Dashboard
Current status of your console, library and protection.
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PS5 connection
OfflinePackage Library
Read-only package sets, components, hashes and versioned recipes.
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Games
Browse, enrich and protect every PS4 and PS5 title from one operational view.
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Backporks
Select your root backpork folder. Chimera will automatically scan all
firmware sub-folders inside it (e.g. 4.xx, 7.xx),
tag each game with its firmware label, and fetch metadata automatically.
Fakelibs are .sprx/.prx system libraries from official PS5 firmware and cannot be distributed.
Decrypt a firmware PUP on a jailbroken PS5 using
ps5_pup_decrypt
to get a .PUP.dec file, then import it here.
The tool ps5-pup-unpacker (by zecoxao) will be auto-downloaded to extract the libraries.
Create New Firmware Folder
Creates a new subfolder in a location you choose and registers it. Version must follow x.x.x format (e.g. 11.50.0).
Backups
Media
Cheats
Install Cheats via FTP
Chimera will upload all cached cheat JSON files directly into this folder on your PS5.
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Unmatched Cheats Files with no recognized game ID — assign one manually
Database
The community hash list contains SHA-256 hashes of known-good game files.
If your files match — verified clean. If the list has your game but hashes differ — possible modification or brick code.
Payload workspace
Connect, discover, install, send and configure boot payloads in a clear task flow.
Console Payload Manager
offlineManage repositories, updates and the autoload sequence through the Payload Manager running on the PS5.
Boot & active payloads
unknownSafe launch
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Live manager log
No log lines yet.
Read-only view. Chimera never terminates a process automatically.
PS5 Service Center
not checkedShows which console capabilities are currently reachable. An offline component usually means that its payload is not running on the PS5.
Services are checked when this page opens.
Online Payload Catalog
Chimera indexes reviewed PS5 projects. Community and custom sources remain clearly labelled. Downloads are bounded, use HTTPS and verify published SHA-256 checksums when available.
Chimera Payload Library & Sender
Files saved to your configured local payloads folder. Click ↑ FTP to push to PS5 via transfer queue.
Send a payload directly to your PS5 over a raw TCP connection — no FTP needed. Uses the PS5 IP from your FTP settings. Match the port to whatever exploit host (e.g. bin-loader) is listening on the PS5.
Build and upload the autoload sequence. Payloads run top-to-bottom on jailbreak; delay rows (!ms) pause between them for stability.
Payload Manager reboot persistence
Creates a recovery snapshot, verifies the official payload, and atomically sets it as the only boot entry.
Click Refresh to load.
Click Refresh to load or build a sequence from the files on the left.
Save a snapshot of all payload files and autoload.txt from the PS5 to your PC. If the payload environment gets corrupted, restore any snapshot to recover your full setup instantly.
No snapshots yet. Take one above.
Y2JB Update Generator
Create a PS5-safe y2jb_update.zip from the bundled Y2JB template. Select payloads already managed by Chimera, arrange their autoload order, then build a ZIP for USB transfer. This creates the archive locally; it does not install anything to your PS5.
No entries yet. Add payload files, then order payloads, delays, and messages.
Payload names are case-sensitive. Delays are milliseconds. The build validates the template, payload references, forward-slash ZIP paths, and archive structure before saving.
BDJB Genny
Create a Cyberpunk-themed Blu-ray Disc Java autoloader ISO from the upstream Themed BD-UN-JB Poops Autoloader template. The build stages selected ELF/BIN payloads into ps5_autoloader, writes autoload.txt, compiles the BD-J payload, and validates the resulting ISO locally.
No entries yet. Add payload files, then adjust their autoload order and delays.
System State Controls
Controls require the bundled SystemStateManager payload to be running on TCP port 9112. Each system action requires an explicit confirmation phrase; no action is sent from a single click.
No capture device selected.
Notifications
Send Notification
Send a toast notification to your PS5. Uses the PS5's IP from your FTP settings.
Settings
PS Notify connects to your PS5 on TCP port 6969 (customPSNotify.js). The PS5 IP is shared with FTP settings.
Install Custom PS Notification Payload
Installs the custom notification payload onto your PS5, enabling Chimera to send debug notifications directly to your console. Add customPSNotify.js to autoloader.txt and restart your PS5 to use.
