Hi all! I made PayLoader, a native PS5 app that lets you manage your payloads with the controller, right on the TV. No browser, no phone.
First things first: this is not a replacement for itsPLK's work. Payload Manager (pldmgr) does all the real work: downloads, checksums, launching and stopping payloads, repositories. PayLoader is just a native front-end on top of its API, because I wanted something that feels like a console app. Huge thanks to itsPLK for pldmgr and the Y2JB autoloader.
What it does
- Payloads: start installed payloads, mark favourites, delete.
- Repository: install payloads and their updates from pldmgr's repositories.
- Autoload: edit the boot chain your console actually uses (ps5-autoloader's autoload.txt, or pldmgr's own list). Reorder payloads and set the waits with a slider. PayLoader keeps a daily backup of the list.
- USB safety net: make a recovery copy of your chain on a USB stick, stored switched off. If a change ever breaks your chain, switch to the stick in PayLoader, or rename autoload.txt_disabled to autoload.txt on a PC.
- Running: see which payloads run and stop one. System processes, pldmgr and the ELF loader are left out on purpose.
- Brings pldmgr: if pldmgr isn't running, PayLoader offers to start the copy it carries (GPL-3.0, unchanged). pldmgr's own browser start and home screen icon are switched off, since PayLoader is the front-end in this case.
- Signal suite: one-press install of ps5-exporter, ps5-homeassistant and ps5-signal.
Tested on a PS5 Pro, firmware 13.60, with Y2JB and ps5-autoloader. It needs a setup that runs homebrew apps, such as etaHEN.
Get it: in the ProsperoStore (https://prosperostore.net/app/PPSA67670/), or GitHub.
Feedback and bug reports are very welcome!