A premium Windows desktop launcher for the PS5 exFAT library. Browse cover art, PPSA codes, titles, versions and download links — and scrape or update the library in the background while you browse.

Built with pywebview (Python backend + HTML/CSS/JS frontend). Dark gaming-launcher aesthetic: custom frameless titlebar, animated sidebar, cover-art grid, cinematic detail panel.

• Fixed window dragging — the frameless titlebar can now be moved around the screen. Previously only the minimise/maximise/close buttons worked. Drag anywhere on the titlebar (except the buttons); double-click to maximise/restore.
• Offline-safe font fallbacks (Segoe UI / Consolas) so the UI renders correctly even if Google Fonts can't load.

This is a full rewrite of the original scraper UI. Everything below is new since the first release.

• Premium launcher UI — DM Sans + JetBrains Mono fonts, deep-space dark theme, smooth hover animations, card glow effects
• Wider detail panel (440px) with cinematic 172px hero image, gradient overlay, game title at the bottom in 900-weight
• Windows 11 window controls — monochrome — □ ✕ icons, close button turns red on hover; macOS-style dots removed
• Tab-pill row — All | Native | Backports | DLCs | Updates with live counts, plus Import / Export / Backup strip buttons
• Library Health widget — animated SVG ring gauge, percentage score (Excellent / Good / Fair), ✔/⚠/✖ checklist for games, covers, missing metadata, broken links, verified count
• Storage widget — ring gauge showing TB used/free
• Sort cycling — Title A–Z / Z–A / Top Rated / Largest First / Recently Added
• Grid + list view toggle
• Firmware and extra filter dropdowns

• "Update Library" split button — main button runs a smart update (new games only); dropdown expands to: Update Library / Fetch Missing Metadata / Repair Missing Covers / Rebuild Cover Cache / Full Re-Scrape / Repair Database
• Specific status messages per mode — "Checking for new games…", "Fetching missing metadata…", etc. instead of generic "Loading…"
• First-time onboarding modal — fires on first launch with an empty library, explains the scrape phases (Downloading covers → Fetching metadata → Building local cache → Verifying files), with Start / Not Now buttons
• Live progress bar in status bar showing label, fill, %, Workers, Speed, ETA

• Fixed aspect-ratio: 3/4, object-fit: cover — no more stretching
• FW badge colour coding — green = native/playable, purple = backport, cyan = FW version, amber = DLC
• Hover: translateY(-3px) + purple glow shadow
• Hover quick-actions overlay — favourite / open folder / re-scrape / fetch metadata without opening the detail panel
• ⚠ "No metadata" indicator on cards missing enrichment data
• Favourite star top-right (persisted in localStorage)

• Scores row — Metacritic / OpenCritic / HowLongToBeat from enrichment
• Rich 2-col metadata grid — Developer, Publisher, Genres, Play Modes, Languages, Release Date with icons
• Collapsible description — 4–5 lines shown, fade at bottom, "Read More ↓ / Show Less ↑" toggle with smooth animation
• Missing Metadata banner — amber warning with Retry and Manual Match buttons; separate red warning if no API keys are configured with "Open Settings" link
• Action row — Verify Files + More dropdown (Open Folder / Fetch Metadata / Copy Game Info / Re-Scrape)
• Re-Scrape moved into the More dropdown — cleaner panel

• Version-grouped download cards — builds are grouped by version number (e.g. v01.006), sorted newest first
• Older versions collapse by default with chevron toggle and "Older Version" tag
• Never shows raw numbers (1 2) — the original bug where hosts with 2–3 links rendered as bare index numbers is fixed
• Host cards with emoji icons (📦 Akirabox, ⚓ VikingFile, 💾 Datanodes, 🔥 MediaFire, etc.) and pretty-printed names
• Multi-part hosts show Part 1 / Part 2 / … rows; multi-mirror hosts show Mirror 1 / Mirror 2 / …
• Mirror/part count badge: Akirabox (2 mirrors) / Datanodes (3 parts)
• Open + Copy buttons per link; Open All + Copy All for multi-link hosts
• BACKPORT / DLC / UPDATE / FIX each get their own colour-coded chip, never mixed into version groups
• Null/empty links silently filtered

• Fullscreen gallery — click any screenshot thumbnail to open
• Keyboard navigation (← → Esc), arrow buttons, background blur
• Thumbnail strip at the bottom; click to jump
• Zoom on click
• Preloads adjacent images

