ELF launcher changelog

## What's new

• Catalog: added kstuff 1.13 FPKG rest-mode builds (normal + fast) and A53 PPR install (fast).
• Catalog sync: updated Tailscale to v0.7.2 and ps5upload to v10.4.1.
• Catalog: WK Autoloader pointed at Store v1.2.1.

Files

| File | Size | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| elf-launcher.elf | 1424864 bytes | 530dd1e02d966f24932a10c96918ed36848718c352dc94f1e497084cf2ff4fde |

How to update

Open Elf Launcher on the PS5 and press Update when it shows up. Sending elf-launcher.elf to elfldr (port 9021) runs it for this session only. To keep it after a reboot, use Update, or Upload with Save.

What's new

• Opens faster. It no longer goes online every time you open it; payload and update checks only run when you press Update, or once every 6 hours.
• Removed the Hebrew font and language, so the build is smaller.
• /version now also reports the app version and the version of the copy saved on the console (app and mirror_app).

Files

| File | Size | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| elf-launcher.elf | 1409032 bytes | 1b4494e669ef07525c77036777d36a20f1eb81a708fe8262b26ffffa9452f547 |

How to update

Open Elf Launcher on the PS5 and press Update when it shows up. Sending elf-launcher.elf to elfldr (port 9021) runs it for this session only. To keep it after a reboot, use Update, or Upload with Save.

What's new

• Folder tiles are gray now, and every folder icon has its own color.
• The page works on phones and tablets: slide-out menu, stacked cards, bigger touch targets.
• New Loaded item in the sidebar (under Library) shows what's running, with a Kill button for each payload.
• New My files folder for payloads you put on the console yourself. Copies of catalog payloads merge into their catalog tile instead of showing twice.
• Bigger payload cards on the TV, and more payloads show their own project icon.
• Icons from Codeberg now load on the console.

Android and Windows apps (new)

• ElfLauncher-2.0.4.apk for Android and ElfLauncher-2.0.4.exe for Windows 10/11.
• Both ask for the PS5 IP once, remember it, and open Elf Launcher from the console (port 1000). If the console can't be reached you can use the built-in offline page.
• Android: long-press anywhere to change the IP. Windows needs the Edge WebView2 runtime (already on Windows 11 and most Windows 10 PCs).

Files

| File | Size | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| elf-launcher.elf | 1474592 bytes | 4eec3d7974ed75818d9f1bd06d15ee10c85ac7a73ef09f8662f74e16f79312a9 |
| ElfLauncher-2.0.4.apk | 242211 bytes | b52ce063924f46f22c411cca6ef4b87c31819124a734b7d046f2391eda6c4ab6 |
| ElfLauncher-2.0.4.exe | 7686656 bytes | e0da7a6b53240edd8a786eb2f3e7e709993c1ad664b00594314c2acd28aeec05 |

How to update

Open Elf Launcher on the PS5 and press Update when it shows up, or send the new elf-launcher.elf to elfldr (port 9021) as usual.

Elf Launcher 2.0.3

Developed by X-F1REBALL-X

• Quick launch on Home now shows every pinned payload, not just six.
• The catalog updates itself every day from the authors' official releases, so new payload versions show up without a launcher update.
• 33 new payloads and 7 updates (ShadowMountPlus, PS5Upload, CheatRunner, PKG Manager, patch-bundle-loader, websrv, HearBridge).
• Unofficial re-uploads and duplicate entries were removed; elfldr now comes from its official release.
• Fewer GitHub requests from the page, and it backs off when GitHub rate-limits.

Downloads

• elf-launcher.elf: the launcher payload (send it to elfldr on port 9021)

SHA-256: 6d038b51ebfe772ff035faa68465e5cd4c1c943caafb95092d01fbfb4ba2f2e8 (1441824 bytes)

Updating from 2.0.x: open the launcher and press Update, or send the new elf-launcher.elf once. No reboot needed.

Elf Launcher 2.0.2

Developed by X-F1REBALL-X

• No more pin limit: pin as many payloads as you like.
• Pinned payloads sit at the top of All payloads and of every folder.
• All payloads now lists every payload right away; the folder tiles stay on top if you want one folder.
• The folder tiles use one color and are a bit bigger.
• The WK Autoloader update banner works again.

Downloads

• elf-launcher.elf: the launcher payload (send it to elfldr on port 9021)

SHA-256: f09931e6754834a32b8cb9fa39ef7222360d9575076865bf84c77d227f305fd1 (1441824 bytes)

Updating from 2.0.x: open the launcher and press Update, or send the new elf-launcher.elf once. No reboot needed.

Elf Launcher 2.0.1

Developed by X-F1REBALL-X

• Your avatar in the projects header on the home screen.
• WK Autoloader update fix: the update banner now finds the right release asset.

Downloads

• elf-launcher.elf: the launcher payload (send it to elfldr on port 9021)

SHA-256: bea250dd2607952a87038ef3495e9e2723babe80423981c0a96e205c0136e7ae (1441824 bytes)

Updating from 2.0.0: open the launcher and press Update, or send the new elf-launcher.elf once. No reboot needed.

