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* Homebrew represents any piece of application, modification of system that hasn’t been directly done by Sony (ex: PS4Xplorer is a fan made file manager in form of a application)
An homebrew is any piece of code that has not been directly done by Sony. For example, PS4Xplorer is a fan made file manager in form of a application.
* To enable both the installation and a successful launch of any type of homebrew, user must be jailbroken and must activate/enable either GoldHEN (meant for general users) or MiraCFW (meant for different types of console tinkering and homebrew development).


==GoldHEN==
A HEN, abbreviation of Homebrew ENabler, is a software or hardware method that unlocks the ability to execute homebrews. On PS4, HEN are mainly some kernel payloads that must be run once on each console boot, and executed through a kernel exploit. It works differently to the custom firmware experience on PlayStation 3, where CFW would be installed on the system via modified PUP files (e.g. Rebug CFW PUP). However once the framework is installed and ran, it gives users the same functionality they were previously used to.


* HEN is a abbreviation of Homebrew Enabler, that allows unlocking the ability to install and play packages (games or apps).  
= List of PS4 homebrew enablers =
* GoldHEN is the definitive version of HEN which also adds more features, including:
 
**Homebrew Enabler
The choice of the HEN to use for a PS4 console relies on which System Software version is installed and on which exploit chain is used to launch the HEN.
 
For non-developers, PS4HEN is the default choice whilst for developers it might be MiraCFW. GoldHEN is a closed source alternative to PS4HEN that might have more features (to be documented).
 
== PS4HEN ==
 
PS4HEN is the first modern HEN released for PS4, based on flatz's writeups on how to enable PS4 fPKG installation and loading.
 
=== Source code ===
 
The source code of the latest version of PS4HEN is available on [https://github.com/EchoStretch/ps4-hen-vtx EchoStretch's github repository (2024-08-23)].
 
Older versions are available at:
* [https://github.com/xvortex/ps4-hen-vtx PS4HEN v2.1.3 by vortex and Sistro (2020-03-13)]
* [https://github.com/VV1LD/PS4HEN PS4HEN by wildcard (2018-10-24)]
* [https://github.com/idc/ps4-fake-405 PS4HEN without fPKG support by idc (2018-01-01)]
 
=== Supported versions ===
 
PS4HEN v2.1.3 by vortex and Sistro supports:
 
4.05, 4.55, 5.05, 6.71, 6.72.
 
PS4HEN v2.1.5 by EchoStretch supports every PS4 versions from 7.00 to 11.00:
 
7.00, 7.02, 7.50, 7.51, 7.55, 8.00, 8.01, 8.03, 8.50, 8.52, 9.00, 9.03, 9.04, 9.50, 9.51, 9.60, 10.00, 10.01, 10.50, 10.70, 10.71, 11.00.
 
=== Features ===
 
**Large support: PS4 versions from 7.00 to 11.00
**Homebrew Enabler (HEN)
**Jailbreak ?i.e.?
**Process sandbox escape
**Debug Settings
**Debug Settings
**External HDD Support
**VR Support
**VR Support
**Remote Package Install
**Remote Package Install
**Rest Mode Support
**Rest Mode Support
**External HDD Support
**External HDD Format Support
**Official External HDD Format Support
**Bypass Firmware Checks
**Debug Trophies Support
**Debug Trophies Support
**sys_dynlib_dlsym Patch
**sys_dynlib_dlsym Patch
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**Remote Play Enabler
**Remote Play Enabler
**FW Update Block
**FW Update Block
**FTP Server on 2121 port
**BinLoader Server on 9090 port
**Klog Server on 3232 port
**CE-30391-6 Error CMOS Fix
**Integrated Cheat Menu


===Warnings===
=== <= 1.76 ===
* The BinLoader server is in an experimental phase but in any case there are several payloads around, some even not very well done, which can also be harmful and in the best case only crash the console. So use it with caution. Devs  have tried to work out to support all payloads possible but no guarantees can be given on this. Obviously, the devs do not take any responsibility in case of use of payloads not made by reputable sources.
 