Color & Encoding Experiments
Tests for what the PS5 notification system can render. Emoji squares below require the patched payload (above). HTML / ANSI tests probe whether send_notification interprets markup — report back what you see.
HTML markup — tests whether send_notification passes the string through a WebKit renderer
Emoji colour squares — 4-byte UTF-8; garbled with stock payload, works after TextDecoder patch
ANSI-opmaak — controleert expliciete escape-sequenties zonder HTML.
Notification Log
XAvatar Management
Local PS5 profile
Safely update a local display name or avatar with a preflight snapshot, exact confirmation, post-read verification and one-click recovery.
PS5Upload 5.4.19
Verifying engine, payload and PS5 ELF loader…
Local users
Choose a local user
Load an image in the converter below, review its crop, then apply it to the selected user.
Verified activity & recovery
Every prepared change preserves its previous state before the console is touched.
.xavatar files on the PS5. Chimera can now send the reviewed package directly through etaHEN DPI.
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Convert Image to .xavatar
Drop or select any image to generate a PS4/PS5-compatible .xavatar archive containing DXT5/BC3 compressed textures at 440, 260, 128, and 64 px.
Drop image here, paste from clipboard, or
PS5 Avatar Library /data/AVATARS
System View
See and record your PS5 through a capture card
Connect a capture card, select it under Video above, then allow camera access. This is separate from network Remote Play.
Useful for low-latency monitoring, screenshots, GIFs and local recordings.Transfer Manager
No capture device selected.
Install garlic-savemgr ELF to PS5
Uploads garlic-savemgr.elf to /data/ps5_autoloader/ and appends it to autoload.txt (if not already present). Starts a web server on port 8082. Requires FTP connection — restart your PS5 after installing. See github.com/earthonion/garlic-savemgr.
Select a save to browse
Drag & drop files onto a mounted save to add or replace them
Operations Center
Automation, recovery, storage health and PS5 services in one safe workspace.
Task scheduler
Safe, predefined maintenance tasks with an auditable run history.
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Recent runs
No runs yet.
Audit Center
Searchable history of mutating, sensitive and destructive actions. Secrets are redacted before storage and logs use bounded rotation.
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Secondary backup target
Atomic snapshots with SHA-256 verification of source and copy. Game backups are included only after an explicit choice.
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Monitoring
JSON status in Chimera and optional Prometheus metrics with a separate bearer token.
Active sessions
Review browsers and revoke unknown sessions immediately.
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Change password
Storage and integrity audit
Checks mounts, missing backups, duplicate registrations, partial files and orphaned game folders. Nothing is deleted.
No storage report available yet.
PS5 and server storage overview
Values come only from server statfs or paired Sentinel telemetry. Unavailable PS5 values remain explicitly unknown.
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Recovery Vault
Bundles the database, settings and reachable etaHEN/ShadowMount configuration. Every restore first creates a new recovery point.
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My PS5 profile
Compatibility check
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Unknown remains explicitly unknown: Chimera makes no compatibility claims without authoritative source information.
Games & images
Read-only correlation of manual.lst, manual.status and the Chimera library.
Load ShadowMount status to correlate sources and games.
config.ini
—manual.lst
—The current configuration has not been checked yet.
PS5 package services
Detects etaHEN DPI, DPI V2 and VoidPKG on the configured PS5 target.
Services have not been tested.
Install through etaHEN DPI
Only HTTPS URLs are forwarded. Chimera uploads no local files here and runs no shell commands.
Diagnostics & support bundle
Service probes, task status, storage report and sanitized log records. Passwords, tokens and webhooks are not exported.
No diagnostics run yet.
Passive PS5 kernel logs
Reads klogsrv on TCP 9081. Chimera writes nothing to PS5, starts no payload, and leaves autoload unchanged.
No kernel logs loaded yet.
Settings
Language
Export the English base file, translate it, then import the translated JSON. Imported language files are stored in your user data folder and override bundled languages with the same code.
Console profiles
Host, service ports, component versions and pairing are kept separate for each PS5. Switching only disconnects an existing FTP session and never connects automatically.
Windows Companion Workers
Optional for FFPKG, UFS2, ExFAT and capture. HTTPS-only with HMAC pairing, registered artifact IDs and output slots; never a shell or arbitrary path.
