Orbit Play 0.2.0-beta.1

The first public beta of Orbit Play, a Remote Play app for jailbroken PS5s on Mac, Windows and Linux. It plays over your local network with no PSN sign-in or internet connection, and can enable Remote Play for local PS5 accounts that have never been linked to PSN, creating a local account ID once you confirm. The player and the matching PS5 helper are included.

No PSN sign-in in Orbit Play. No manual account-ID lookup or conversion. No separate Remote Play PIN generator or Chiaki app. Run the helper on your jailbroken PS5, enter its address and six-digit trust code, then pair and play. Orbit Play handles the Remote Play PIN automatically.

This beta connects over your local network only. Keep the computer and PS5 on the same trusted network, with the console awake and the intended user logged in.

What’s included

• Local pairing using the helper’s six-digit trust code.
• Separate saved pairings for each console address and PS5 profile.
• H.264 video at 360p, 540p, 720p or 1080p, with 30 or 60 fps and 1–50 Mbps.
• DualSense controls over USB or Bluetooth, plus keyboard and mouse-button controls.
• Up to three automatic reconnect attempts after a network interruption.
• Account setup when a profile needs a local ID or Remote Play enabled, with reviewed changes and account-settings backups.
• Diagnostic exports that omit addresses, names, account IDs, PINs and pairing keys.

Account setup is experimental. We recommend a separate new PS5 profile with no saves. Creating a local ID may make existing saves inaccessible and requires your confirmation. Backups cover account settings, not games or saves. Recovery keeps an assigned ID to protect newer saves. Read account setup and recovery before using it.

Compatibility

You need a jailbroken PS5 and a payload loader to run the helper. This beta has been tested on PS5 firmware 13.60 with Relapse and Payload Manager v0.5.2, using Apple Silicon Macs, Windows x64 and Windows 11 on ARM (through x64 emulation), and Linux x64 and arm64 computers.

Testing covers pairing, video and audio, keyboard and USB/Bluetooth DualSense controls, reconnecting, helper restarts, profile switching, picture settings, and setup and recovery with a new profile.

On 13.60, you can pair after initial account setup without restarting the PS5. Other firmware may work but is untested; restart the PS5 after account setup, then reload the jailbreak and helper before pairing. After restoring account settings, restart the PS5 when the app asks, whatever the firmware.

Downloads

Use the computer app and helper from this same release.

First launch

• Mac: open the DMG and drag Orbit Play to Applications. This beta is not Apple-notarized. If macOS blocks a download you trust, open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway, then confirm Open.
• Windows: extract the whole ZIP and open OrbitPlay.exe. The app is not code-signed. If SmartScreen warns about a download you trust, choose More info → Run anyway. Allow Orbit Play on private networks if Windows Firewall asks.
• Linux: make the AppImage executable with chmod +x, then run it. If FUSE is unavailable, use --appimage-extract-and-run.

Follow the installation guide and screenshot walkthrough for the complete steps.

Fixes

• Fixed an unexpected player exit shortly after connecting a DualSense.
• Controller buttons now release if the controller stops responding.
• Stopping a stream closes the player immediately.
• The console address stays in place while you type on the Find screen.
• Account setup and recovery are blocked while a stream is open.
• Automatic reconnect can retry when a network drop briefly makes the helper unreachable.

Unavailable in this beta

Internet remote access, wake from Rest Mode, HDR, microphone, haptics, PS5 login-passcode prompts, Intel Macs and account migration are not supported.

Licences and source

Orbit Play is free and open source. The computer app uses AGPL-3.0-only and the PS5 helper uses GPL-3.0-or-later. The source downloads contain the complete project source, the source of the bundled open-source libraries, build instructions and licence notices. The third-party archive’s README includes the Qt source download and written offer.

Orbit Play is independent of Sony and PlayStation.