* The Cheat Menu is experimental, use with caution. Please report cheat related issues to the cheat author(s).
=== 2.00-3.70 ===
 
There is currently no supported HEN for 2.00-3.70 PS4 because of the initial lack of usermode or kernel exploits supporting these versions.
 
A possibility would be to directly backport the pppwn exploit (from 9.00), or to chain the BD-JB usermode exploit (from 9.00) with the exFAThax kernel exploit (from 9.00).
 
=== 4.00-4.01 ===
 
To be backported from 4.05.
 
=== 4.05 ===
 
=== 4.50-4.55 ===
 
=== 4.74-5.07 ===
 
=== 6.00-6.71 ===
 
To be backported from 6.72.
 
=== 6.72 ===
 
=== 7.00-7.02 ===
 
=== 7.50-7.55 ===
 
=== 8.00-8.52 ===
 
=== 9.00 ===
 
=== 9.03-10.71 ===
 
To be backported from 11.00.
 
=== 11.00 ===
 
== MiraCFW ==
 
The Mira Project is a set of tools that grants you more power and control over your jailbroken PlayStation 4. It is the result of all the hard work by the OpenOrbis team.
 
=== Source code ===
 
* [https://github.com/OpenOrbis/mira-project/tree/chendo-offset-fix Mira HEN for PS4 9.00 maintained by AlAzif (2022-05-14)]
* [https://github.com/OpenOrbis/mira-project/tree/port/755 Mira HEN for PS4 7.55 maintained by kiwidog (2021-12-29)]
* [https://github.com/OpenOrbis/mira-project/tree/port/700-702 Mira HEN for PS4 7.00-7.02 maintained by AlAzif (2020-12-26)]
* [https://github.com/OpenOrbis/mira-project/tree/develop Mira HEN beta version for PS4 4.05-6.72 maintained by kiwidog (2022-01-05)]
* [https://github.com/OpenOrbis/mira-project Mira HEN stable version for PS4 4.05-6.72 maintained by kiwidog (2020-08-09)]
 
=== Supported versions ===
 
4.05 (WiP), 4.55 (WiP), 4.74, 5.01, 5.03, 5.05, 6.20 (WiP), 6.72


==MiraCFW==
=== Features ===


* The Mira Project is a set of tools that grants you more power and control over your jailbroken Playstation 4. It is the result of all the hard work by the OpenOrbis team.
* It works differently to the custom firmware experience on Playstation 3, where CFW would be installed on the system via modified PUP files (e.g. Rebug), however once the framework is installed and ran it gives users the same functionality they were previously used to.
* MiraCFW payload includes the following features:
**Homebrew Enabler (HEN)
**Homebrew Enabler (HEN)
**Emulated Registry (EmuReg)
**Emulated Registry (EmuReg)
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**Remote GDB
**Remote GDB
**System-level FUSE implementation (Experimental, WIP)
**System-level FUSE implementation (Experimental, WIP)
**Load sprx modules + IAT + Function Hooking
**Load SPRX modules + IAT + Function Hooking
 
* Additional features include:
* Additional features include:
**Mount and decrypt local gamesaves (WIP)
**Mount and decrypt local gamesaves (WIP)
**Transfer files to and from the harddrive
**Transfer files to and from the HDD
**Implement your own kernel plugins (RPC using protobuf)
**Implement your own kernel plugins (RPC using protobuf)
**Implement your own usermode trainers (hooks included!)
**Implement your own usermode trainers (hooks included)
**Dump your HDD encryption keys
**Dump per-console HDD encryption keys
**Many more
 
== GoldHEN ==
 
GoldHEN is a closed source derivative of PS4HEN based on vortex's which adds more features.
 
=== Source code ===
 
GoldHEN is closed source.
 
