CheatRunner 🎮

CheatRunner is a PS5 web cheat trainer for already-jailbroken PS5 consoles.

It gives you a web dashboard to:

• launch installed games and apps;
• load local cheat files from the PS5 filesystem;
• use .mc4, .shn, and .json trainers;
• enable/disable cheats from your browser.

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❤️ Support

CheatRunner is free and open-source. If you find it useful, feel free to support the project.

Ko-fi:

Join us on our Discord Server:

https://discord.gg/E4g6fEqp46

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⚠️ Disclaimer

CheatRunner is not a jailbreak, not an exploit, and not a tool for stock/retail consoles.

It only works when your PS5 is already jailbroken and already has the needed environment running.

CheatRunner does not provide:

• jailbreaks or kernel exploits;
• game backups or game content;
• piracy features;
• PSN bypasses;
• online services.

It is a local homebrew tool for testing trainers on your own already-jailbroken console.

Use it at your own risk. By using cheats, it can crash the game, break a session, corrupt your savegame, softlock or behave differently depending on game versions. Always backup your save files before using any cheats!

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✨ Features

• PS5 web dashboard.
• Installed games/apps list.
• PS5 / PS4 / Apps filters.
• Launch games from the browser.
• Local cheat loading from /data/cheatrunner/cheats.
• .mc4, .shn, and .json support.
• ON/OFF trainer toggles.
• Runtime restore where possible.
• Crash-suspect detection.
• Logs panel.
• Copy Logs / Copy Cheat Debug / Copy Diagnostic Bundle.
• Restart / Disable Payload button for faster testing.

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🚀 Running

Send CheatRunner.elf to your already-jailbroken PS5 using your preferred payload loader.

Then open the dashboard on your browser:

http://<PS5-IP>:9999

Example:

http://192.168.1.100:9999

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🧪 Notes

CheatRunner is still experimental.

Some cheats may:

• work fine;
• fail to apply;
• mismatch the game version;
• crash the game;
• require a specific game update;
• behave differently after relaunching the game.

When reporting bugs, include:

• CheatRunner logs;
• Copy Cheat Debug output;
• game title ID;
• game version;
• cheat file used;
• what cheat was enabled/disabled before the issue happened.

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📁 Local Cheats

CheatRunner is local-first. Local cheat files remain the primary workflow.

Default path:

/data/cheatrunner/cheats

Recommended folders:

/data/cheatrunner/cheats/mc4
/data/cheatrunner/cheats/shn
/data/cheatrunner/cheats/json

Example files:

/data/cheatrunner/cheats/mc4/PPSA30803_01.200.000.mc4
/data/cheatrunner/cheats/mc4/PPSA30803.mc4
/data/cheatrunner/cheats/shn/CUSA00000.shn
/data/cheatrunner/cheats/json/CUSA00000.json

CheatRunner will try to match cheats by title ID and version when possible.

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🛠️ Building

CheatRunner is built with ps5-payload-sdk.

Example layout:

CheatRunner/
├── CheatRunnerPayload/
│   ├── src/
│   ├── CMakeLists.txt
│   └── build-cheatrunner.ps1
└── ps5-payload-sdk/

Build on Windows:

cd CheatRunnerPayload
.\build-cheatrunner.ps1

SQLite note:

• If src/third_party/sqlite3.c and src/third_party/sqlite3.h exist, bundled SQLite is enabled automatically.
• Use -NoSqlite to disable it explicitly.
• Use -Sqlite to force-enable and fail fast if amalgamation files are missing.

Output:

build/CheatRunner.elf

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🤝 Credits

CheatRunner exists thanks to the PS4/PS5 homebrew and research community.

Special thanks to:

• ELF Arsenal & VoidShell for project ideas and implementations;
• ps5-payload-sdk developers and contributors;
• TeeKay87 for his HEN-Cheats-Collection project;
• etaHEN for his PS5_Cheats project;
• GoldHEN for his GoldHEN_Cheat_Repository project;
• everyone testing, reporting logs, and helping the project.

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📜 License

CheatRunner is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

See the LICENSE file for the full license text.

GNU General Public License v3.0