• RAWG → IGDB → Steam fallback chain with confidence scoring
• Enrichment data stored in game["enrichment"] sub-dict — scraped fields (PPSA, version, firmware, credits, links) are never overwritten
• API key warning — reactive; disappears the moment you type a key in Settings (no save required), re-checks on every navigation back to the library
• Fix All Missing Metadata banner — appears at the top of the Missing Metadata view with a one-click "Fetch All Missing Metadata" button and count of affected games

• RAWG API key, IGDB Client ID + Token
• Cover cache controls (download on scrape, prefer cached, custom folder, repair, rebuild, clear)
• Metadata enrichment toggles (auto-enrich, offline mode, enrich all now)
• Database repair and update scrape

• {"files":"SiESPTA","backport":"BestPig","dlc":""} objects now render as Files: SiESPTA · Backport: BestPig
• Handles string, array, array-of-objects (with role/name fields), and plain objects
• Empty fields silently dropped — no more [object Object] or raw JSON dumps

• Every window-close attempt shows a lightweight support overlay (Ko-fi link + Close App)
• Blurred background, fade-in animation

• App hang on launch (v2.6 regression) — saveSettings had a mismatched paren/brace that caused a JS parse error, making the entire script fail silently on startup. Fixed and a full duplicate-function audit run.
• Duplicate startScrape definition — the stale single-line version was never removed when the multi-line version was added. Removed.
• JS brace balance verified: 427 opens / 427 closes, zero duplicate function names.

Metadata (descriptions, ratings, genres, Metacritic, screenshots) comes from external APIs. All are free tier.

Paste keys into Settings → API Keys. The app falls back RAWG → IGDB → Steam (no key needed for Steam).

You need Python 3.10+ (tick "Add to PATH" in the installer).

build_exe.bat

Installs dependencies, downloads the Chromium engine, builds with PyInstaller. Output:

dist\PS5 exFAT Library.exe

Move/copy the .exe anywhere — it keeps its exfat_games.json next to itself.

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m playwright install chromium
run_app.bat

Scraping is split into two phases:

Phase 1 — Page walk (~1–2 min, once): reads every game's cover, title, PPSA, version, badges, and captures each download button's encrypted link. Future updates only walk pages you haven't seen.

Phase 2 — Link unlock (instant, on demand): locked links are decrypted offline the moment you open a game. No browser, no waiting.

The old approach opened a browser tab per link (~30–40 min). This app never does that.

The exFAT source sits behind a password gate and Cloudflare/GitHub Pages JavaScript — a real browser engine is needed:

• build_exe.bat bundles a private Chromium for Playwright automatically
• If you run Brave/Chrome/Edge with remote debugging on port 9222, the app attaches to that instead — useful if a CAPTCHA appears

After scraping, everything is offline.

app.py                        backend (pywebview + Python API)
core/scraper.py               exFAT fast page-walk
core/decrypt.py               offline AES-GCM link-lock decryption
core/cover_cache.py           local cover image caching
core/metadata.py              RAWG / IGDB / Steam enrichment
core/settings.py              settings persistence
core/dlps_scraper.py          dlpsgame scraping
core/dlpsgame_ps5_scraper.py  dlpsgame scraper
core/dlps_links.py            dlpsgame link grouping
ui/index.html                 full launcher UI (HTML/CSS/JS)
requirements.txt              Python dependencies
exFAT_Ripper.spec             PyInstaller build recipe
runtime_hook_playwright.py    points Playwright at bundled Chromium
build_exe.bat                 one-click build
run_app.bat                   run without building

• First launch of an unsigned .exe may show a Windows SmartScreen warning — "More info" → "Run anyway". Normal for unsigned apps.
• The packaged .exe is large (bundled Chromium + Python runtime). Expected.
• If scraping fails with "grid never appeared" the site is showing a CAPTCHA. Open the site in Brave/Chrome, solve it, leave it open, scrape again.
• This app scrapes a site hosting pirated content. Make sure your use complies with local law.

Special thanks to pippo26442999 — creator and maintainer of the PS5 exFAT library. Without pippo's work there would be nothing to scrape.

Built by kerrdec97 · Discord · Ko-fi

• Linux support (AppImage build, Qt backend) — Nazky