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Dropbear SSH v1.07-build57 by RuxaXa

Released Jul 30, 2026 · Tools
10 downloads on GitHub · Source code

Experimental port of the Dropbear SSH server, on port 2222 with the login root / root

Tools.pkgHuman-written

Install on your PS4

Package (.pkg): with GoldHEN running, copy IV0000-BREW00010_00-DROPBEARSSH00000.pkg to the root of a USB drive (exFAT or FAT32), plug it into the PS4 and install it from Settings › Debug Settings › Game › Package Installer.

From a computer or phone: give this link to a remote package sender (GoldHEN's Remote Package Install, or Remote Package Installer on port 12800):

https://store.brewology.com/dl/6359/IV0000-BREW00010_00-DROPBEARSSH00000.pkg

Files

FileSizeSHA-256
IV0000-BREW00010_00-DROPBEARSSH00000.pkg6.3 MB a7110073…92f6 Download

Downloads come from the developer's GitHub release while it's there. If GitHub stops serving a file, or the file there changes, the same link serves our copy.

Screenshots

Dropbear SSH screenshot
Screenshot · from the developer's README
Add a screenshotor a photo of it running.

About Dropbear SSH

The first time you open it, it installs the server into the system app area (/system/vsh/app/BREW00010), shows a notification and goes back to the home screen. Close it if it's still open. Open it a second time and Dropbear starts on port 2222.

Log in as root with the password root, or with a public key, which the developer recommends. Running commands and SCP uploads worked in the developer's own runs. Downloads stop at 8 KB, and SFTP, port forwarding and more than one session at a time aren't proven yet.

RuxaXa calls it research software and has only run it on firmware 9.00. It's built with hardening switched off and password login on, so keep it on a network you trust and never open port 2222 to the internet.

Release notes

v1.07-build57 · Dropbear SSH PS4 v1.07 / Build 57 · Jul 30, 2026

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Dropbear SSH — PS4 v1.07 / Build 57

Compiled, package-validated and reboot-tested historical PS4 research release.

Download identity

  • asset: IV0000-BREW00010_00-DROPBEARSSH00000.pkg
  • size: 6619136 bytes
  • SHA-256: a711007389a011d8d6d2b01e075e01767fe9dc47981ede26b04aa9ee749392f6
  • title ID: BREW00010
  • app version: 1.07
  • internal daemon build: 57
  • Dropbear banner/source version: 2026.91

Verify the package with the attached SHA256SUMS.txt before installation.

Critical warning

This package preserves the historical research configuration:

  • password authentication enabled;
  • compatibility credential root / root;
  • listener on 0.0.0.0:2222;
  • serial DEBUG_NOFORK sessions;
  • cross-build configured with --disable-harden.

Use only on an isolated trusted LAN/VLAN. Never expose TCP 2222 to the internet.

Installation lifecycle

  1. Install through an authorized PS4 homebrew package installer.
  2. First tile launch stages the daemon under /system/vsh/app/BREW00010 and displays a notification.
  3. Close the tile if it remains mapped.
  4. A later fresh tile launch starts Dropbear on TCP 2222.

The installer writes to the PS4 system application area and requires an already authorized/jailbroken environment.

Validation

  • OpenOrbis PkgTool.Core pkg_validate --verbose: PASS
  • independent fresh extraction: PASS
  • embedded daemon payload SHA-256: 7e3e8406daecc81e9e391e4dd44c9ed3a198b75f29e011843b04f20ad151e5ce
  • package icon SHA-256: 67d5f7223d031b1e6b5ad7b224eb8f8c57beba2898036be4c356de0acf8b4eab
  • source-tree audit and host regression tests: PASS
  • canonical clean source build reproduced twice byte-identically

Full extracted-content hashes, source identities, license notices and evidence boundaries are documented in `RELEASE-v1.07.md`, `VERIFICATION.md` and `LICENSING.md`.

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