Homebrew Sorter Ultimate changelog
v1.29 · Oct 25, 2026
- Stopped treating
\PSP\GAME\PSXand\PSP\GAME\Utilityas detected paths and now treat them as a standard Category folders. - Optimized scrolling speeds in lists that include EBOOTs.
- Fixed app icons sometimes going blank after Categories are deleted.
- Potential increase in file copy speeds.
- Blocked the
Sleep&Homebuttons during file operations. - Added a "blocked" message when attempting to manually create an
UncategorizedorVIDEOCategory folder. - Blocked auto-renaming TurboGrafx-16\PC Engine game data folders in
\PSP\GAME(i.e. Blacklist them) when toggling Category sorting and/orCAT_prefixes.
v1.28 · Sep 23, 2026
D-Pad Left & D-Pad Right jumps 10 apps up & down respectively in app lists (#5).
v1.27 · Sep 7, 2026
- Added
Grouped Alphabetizefunction (#5). - Allows dividing alphabetized apps into ordered groups:
- ISO
- PSX
- Homebrew
- Supplemental (DLC/Update/TurboGrafx-16)
- Hold
Ron the app list to access. - Updated
Categories Liteplugin functionality & icons. - Restored plugin support for legacy CFWs.
- Support
System Storageon Epinephrine 8. - Added
USB Modesupport to Adrenaline 8 (Epinephrine & ARK-5). - Updated EBOOT media.
v1.26 · May 2, 2026
- Increased heap size from 4MB to 16MB (oops.) (Thanks, @Eywa186!)
- This should prevent app icon load misses and memory-strain crashes, even in long app lists.
- This also eliminates the need for Low-Mem Mode (Removed).
- Refined wording in the Blacklist description modal and the Folder Mode warning message.
v1.25 · Mar 27, 2026
Added Low-Mem Mode in Game Categories Settings that makes the app cache data more conservatively to address disappearing app icons and app crashes under memory-stressed conditions. Prompts a full refresh after each file operation.
v1.24 · Mar 12, 2026
Add warning and built-in guards for the Categories plugin's Folders mode:
- Prevent crashes: Only allow ≤8 Category folders.
- Prevent corrupt games: Only allow ≤30 characters for the combined length of each Category+App Folder.
v1.23 · Feb 18, 2026
Always show Device Picker/free space pie chart(s) on Copy operation
v1.22 · Feb 16, 2026
Disable "Delete" for the currently-running app, as well as its Category
v1.21 · Feb 16, 2026
Hide the "Uncategorized" category folder in Copy/Move operations when the "Show Uncategorized" setting is disabled
v1.20 · Feb 16, 2026
- Fix buggy UI when copying/moving files when Game Categories is turned off or the destination device only has the "Uncategorized" folder
- Bugfix crashes on copying Mac junk files on LME CFW (and perhaps others)
- Add app version to home screen
v1.19 · Feb 16, 2026
- Cleaner detection and handling of existing installed
category_lite.prxplugin stored outside thesepluginsroot directory - Clearer wording for the personal Categories plugin toggle
v1.18 · Feb 16, 2026
Refine the wording for the legacy Game Categories plugin toggle
v1.17 · Feb 15, 2026
Remove legacy /resources/raw2c.exe from release .zip
v1.16 · Feb 15, 2026
Don't back up the new Categories Lite plugin files in /SEPLUGINS after the legacy plugin option is toggled on.
v1.15 · Feb 15, 2026
Plugin corruption guards from toggling legacy Game Categories plugin and USB Mode
v1.14 · Feb 15, 2026
More robust legacy gclite_filter.txt conversion
v1.13 · Feb 15, 2026
v1.12 · Feb 8, 2026
Block renaming of the currently-running Homebrew Sorter Ultimate app folder.
v1.11 · Feb 8, 2026
Improve date detection (and thus synchronization in the sorting between the XMB and the app) for ISO-like files
More reliable Game Categories Lite plugin install
v1.10 · Feb 8, 2026
Restore Game Categories plugin ability to hide specific app/update/dlc folders and integrate the ability into the App Operations and Category Operations menus.
v1.09 · Feb 5, 2026
Restructured the release .zip. Removed MacOS junk files from the release .zip.
v1.08 · Feb 5, 2026
Improved EBOOT icon clarity.
v1.07 · Feb 5, 2026
Icon change
v1.06 · Feb 4, 2026
Try fixing Category Folder Rename Blacklist behavior that broke after moving apps between folders.
v1.05 · Feb 4, 2026
Add bulk app deselect. Update button mappings to include bulk select actions.
v1.04 · Feb 3, 2026
Enforce 31-character limit in EBOOT folder renames
v1.03 · Feb 3, 2026
Stop periodic cache refresh
v1.02 · Feb 3, 2026
Hide Memory Stick capacity on Copy Operation when run from PSP Go Internal Storage.
v1.01 · Feb 3, 2026
Always show the Device Selection screen/capacity pie chart during a Copy Operation.
v1.0.0 · Feb 2, 2026
Initial release