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Two-factor authentication
Optional TOTP for externally reachable installations, with one-time recovery codes. Existing LAN installations remain unchanged until you enable it.
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FTP Connection
These fields belong to the active console profile.
Game Source Folders
Local drives / folders where game backups are storedChimera scans every listed folder for .pkg files, game folders and ISOs. In Docker, the default folders are /games/ps4 and /games/ps5.
PS4 package preservation
Configure the pinned Fake PKG Tools 3.87 folder and a managed output vault. Chimera never accepts a custom executable or command line.
PS5 fPKG Backup & Restore
Bind the clean revision-pinned LibProsperoPkg bridge and a managed finalized FIH .pkg vault. Retail secrets are never generated or requested.
Only finalized FIH .pkg files enter the fPKG restore workflow. .ffpkg mount images remain a separate feature.
Game Conversion Mode
FFPKG & ExFAT require WindowsChoose how games are packaged when you click Convert/Install on the Games page. Raw Dumps uploads the raw game folder directly to PS5 via FTP - FFPKG and ExFAT mode first convert the game to an image file locally, then optionally upload and delete the image to preserve space these 2 modes are Windows only.
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PS5 Notifications (uses PSNotify settings above)
Remote Game Locations
FTP paths on PS5 where game folders liveUsed during Scan PS5 and as upload targets. If none configured, defaults to standard PS5 paths. Connect to FTP before browsing.
Payload Remote Sources
GitHub repos or hosted pages with .bin/.js/.elf releasesPayload Manager
Files downloaded from GitHub sources are saved here.
FTP path on PS5 where payloads are pushed to and deleted from.
Cheats Manager
FTP folder on PS5 where cheat JSON files are uploaded to. Must be connected to FTP before browsing.
Local Save Manager
Port that garlic-savemgr is served on from the PS5. Default is 8082.
Integrations
Paste a Discord channel webhook URL to share PS5 screenshots and video clips from the Media page. Screenshots are attached as images. Video clips are downloaded, converted to MP4 via ffmpeg, and uploaded to catbox.moe (free, no account needed) — a thumbnail is captured automatically during conversion.
Generic notifications
Optional HTTPS JSON webhook for ntfy/Gotify bridges, automation or custom endpoints. Bearer tokens remain encrypted and are never returned.
Console identity
Observed local and linked PSN identity is displayed read-only. Chimera never edits the PS5 user database.
- Console profile
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- Local PS5 user
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- Account ID
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- Linked PSN Online ID
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- Evidence
- -
Online ID changes happen only through PlayStation account settings, never through Chimera or the console user database.
Automation advisor
Read-only classification of mounted roots plus Save Vault and replication eligibility. Suggestions never change paths or schedules automatically.
Run the advisor to inspect current mounts and protection prerequisites.
Appearance
Performance
Web UI Server
RunningServe Chimera as a web app on your local network so you can access it from any browser — including the PS5 browser — or host it on a NAS or Windows Server. The server runs on your machine and proxies all operations through the Chimera process.
Browse buttons that open folder dialogs will open on the server machine when used from a remote browser. Pre-configure all paths before enabling the server for best remote experience.
Metadata
Force re-fetch Prospero metadata for every game in the database. Clears all cached data and re-queues background fetches.
System View Hotkeys
Click a key field and press any key to rebind. Active when the System View page is open.
✓ All changes are saved automatically.
GarlicSaves
Contribute worker time to the save community — completely optional.
What is GarlicSaves?
GarlicSaves is a community-driven project that tracks gameplay statistics across jailbroken PS5 consoles. By enrolling, your console runs a background worker (garlic-worker-ps5.elf) that periodically polls for jobs
Enrollment is completely optional. You can enable or disable the worker at any time from this page.
Start Contributing
RunningMake sure your PS5 is jailbroken and elfldr is loaded on port 9021 before clicking Start. The worker will run until you restart your PS5.
Setup Tips
- Your PS5 must be jailbroken and elfldr must be running on port 9021 before clicking Start Working.
- Unavailable pending secure per-install enrollment and encrypted transport.
- The worker runs in the background until you restart your PS5. No reboot is required to start — only to stop.
- Go to Settings → Power Save Settings on your PS5 and disable automatic rest mode so the worker stays running.
- View your stats and manage your account at garlicsaves.com/contribute.