v0.6.0-alpha.2: smoother start after updates

A native Discord client for the PS5: text chat, voice calls and Go Live on the TV, with a controller.

What's new in 0.6.0-alpha.2

• After an update, the app swaps in its new core before Home shows, so no more "Reconnecting" a few seconds after it opens.
• Signing out says "Signing out…", then goes back to the QR code.

From 0.6.0-alpha.1

• The update offer is shorter: it names the new version only.
• New guides: voice calls and Go Live step by step, and troubleshooting.

Already on 0.5.0 or 0.6.0? Settings, About, Updates, Check.

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Highlights

• Sign in with your phone: scan a QR code with the Discord app; browser sign-in as a fallback
• Text chat: servers, channels and DMs; reply, react, edit, delete; colour emoji, the emoji picker and stickers
• Voice calls: server voice channels and DM calls, end-to-end encrypted (DAVE)
• Go Live: stream your game into the call, with the USB DualSense as your headset
• Notifications: banners in the app and PS5 alerts while you play, following Discord's mutes
• "Playing" on Discord: your friends see the game you are playing
• Updates from inside the app: signed releases only, with roll back to the previous version

Install

Download ps5-discord-app-v0.6.0-alpha.2.zip only. The background core is inside the app and starts by itself.

1. Copy the PPSA99072 folder from the zip to /data/homebrew/ on the console (FTP).
2. Run kstuff and ShadowMount, then open the app from the home screen. elfldr must be running on port 9021.
3. Scan the QR code: Discord app, Settings, Scan QR Code.

Updating: from 0.5.0-alpha.1 or 0.6.0-alpha.1, use Settings, About, Updates, Check. From 0.2.0-alpha.1, install by FTP as above, over the old folder.

Requirements: a PS5 on firmware 13.00 (the only one tested). For Go Live: a DualSense on a USB cable, and Remote Play turned on for a user signed in to PSN.

Guides

• Voice calls and Go Live
• Troubleshooting
• Roadmap and changelog

Known issues

• When Discord asks for a captcha, the QR sign-in cannot show it: use Try browser login.
• You talk and hear in a call while the app is on screen; during a game, use Go Live.
• Replug the controller between Go Live streams (the app asks).
• No uploads or threads yet.
• A USB keyboard plugged into the console does not type.

Verify the download

577df9a20845e71c4d377726d620cee431df1aa0bd4d6ff821299b664482278e  ps5-discord-app-v0.6.0-alpha.2.zip

SHA256SUMS lists every file. update.txt and update.sig are what the app's updater checks: the release is signed with the project's offline key, and the app installs nothing that is not.

Free software under the AGPL (LICENSE). Source: abhi245y/ps5-discord.

v0.6.0-alpha.1: guides and a cleaner update offer

A native Discord client for the PS5: text chat, voice calls and Go Live on the TV, with a controller.

What's new in 0.6.0-alpha.1

• The update offer is shorter: it names the new version only.
• New guides: voice calls and Go Live step by step, and troubleshooting.
• Screenshots on the project page.

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Highlights

• Sign in with your phone: scan a QR code with the Discord app; browser sign-in as a fallback
• Text chat: servers, channels and DMs; reply, react, edit, delete; colour emoji, the emoji picker and stickers
• Voice calls: server voice channels and DM calls, end-to-end encrypted (DAVE)
• Go Live: stream your game into the call, with the USB DualSense as your headset
• Notifications: banners in the app and PS5 alerts while you play, following Discord's mutes
• "Playing" on Discord: your friends see the game you are playing
• Updates from inside the app: signed releases only, with roll back to the previous version

Install

Download ps5-discord-app-v0.6.0-alpha.1.zip only. The background core is inside the app and starts by itself.

1. Copy the PPSA99072 folder from the zip to /data/homebrew/ on the console (FTP).
2. Run kstuff and ShadowMount, then open the app from the home screen. elfldr must be running on port 9021.
3. Scan the QR code: Discord app, Settings, Scan QR Code.

Requirements: a PS5 on firmware 13.00 (the only one tested). For Go Live: a DualSense on a USB cable, and Remote Play turned on for a user signed in to PSN.

