ps5-payload-manager/README.md

PS5 Payload Manager

A modern, web-based dashboard to easily manage, import, and automatically load payloads on your PS5.

Features

• Web-Based Interface: A modern dashboard to manage payloads from your PC, phone, or the PS5 itself.
• Import Payloads: Easily add new payloads from a USB drive or download them from the cloud repository.
• Automated Startup: Set up a list of payloads to load automatically whenever you start the manager.
• Home Screen Shortcut: Installs a dedicated "Payload Manager" app icon to your PS5 home screen for quick access.
• Favorites and Process Management: Keep favorite payloads at hand, inspect active processes, and terminate eligible processes.
• Offline Emoji: Bundled emoji artwork keeps release notes and loaded README content readable without CDN access. Uncached remote README files still need connectivity.

Installation

Using an Autoloader (Recommended)

It is highly recommended to use Payload Manager together with an Autoloader:

Y2JB | BD-JB | Lua

pldmgr.elf is already included as the default payload in the latest versions of the Autoloaders linked above.

If you are using an older version and don't want to update the entire autoloader, you can simply:

1. Place pldmgr.elf into your autoload directory.
2. Add pldmgr.elf as the only entry in your autoload.txt config file.

Standalone / Manual Loading

You can also manually load the manager like any other .elf file. Grab the latest version from the Releases page.

Custom Repositories

You can add third-party payload repositories to the manager. To learn how to create your own repository JSON and host it, see the Custom Repositories Guide.

Access and Updates

The dashboard runs at http://[PS5_IP]:8084; a separate ELF loader on port 9021 receives payloads. Settings, lists, repository caches and managed payloads live under /data/pldmgr. USB payloads can also run in place; import them to internal storage for autoload.

Use the manager on a trusted local network. Browser-origin checks protect actions from foreign websites, but there is no login or pairing: a direct LAN client can still upload, launch and manage payloads. The full HTTP contract explains the boundary.

Update Payload Manager from its entry in Get Payloads → Official Repository. A newer release offers Update; the downloaded update applies on the next start. Its ELF remains at /data/pldmgr/payloads/pldmgr/pldmgr_vX.Y.Z.elf so older manager versions can hand off to it. The manager stays out of the dashboard and autoload list. Custom repositories, USB imports and web uploads cannot install manager updates. You can also replace/load its ELF through your standalone loader. Disc Player auto-close remains absent from settings.

Translations

PS5 Payload Manager supports multiple languages. For the list of supported languages, how to report translation issues or suggest improvements, and past community translators, see TRANSLATIONS.md.

Credits

• John Törnblom - for the shell UI installer and various payloads used as reference.
• BenNoxXD - for the Disc Player termination logic used in earlier versions.
• Twitter, Inc. and contributors - for the bundled Twemoji artwork; source, license and modifications.
• owendswang - for contributions
• Everyone else contributing to the PS5 homebrew scene.

Donations

If you'd like to support my work, please check out the DONATE.md file.

Development

For build instructions and deployment details, see DEVELOPMENT.md.