From your computer

SSH and SFTP on port 2222

Both logins use the password shown in Settings, or your own public key. Replace the address with your console's.

A Linux shell

Starts Linux if it isn't running. Works with full-screen programs and terminal apps such as Ghostty and Warp.

ssh -p 2222 linux@192.168.1.50

The native shell

The PS5's own files and system commands.

command ssh -T -p 2222 ps5term@192.168.1.50

File transfer

Any SFTP client works, starting in /data.

sftp -P 2222 ps5term@192.168.1.50

Controls

Keyboard, mouse or controller

Use whichever you have. The hints on screen name the keys of what you used last.

Keyboard

Type as usual. Shift+F10 opens the actions menu, Ctrl+Shift+S Settings. In a Linux program every F-key belongs to the program.

Mouse

Click any button or on-screen key, drag to select, right-click for the menu and middle-click to paste.

Controller

Triangle opens the on-screen keyboard, R2 runs, L3 opens actions and Options Settings. Its keyboard has Esc, Tab, Ctrl, arrows and F1–F10.

Credits

Built on other people's work

Thank you to everyone behind these projects. Each keeps its own license; the full list is in the README and NOTICE.md.

ps5-native-app-boilerplate — BlackBearReloaded
PS5 Payload SDK, shsrv — John Törnblom
ps5sshd — intestinate
wolfSSH, wolfSSL — wolfSSL Inc.
libvterm — Paul Evans
TinyEMU — Fabrice Bellard
libslirp — the QEMU project
Buildroot, Linux, OpenSBI, musl, BusyBox, Alpine Linux
JetBrains Mono — JetBrains · font8x8 — Daniel Hepper

PS5Term is one tool among many. If something here helps you, please support the people behind the PS5 scene's tools too.

Disclaimer

PS5Term is for research, education, interoperability and homebrew development. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is provided as is, without warranty: a modified console can be damaged, lose data or be banned, and the SSH server opens a port on your network. Use it at your own risk, only with hardware and content you own.

Read the full terms

Thank you

PS5Term is free. A coffee for me, or tokens for the AI that writes the code, keeps it going.