Guides

• Voice calls and Go Live
• Troubleshooting
• Roadmap and changelog

Known issues

• When Discord asks for a captcha, the QR sign-in cannot show it: use Try browser login.
• You talk and hear in a call while the app is on screen; during a game, use Go Live.
• Replug the controller between Go Live streams (the app asks).
• No uploads or threads yet.
• A USB keyboard plugged into the console does not type.

Verify the download

cb5f9f3cda043f4d6160d5b3214398d96615c823a075867e739aa59302b895e7  ps5-discord-app-v0.6.0-alpha.1.zip

SHA256SUMS lists every file. update.txt and update.sig are what the app's updater checks: the release is signed with the project's offline key, and the app installs nothing that is not.

Free software under the AGPL (LICENSE). Source: abhi245y/ps5-discord.

v0.5.0-alpha.1: voice, Go Live, in-app updates

Second alpha of the native PS5 app: voice, Go Live, notifications, and updates from inside the app. The project and app name may still change.

Download: ps5-discord-app-v0.5.0-alpha.1.zip only. The core payload is inside the app and starts by itself.

New

• Voice: server voice channels and DM calls (DAVE end-to-end encryption), mute and deafen; the call stays up while a game runs
• Go Live: stream the game into the call
• Notifications for DMs and mentions while the app is not in front (home screen, a game)
• "Playing" on Discord: the game you are playing shows on your profile (Settings, Privacy turns it off)
• Colour emoji, the emoji picker, reactions with any emoji, stickers, images full screen
• A Discord sign-in per console user; the sign-in is stored encrypted to this console
• Updates: Settings, About, Updates checks GitHub for a signed release and installs it; Previous version rolls back to the one before

Install

1. Copy the PPSA99072 folder from the zip to /data/homebrew/ on the console (FTP)
2. Run kstuff and ShadowMount, then open the app from the home screen (elfldr must be running on port 9021)
3. Scan the QR code: Discord app, Settings, Scan QR Code

From this version on, later releases install from inside the app.

Tested on firmware 13.00 only.

Known issues

• Sign-in can fail when Discord asks for a captcha, which the app cannot show. Use browser sign in option if this happens.
• No uploads or threads
• A USB keyboard plugged into the console does not type

Full list: CHANGELOG.md

v0.2.0-alpha.1: native app, text chat

First alpha of the native PS5 app. Text chat works; voice does not exist yet. The project and app name may still change.

Download: ps5-discord-app-v0.2.0-alpha.1.zip only. The core payload is inside the app and starts by itself.

Works

• QR sign-in with the Discord phone app
• Home (friends online, live voice rooms, recent chats), Friends, Servers, Mentions
• Server pages, channel chat and DMs: read, send, reply, react, edit and delete your own
• PS5 system keyboard on Triangle (the app's own keyboard as a fallback)
• Avatars, icons, banners, image previews, colour emoji, many scripts
• Toast and chime for DMs and mentions; text size on R3

Install

1. Copy the PPSA99072 folder from the zip to /data/homebrew/ on the console (FTP)
2. Run kstuff and ShadowMount, then open the app from the home screen (elfldr must be running on port 9021)
3. Scan the QR code: Discord app, Settings, Scan QR Code

Tested on firmware 13.00 only.

Known issues

• No voice: rooms show who is in them, Join says "soon"
• Sign-in can fail when Discord asks for a captcha, which the app cannot show. Sign in once on discord.com in a browser, wait a while, then scan again.
• No uploads, threads, or notifications outside the app
• A USB keyboard plugged into the console does not type
• The session token is stored unencrypted on the console: use a throwaway account. Third-party clients break Discord's ToS.

Full list: CHANGELOG.md

v0.1.0: QR login and gateway session

First proof of concept of the background core payload.

Works

• QR code login with the Discord mobile app, no password or token typing
• Gateway session: zlib-stream, heartbeat, resume after drops
• Status web UI at http://<ps5-ip>:9041: state, login QR, account, live log, stop

Use

1. Send ps5-discord-v0.1.0.elf to elfldr (port 9021)
2. Open http://<ps5-ip>:9041 and scan the QR code (Discord app: Settings, Scan QR Code)

Tested on firmware 13.00.

Known limitations

• Token stored unencrypted at /data/ps5-discord/token: throwaway account only
• Status UI is unauthenticated on the LAN
• No chat or voice yet (next: v0.2.0 text messages)