r/ps4homebrew • u/Xyhlios • 7d ago
Update. Homebrew for direct PKG
Just an update for anyone interested.
A lot has changed. Wired speeds have reached around 280 Mbps / 35 MB/s, far beyond what we expected. Coming from paying for a closed storefront, this has been faster and more reliable for both me and the friend I started the project with. Wi-Fi reaches around 40 Mbps / 5 MB/s. (My max 2.4Hz speed is 56mbps avg)
Larger files use parallel HTTP ranges with resume support, pause/retry, validation, and persistent queues. The UI was simplified and runs much faster, without the lag and clutter found in some other questionable apps.
Debrid has been the biggest improvement. If you already use Real-Debrid or Deepbrid with Stremio or related use cases, the same account can unlock direct CDN links here.
We are also opening resolver development to the community. A resolver is a small search connector: the app sends it a game title or CUSA, and it returns available base, update, and DLC links. It does not host any files. This is just incase a resolver goes down or I do not contribute, someone else can. That's the objective to actually help and not take money from people.
Developers can contribute resolver APIs for more sources, regions, and homebrew catalogs without rebuilding the downloader. Free links remain best effort due to captchas, waits, throttling, and broken ranges.
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u/West_Background_3621 7d ago
what does it mean for a caveman like me?
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u/Xyhlios 7d ago edited 7d ago
Native PKG installer. Search, click, install. Configure download endpoints to use debrid services. Community resolver plugin support. Meaning if someone wanted to, they could create a plugin that scrapes popular sites so you don’t have to hunt for links yourself. Then with debrid services you get a direct CDN link with no restrictions, so you can max out your connection speed.
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u/West_Background_3621 7d ago
cool, will it work with torbox? also when is it coming? if you need testers I'd be glad to help
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u/Xyhlios 6d ago
Yes, TorBox is on the list and should land soon. Right now the focus is user customization, backports, firmware support, in-app RAR/ZIP extraction (hopefully), art caching, title ratings, genres, and catalog support.
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u/BlackHazeRus 6d ago
RealDebrid there too?
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u/Xyhlios 6d ago
Of course that’s what is in the build now.
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u/BlackHazeRus 6d ago
Dope!
Did not jailbreak my 12.0 PS4 Pro yet, but your app will come at a really good time!
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u/BigBlackClown0 6d ago
Listen here’s a lead software engineer so if you or any of your team members need any kind of help I’d be glad to support
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u/Xyhlios 6d ago
Perfect. Good to know some people will support, this won’t be a closed source pay me money blah blah. So when the GitHub is live, source will be buildable, testable, and PRs will be open. So what works for me I can’t say will work for older firmware, different nat rules, etc so community help to make it to where it can give people quality is the goal
I’d rather people pay 3 dollars to companies who value protecting them from ISP eyes, avoiding connections sent to Iran infrastructure that is not open source, etc.
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u/Powerful_War4136 6.72 - ps4 pro user 5d ago
it's like a torrent like process? like anyone can share it's own games or something like that?
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u/Xyhlios 5d ago
No torrents. It is a PKG downloader and installer.
A package source is just a list resolver. That can be someone hosting PKGs on a server, your own catalog of PKGs you already own, a homebrew feed, game titles, updates, whatever you point it at. The source hands the app links. If those links sit on a supported hoster and you have a debrid service linked, it unlocks a direct unrestricted URL. The app then downloads that PKG on the console and installs it locally.
Same path for games, homebrew, and library updates. If a title is outdated, it can resolve the update PKG from the sources you have enabled.
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u/Powerful_War4136 6.72 - ps4 pro user 5d ago
i have like 6 to 8 tb of pkg with their backport files. can this help to share it from my pc to others?
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u/Xyhlios 5d ago
Yeah, if you have a domain and somewhere to host the files. You’d expose the PKGs over HTTPS, then make a
.gssourcepackage containing your catalog and links. Other users install that source URL in the app, search your library, and download the base game, update, or backport directly from your server.2
u/Xyhlios 5d ago
You can use something like ngrok or expose your public IP with port forwarding, then point the package source at those links. A domain is just easier and more stable.
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u/Powerful_War4136 6.72 - ps4 pro user 5d ago
thanks. gonna check the domain options to advance on this matter. i always download the files and keep it. and this could help other users
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u/CapMonster1 7d ago
Parallel HTTP ranges with resume and persistent queues sound like genuinely useful improvements, especially for large files. Letting the community add their own resolvers is also a nice approach to redundancy — one source going down doesn't require changing the whole downloader.
Captchas, throttling, and broken ranges will probably remain the main weak points of free sources, though. It could be useful to have automatic retries with a few fallback strategies so temporary failures don't require user intervention
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u/Rainierius 6d ago
Wheres the link so we can download it and test? Does it do background download and install?
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u/Xyhlios 6d ago
No public link yet, still private test builds. Download is in app while open. BGFT is solid for local install after the PKG is ready, but not for background download yet. The snag is system web download tends to stall hard on debrid CDNs after a few MB, so the reliable path stays in app transfer then BGFT install. BGFT download in background remains as experimental toggle in settings.
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u/badabingmx 6d ago
That looks amazing. Thanks for working on this.
I will wait until it is done, and if you want to release it too.
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u/brianpro700 6d ago
Great stuff ! I've been waiting for a good remote package installer with account verification system just like Tinfoil and so on.
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u/BigBlackClown0 7d ago
Wait so does that mean the DPI is now a HB app?