=== Supported versions ===
 
5.05, 6.71, 6.72, 9.00, 9.60, 10.00, 10.01, 11.00
 
=== Features ===
 
**Homebrew Enabler (HEN)
**Debug Settings
**VR Support
**Remote Package Install
**Rest Mode Support
**External HDD Support
**Official External HDD Format Support
**Debug Trophies Support
**sys_dynlib_dlsym Patch
**UART Enabler
**Never Disable Screenshot
**Remote Play Enabler
**FW Update Block
**FTP Server on 2121 port
**BinLoader Server on 9090 port
**Klog Server on 3232 port
**CE-30391-6 Error CMOS Fix
**Integrated Cheat Menu
**Integrated FPS Counter
**Plugins support
**TitleId label feature
**Scanlines overlay
**Internal pkg installation support (/data/pkg)
 
=== Warnings ===
 
* The BinLoader server is in an experimental phase but in any case there are several payloads around, some even not very well done, which can also be harmful and in the best case only crash the console. So use it with caution. Developers have tried to work out to support all payloads possible but no guarantees can be given on this. Obviously, the developers do not take any responsibility in case of use of payloads not made by reputable sources.
* The Cheat Menu is experimental so use with caution. Please report cheat related issues to the cheat author(s).
 
= Credits =
 
This sections aims to thank every contributor that made HEN on PS4.
 
== Exploits makers ==
 
Without usermode and/or kernel exploits, HEN on PS4 would not have been possible apart from running only on activated PS4 TestKit and DevKit machines. So any contributor to PS4 [[Vulnerabilities]] discovery and implementation can be thanked.
 
== Features maker ==
 
This section is a WiP.
 
Credits are here classified by features unlocked by HEN.
* payload SDK: CTurt, vortex, AlAzif, ...
* fPKG installation and HEN: hitodama, psxdev, flatz, idc, wildcard, zecoxao, maxton, CrazyVoid, kiwidog, TheoryWrong, balika011, Zer0xFF, ...
* Debug Settings: z80, zecoxao, ...
* FW Update Block: Silica (from PS Vita scene) and CelesteBlue
* Never Disable Screenshot: Biorn1950
* FTP Server: xerpi, Hippie68, ...
* Settings menu hooks: LightningMods, Sistro
* Plugins, daemons and modules linking: valentinbreiz, LightningMods, Sistro, kiwidog, golden, Seremo
* CE-30391-6 Error CMOS Fix: ?
* Internal PKG installation support (/data/pkg): OSM
* debugging tools, RPC, ptrace, GDB: jogolden/xemio, OSM for Orbis Toolbox, ChendoChap, 2much4u, m0rph3us1987, ChendoChap, sleirsgoevy
* RE tools: aerosoul, AlexAltea, SocraticBliss, Astrelsky, kozarovv
* Game patches: Illusion
* Cheat manager: Sistro, bucanero, ctn123 (see [https://github.com/ctn123/PS4_Cheater]), zy1911,  hurrican6, Shinigami, PS4 game cheat developers who shared their trainers
* Keys dump (EAP HDD, etc.): flatz
* Offsets porting: zecoxao, AlAzif, samsepi0l/ethylamine, kozarovv, Joonie, z80, CelesteBlue, EchoStretch, BestPig and many more
* Unclassified yet: sugarleaf, eeply, lordfriky
* Maybe related: mistawes, apache, hydrogen
 
== Maintainers ==
 
Maintaining a HEN consists in adding support to more and more System Software versions, fixing reported HEN bugs, adapting HEN to new exploit chains and ensuring homebrews compatibility.
 
By reverse chronological order:
* EchoStretch
* Joonie
* AlAzif
* Sistr0
* vortex
* wildcard
* idc
* hitodama
 
== Testers ==
 
This section is a WiP.
 
<pre>
SCORPION (https://twitter.com/SCORPION1399)
KiiWii (https://twitter.com/defaultdnb)
Leeful74 (https://twitter.com/leeful74)
Big_Wadger
EchoStretch
Opoisso893 (https://twitter.com/opoisso893)
mbcrumb
MODDED WARFARE
vapour
z80
</pre>

Revision as of 16:19, 26 October 2024

An homebrew is any piece of code that has not been directly done by Sony. For example, PS4Xplorer is a fan made file manager in form of a application.