Elf Launcher 2.0.0

Developed by X-F1REBALL-X

Elf Launcher 2.0.0 is a full overhaul. The page, the on-console server and the catalog were rebuilt from the ground up: a new look, a real home screen, a file manager for the whole console, AutoPayload profiles, backup and restore, an event log, power controls and much more. Everything below is new or changed since 1.1.8.

Downloads

• elf-launcher.elf: the launcher payload (send it to elfldr on port 9021)
• elf-launcher-install.elf: the same build, for the home screen tile install
• SHA256SUMS.txt: checksums for both files

Updating from 1.x: open the launcher and press Update, or send the new elf-launcher.elf once. A new build takes over port 1000 from the old one by itself, so there is no need to reboot.

New look

• New interface: a left menu (Library, Console, Settings), a header with search, status, the running count, PS5 IP, clock and language.
• Light Pearl theme by default, with bold colored category tiles. Seven themes in Settings > Theme: Pearl, Gray, White, Lavender, Sky, Gold (dark) and Black (dark).
• Bigger rows and bigger buttons everywhere, made for the DualSense: every action is reachable with the D-pad, nothing sits in a screen corner.
• Real project icons for the catalog payloads. Payloads without their own icon use the icon of their folder instead of a generic badge.
• Clean payload names: no ".elf", no version numbers and no "ps5" in names (PS5Upload and ps5debug keep their names), long names split and wrap instead of being cut.
• 11 languages to choose from in the header. The choice is kept after reload.
• New home screen icon for the launcher tile, placed under Games.

Home

• A real home screen instead of a plain list:
• My projects: Elf Launcher and HearBridge, one press to download or load. Reboot and Rest mode moved to the Power tiles.
• Quick launch: your pinned payloads first, then recently loaded ones, then downloaded ones (6 tiles).
• Categories: the payload folders as colored rounded tiles with icon, centered name and count. One press opens the folder in All payloads.
• Running: what is running on the console right now, with Manage to stop payloads.
• Power: Restart, Rest mode and Power off tiles.
• AutoPayload: profile, open after jailbreak, start delay and how many payloads load automatically.
• Backup and Restore shortcut.
• System info: CPU, SoC, temperatures, memory, free space on /data and uptime.
• On narrow screens and phones the home columns stack into one column.

All payloads

• The catalog is split into nine folders: Loaders, Jailbreak and HEN, Game Library, Mods and Saves, Files and Transfer, Network and Remote, Media and Audio, System, Dev Tools.
• Folder tiles redesigned: a centered 3 by 3 grid of colored rounded tiles, each with a large folder icon, the folder name centered and the payload count on the right. The open folder gets a ring.
• Bigger payload banners: taller cards, larger icons, bigger names and descriptions, larger Download, Payload and Update buttons.
• Delete is no longer offered in All payloads. Deleting a saved payload is only possible from Downloaded, so nothing gets removed by accident while browsing.
• Multi select: mark several payloads and load them in one go.
• Search across the whole catalog from the header.

Downloaded

• Lists every payload saved on the console with its version, Update when the catalog has a newer build, and Delete.
• Update all: updates every saved payload that has a newer catalog version in one press. The menu shows how many updates are waiting.
• Load selected: loads the marked payloads one after another, 0.6 seconds apart.
• Payloads can be pinned to Quick launch from here and from the recent list.

Pinning (new)

• Pin any payload to Quick launch on the home screen. Pinned payloads come first, in the order you pinned them.
• Limit: up to 6 pins, the number of Quick launch tiles. With 6 pinned, a seventh pin is blocked and a short message says "Up to 6 pins. Unpin one first." Restoring a backup keeps at most 6 pins.

AutoPayload

• Profiles: keep several AutoPayload lists (for example one for games and one for homebrew) and switch between them. Create, rename and delete profiles.
• Tap a row to turn auto load on or off. Only payloads that are saved on the console can be auto loaded.
• Start delay slider from 0 to 10 seconds in 0.5 second steps (default 3 seconds). Square cancels while it counts down.
• Open this page after jailbreak: Yes opens the launcher page after AutoPayload, No (Leave closed) runs AutoPayload in the background.
• Leave closed now really leaves: when the launcher page is not wanted, Elf Launcher goes back to the PS5 home screen after AutoPayload.
• AutoPayload runs once per jailbreak, never twice, also when a new launcher build takes over.
• Quieter: no "loader ready", "loader started", "AutoPayload N" or Loaded toasts any more. Toasts only appear when something needs attention (a payload was skipped, the loader is missing, setup failed).

Console tools

• PS5 files: a file manager for the console. Browse every drive (internal, USB, /data and the whole system read only), copy, move, rename, delete and create folders, with progress for long jobs.
• Text viewer and editor: open text and config files, edit them, and every save keeps a backup you can restore.
• Load file: send an ELF from your phone or PC (drag and drop or pick a file), from a USB drive or from a path on the console. Recent loads are listed.
• Running: list running processes, show all or only payloads, stop a payload safely.
• Event log: loads, errors and crashes with times. Crash watch reports when a loaded payload crashes. Clear log.
• Quick menu: hold Options or press the menu button in the header. It shows the last loaded payload with Load again, the AutoPayload profile switch and pinning.

