Orbit Play
Latest releaseDownload 0.5.0

Orbit Play 0.5.0 (Beta)

Orbit Play is a free, open-source Remote Play app for jailbroken PS5s on Mac, Windows and Linux. Stream without a PSN sign-in, including from offline PS5 accounts that have never been linked to PSN. Account setup, the account ID, the Remote Play PIN, pairing and streaming all happen in one desktop app, so there’s no base64 account-ID conversion, PIN tool or separate activation payload to run.

A big update: play your PS5 away from home.

  • Play away from home. Turn it on once at home under Console setup → Play away from home, and Orbit Play reaches your PS5 from anywhere with an internet connection: a friend’s place, a hotel, your phone’s hotspot. Start playing works as it does at home, with the pairing, playback settings and controls you already have.
  • Set up from anywhere. Not at home? Someone at the PS5 opens the Orbit Play icon in the Media row, chooses Play away from home → Get a code, and you enter that code and the trust code under Console setup → Not at home? Set up from anywhere. Pairing works away from home too.
  • Direct and encrypted, with Orbit Link. Orbit Link is the new connection built into Orbit Play and its PS5 helper: your computer and PS5 connect straight to each other, encrypted end to end. Orbit Play’s server only introduces them; your stream never passes through it.
  • No accounts, no router setup. There’s nothing to sign up for and no ports to open. On networks that change ports, like phone hotspots, Orbit Play tries many ports at once for a few seconds until one gets through; that worked in our tests with the PS5 on a phone hotspot. Your computer keeps its access when the PS5 restarts its helper or changes networks.
  • Packet loss in the stream stats. Press F in the player to see how much of the stream is lost on the way, next to the frame rate and decoder.
  • Your own server, if you prefer. Run the server yourself and enter its address under Use your own Orbit Link server. Its source is in the source archive below.

Install on Mac, Windows or Linux · Connect your PS5 · Play away from home · FAQ

Install on your computer

Choose the package for your computer from Assets: the macOS DMG for Apple Silicon Macs, the Windows x64 ZIP, or the Linux x64 or arm64 AppImage. Windows 11 on ARM uses the x64 ZIP. See the installation guide above for requirements and first-launch permissions.

You only need to download the desktop app. It includes the player and the 0.5.0 PS5 helper, with play away from home built in, and can start the helper for you. The standalone orbit-play-0.5.0-ps5.elf in Assets is optional, for those who prefer to load it themselves.

Start on your PS5

Load your jailbreak, open Payload Manager or enable an ELF loader, and stay logged into the PS5 profile you want to use. In Orbit Play, enter the console’s IP address and choose Start helper on PS5. Enter the six-digit trust code shown on the PS5, then pair and play. If the profile needs it, Orbit Play offers account setup before pairing.

Orbit Play has been tested on PS5 firmware 13.60 with Relapse and Payload Manager v0.5.2. Other firmware may work but is untested. Play away from home has been tested with an Apple Silicon Mac, including set up from anywhere and a PS5 on a phone hotspot.

Play away from home

Turn it on at home, with your computer on the same network as the PS5: Console setup → Play away from home → Turn on. Away from home, open Orbit Play and choose Start playing. A computer that has never been home can use Set up from anywhere with a code from the PS5; the code works once, for 30 minutes.

  • Keep the PS5 ready. It must stay on (not in Rest Mode), connected to the internet, with your jailbreak loaded and the Orbit Play helper running. Payload Manager’s autostart starts the helper whenever the jailbreak loads. After a full PS5 restart, the jailbreak has to be loaded again at the console.
  • Your home upload carries the stream. If the picture stutters or the packet loss stays above zero, lower the bitrate under Playback. At the default 10 Mbps, an hour of play uses about 4.5 GB, which matters on a phone hotspot.
  • Some networks still block direct connections, such as some hotel, school and office networks. We’re working on making this better.

To stop, choose Turn off at home. That ends play away from home for the PS5 and your computer.

Update from an earlier version

Stop your stream, quit Orbit Play and replace the computer app. Stop the old helper in Payload Manager, then choose Start helper on PS5 in the new app. Replacing the ELF file alone does not stop a running helper. If it cannot be stopped, fully restart the PS5 and reload the jailbreak first.

Your saved pairings, playback settings and controls remain. Enter the new trust code when asked, then turn on play away from home if you want it.

For account setup, we recommend a separate PS5 profile with no saves: creating a local account ID may make existing saves inaccessible. Account setup and save risks.