A HEN, abbreviation of Homebrew ENabler, is a software or hardware method that unlocks the ability to execute homebrews. On PS4, HEN are mainly some kernel payloads that must be run once on each console boot, and executed through a kernel exploit. It works differently to the custom firmware experience on PlayStation 3, where CFW would be installed on the system via modified PUP files (e.g. Rebug CFW PUP). However once the framework is installed and ran, it gives users the same functionality they were previously used to.

List of PS4 homebrew enablers

The choice of the HEN to use for a PS4 console relies on which System Software version is installed and on which exploit chain is used to launch the HEN.

For non-developers, PS4HEN is the default choice whilst for developers it might be MiraCFW. GoldHEN is a closed source alternative to PS4HEN that might have more features (to be documented).

PS4HEN

PS4HEN is the first modern HEN released for PS4, based on flatz's writeups on how to enable PS4 fPKG installation and loading.

Source code

The source code of the latest version of PS4HEN is available on EchoStretch's github repository (2024-08-23).

Older versions are available at:

Supported versions

PS4HEN v2.1.3 by vortex and Sistro supports:

4.05, 4.55, 5.05, 6.71, 6.72.

PS4HEN v2.1.5 by EchoStretch supports every PS4 versions from 7.00 to 11.00:

7.00, 7.02, 7.50, 7.51, 7.55, 8.00, 8.01, 8.03, 8.50, 8.52, 9.00, 9.03, 9.04, 9.50, 9.51, 9.60, 10.00, 10.01, 10.50, 10.70, 10.71, 11.00.

Features

    • Large support: PS4 versions from 7.00 to 11.00
    • Homebrew Enabler (HEN)
    • Jailbreak ?i.e.?
    • Process sandbox escape
    • Debug Settings
    • External HDD Support
    • VR Support
    • Remote Package Install
    • Rest Mode Support
    • External HDD Format Support
    • Bypass Firmware Checks
    • Debug Trophies Support
    • sys_dynlib_dlsym Patch
    • UART Enabler
    • Never Disable Screenshot
    • Remote Play Enabler
    • FW Update Block

<= 1.76

2.00-3.70

There is currently no supported HEN for 2.00-3.70 PS4 because of the initial lack of usermode or kernel exploits supporting these versions.

A possibility would be to directly backport the pppwn exploit (from 9.00), or to chain the BD-JB usermode exploit (from 9.00) with the exFAThax kernel exploit (from 9.00).

4.00-4.01

To be backported from 4.05.

4.05

4.50-4.55

4.74-5.07

6.00-6.71

To be backported from 6.72.

6.72

7.00-7.02

7.50-7.55

8.00-8.52

9.00

9.03-10.71

To be backported from 11.00.

11.00

MiraCFW

The Mira Project is a set of tools that grants you more power and control over your jailbroken PlayStation 4. It is the result of all the hard work by the OpenOrbis team.

Source code

Supported versions

4.05 (WiP), 4.55 (WiP), 4.74, 5.01, 5.03, 5.05, 6.20 (WiP), 6.72

Features

    • Homebrew Enabler (HEN)
    • Emulated Registry (EmuReg)
    • Emulated NVS (EmuNVS)
    • Kernel Debugger
    • Remote GDB
    • System-level FUSE implementation (Experimental, WIP)
    • Load SPRX modules + IAT + Function Hooking
  • Additional features include:
    • Mount and decrypt local gamesaves (WIP)
    • Transfer files to and from the HDD
    • Implement your own kernel plugins (RPC using protobuf)
    • Implement your own usermode trainers (hooks included)
    • Dump per-console HDD encryption keys

GoldHEN

GoldHEN is a closed source derivative of PS4HEN based on vortex's which adds more features.

Source code

GoldHEN is closed source.