Backup and Restore (new)

• Save your settings (language, AutoPayload profiles, delay, open after jailbreak, recent list, pins, catalog sources) and your payload list to USB or /data, or download the backup to a phone or PC.
• Restore shows what will change before it happens, downloads catalog payloads again with sha256 checks and copies your own uploads back.

Updates and catalog

• Self update: the launcher checks GitHub for a new release on load and every 6 hours, downloads it and switches over live. New builds take over port 1000 from the old one.
• Catalog payloads are checked against their latest upstream releases, with an Update banner when a saved payload is out of date.

Maintained by X-F1REBALL-X

Mirror of payload ELFs used by the Elf Launcher catalog (payloads.json).

These payloads are either distributed upstream only inside ZIP archives, or are custom builds with no upstream release. Elf Launcher downloads them from here and verifies size + SHA-256 before saving.

This is not an Elf Launcher release. For the launcher itself, see the Latest release.

| File | Author | Version | Size | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LinkDev.elf | ps5-payload-dev | v0.4.2 | 6540848 | 102576e340bb6a931f0c2295934c419f08985a4957cd2c67a2b6243f8f266f74 |
| OffAct.elf | ps5-payload-dev | v0.4.2 | 6549256 | db250c1f3cf01b879d0d5e22e77b2e24c096ba1e2da20ead2ab758165ba5ab4f |
| actremotelink_agent.elf | francoataffarel | v2.0 | 158144 | dffd7077d9edb5520819c66d4b08ee44ef0c5654860e1f0bd0ccda4b884bf396 |
| actremotelink_pin_notify.elf | francoataffarel | v2.0 | 115224 | f1e0aa745cdd8e3d65ac780193b317042e47da327ee632e2cbb25bc79108fe56 |
| dump_installer.elf | EchoStretch | 1.07 | 1294504 | 9b01c2051795d10a6923a2b4c8137a2895ecdf365e736e42cf6750ac707d6245 |
| dump_runner.elf | EchoStretch | v1.02 | 110776 | 816ff23141f100004d882e53bfae80b6c29f6b9427df56524cd1a89403c40df4 |
| elfldr-ps5.elf | ps5-payload-dev | v0.26 | 448952 | 02543da21bb8168e3892004c7fa44c13b4c5dd6d6e9b7c79c18035bf69cd6a39 |
| fetchpkg.elf | ps5-payload-dev | v0.3.3 | 8217472 | f4dfd1986a5c8de568fc385b7e9302532ed6c56bf98014c19ac6b23c87729921 |
| mounter.elf | n0llptr | v2.0.1 | 129760 | 79194e4d3dacd64065617084268c61a9751362ae8982e4fde2ffa734ac9e0841 |
| pkg_install.elf | ps5-payload-dev | v0.34 | 110440 | f723641e32a3ada5c0033748072d373012f0003c401629dd05e3702036528569 |
| reboot.elf | X-F1REBALL-X | own-built | 135184 | 306aad2e95abd93e767ada2aba3e7b54c59d312977eda344ddb717405a3e1017 |
| suspend.elf | X-F1REBALL-X | own-built | 99568 | 2934a7adbf50a8e6931ce4ec2374bcd556b441b69d61954e2879a8beb15dc681 |

All credit goes to the original authors.

Developed by X-F1REBALL-X

WK Autoloader update banner on the main page: downloads and installs the new WK directly through Elf Launcher.

Developed by X-F1REBALL-X

Open browser Auto matches Leave closed on fresh bind. Hybrid open-only can hit /trigger-auto.

Elf Launcher 1.1.6

Developed by X-F1REBALL-X

• Open browser runs disk AutoPayload like Leave closed (same auto.list path).
• Stays silent when Auto has nothing to do.

Assets: elf-launcher.elf, elf-launcher-install.elf, SHA256SUMS.txt.
Live page: https://x-f1reball-x.github.io/elf-launcher/

Elf Launcher 1.1.4

Developed by X-F1REBALL-X

• AutoPayload UI: status/banner when Auto skips (empty queue, already done, waiting for elfldr); Cancel stays available while armed (countdown / waiting / running).
• Do not mark one-shot done when the Auto queue is empty (UI + headless).
• Home preference: Auto delay 3 seconds or 0 (persisted like Leave closed).

Assets: elf-launcher.elf, elf-launcher-install.elf, SHA256SUMS.txt.
Live page: https://x-f1reball-x.github.io/elf-launcher/

Elf Launcher 1.1.3

Developed by X-F1REBALL-X

• Catalog cleanup: payloads sorted into ideal UI folders (Loader/HEN/Apps/Files/…), outdated ELFs refreshed, dedupe by product (stable + beta kept when both exist).
• UI: stuck "refreshing catalog" status cleared after refresh; Auto mark moved to Auto Payload.
• GitHub Pages now publishes only the web UI from docs/: https://x-f1reball-x.github.io/elf-launcher/

Assets: elf-launcher.elf, elf-launcher-install.elf, SHA256SUMS.txt.