Supported versions

5.05, 6.71, 6.72, 9.00, 9.60, 10.00, 10.01, 11.00

Features

    • Homebrew Enabler (HEN)
    • Debug Settings
    • VR Support
    • Remote Package Install
    • Rest Mode Support
    • External HDD Support
    • Official External HDD Format Support
    • Debug Trophies Support
    • sys_dynlib_dlsym Patch
    • UART Enabler
    • Never Disable Screenshot
    • Remote Play Enabler
    • FW Update Block
    • FTP Server on 2121 port
    • BinLoader Server on 9090 port
    • Klog Server on 3232 port
    • CE-30391-6 Error CMOS Fix
    • Integrated Cheat Menu
    • Integrated FPS Counter
    • Plugins support
    • TitleId label feature
    • Scanlines overlay
    • Internal pkg installation support (/data/pkg)

Warnings

  • The BinLoader server is in an experimental phase but in any case there are several payloads around, some even not very well done, which can also be harmful and in the best case only crash the console. So use it with caution. Developers have tried to work out to support all payloads possible but no guarantees can be given on this. Obviously, the developers do not take any responsibility in case of use of payloads not made by reputable sources.
  • The Cheat Menu is experimental so use with caution. Please report cheat related issues to the cheat author(s).

Credits

This sections aims to thank every contributor that made HEN on PS4.

Exploits makers

Without usermode and/or kernel exploits, HEN on PS4 would not have been possible apart from running only on activated PS4 TestKit and DevKit machines. So any contributor to PS4 Vulnerabilities discovery and implementation can be thanked.

Features maker

This section is a WiP.

Credits are here classified by features unlocked by HEN.

  • payload SDK: CTurt, vortex, AlAzif, ...
  • fPKG installation and HEN: hitodama, psxdev, flatz, idc, wildcard, zecoxao, maxton, CrazyVoid, kiwidog, TheoryWrong, balika011, Zer0xFF, ...
  • Debug Settings: z80, zecoxao, ...
  • FW Update Block: Silica (from PS Vita scene) and CelesteBlue
  • Never Disable Screenshot: Biorn1950
  • FTP Server: xerpi, Hippie68, ...
  • Settings menu hooks: LightningMods, Sistro
  • Plugins, daemons and modules linking: valentinbreiz, LightningMods, Sistro, kiwidog, golden, Seremo
  • CE-30391-6 Error CMOS Fix: ?
  • Internal PKG installation support (/data/pkg): OSM
  • debugging tools, RPC, ptrace, GDB: jogolden/xemio, OSM for Orbis Toolbox, ChendoChap, 2much4u, m0rph3us1987, ChendoChap, sleirsgoevy
  • RE tools: aerosoul, AlexAltea, SocraticBliss, Astrelsky, kozarovv
  • Game patches: Illusion
  • Cheat manager: Sistro, bucanero, ctn123 (see [1]), zy1911, hurrican6, Shinigami, PS4 game cheat developers who shared their trainers
  • Keys dump (EAP HDD, etc.): flatz
  • Offsets porting: zecoxao, AlAzif, samsepi0l/ethylamine, kozarovv, Joonie, z80, CelesteBlue, EchoStretch, BestPig and many more
  • Unclassified yet: sugarleaf, eeply, lordfriky
  • Maybe related: mistawes, apache, hydrogen

Maintainers

Maintaining a HEN consists in adding support to more and more System Software versions, fixing reported HEN bugs, adapting HEN to new exploit chains and ensuring homebrews compatibility.

By reverse chronological order:

  • EchoStretch
  • Joonie
  • AlAzif
  • Sistr0
  • vortex
  • wildcard
  • idc
  • hitodama

Testers

This section is a WiP. 

SCORPION (https://twitter.com/SCORPION1399)
KiiWii (https://twitter.com/defaultdnb)
Leeful74 (https://twitter.com/leeful74)
Big_Wadger
EchoStretch
Opoisso893 (https://twitter.com/opoisso893)
mbcrumb
MODDED WARFARE
vapour
z80
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