Orbit Store 0.0.2 (Beta)

A big update: Orbit Zero now works with your PS4.

With Orbit Zero on your computer

• Download on your computer, play on your PS4. Orbit Zero for Mac, Windows and Linux downloads PS4 games on your computer, sends them to your PS4 over your home network and installs them. Your PS4 doesn’t need internet access for these downloads.
• No more Cloudflare wait. With Orbit Zero, Vikingfile and AkiraBox pages open on your computer, where their check passes in seconds. Zero then downloads the game and sends it to your PS4. With Download preference set to Prefer PS4 in Zero’s Settings → Downloads, Zero hands the download link to your PS4 instead, which downloads the game itself. The PS4 app points to Orbit Zero on those pages.
• Start Orbit from your computer. In Orbit Zero, open Settings → Updates & startup, choose PS4 and select Start Orbit on PS4. Zero sends Orbit to your PS4’s ELF loader, and starts elfldr through GoldHEN first when needed.
• One Orbit Zero for PS5 and PS4. Each console gets its own profile, with its own pairing, games and downloads. Switch between them in one click.

Also new in Orbit Store on your PS4

• The catalogue now has 1,434 PS4 games and 1,551 download options, plus 533 add-ons with 535 options across 120 base games.
• Sign in to Vikingfile from another device. If Vikingfile’s sign-in page freezes on your PS4, sign in on a computer and paste the sign-in pass into Orbit. How to copy the pass
• Starts more reliably at boot. When GoldHEN AutoRun starts Orbit while the network is still coming up, Orbit keeps trying for longer instead of giving up.
• Orbit stays reachable after a network drop. If your PS4’s Wi-Fi drops for a moment, Orbit now opens its connection again instead of staying unreachable until you restart it.
• Other improvements and bug fixes.

Orbit stays free. Orbit Store, Orbit Zero, Orbit Play and our upcoming apps are free and will stay free.

I’ve been building Orbit in my own time and covering the costs of AI tools, test consoles, hardware and servers. If you’d like to help, you can support Orbit via crypto. It’s entirely optional.

Get started on PS4 · Use Orbit Zero with your PS4

What you need

A PS4 with GoldHEN. Turn on GoldHEN’s payload loader once, in GoldHEN → Servers Settings → Enable PayLoader Server, so Orbit can start. For Orbit Zero, a Mac, Windows or Linux computer on the same home network as your PS4, over Wi-Fi or Ethernet.

Install or update the native TV app (PKG)

Download orbit_store_ps4.pkg from Assets, verify its .sha256, and copy it to your PS4 on a USB drive. Install it with GoldHEN’s Settings → Debug Settings → Package Installer, then open Orbit Store from the Games row. Native app 0.0.2 includes the matching Orbit Store 0.0.2 service and elfldr.

Close other apps such as ezRemote before opening Orbit. With them open, the PS4 may not have enough memory left to start it.

Use Orbit Zero with your PS4

Download the Orbit-Zero-1.9.1-* package for your computer from Assets: macOS DMG, Windows installer or ZIP, or Ubuntu/Debian DEB, for ARM64 or x64. Open Orbit on your PS4, then in Orbit Zero go to Settings → Devices, enter your PS4’s IP address, select Connect to Orbit and enter the code shown on your PS4. Step-by-step guide

Orbit Zero 1.9.1 works with your PS5 too. Handing Vikingfile and AkiraBox links to a PS5 needs Orbit for PS5 1.9.1 or later.

Use the browser version (ELF)

Download orbit_store.elf and its .sha256 from Assets, verify the checksum, then send the ELF once to an ELF loader on port 9021, such as elfldr. GoldHEN’s own payload loader on port 9090 can’t run it; it’s too big. Orbit saves its service and elfldr, and adds the Orbit Store Browser icon. Open it, or http://<ps4-ip>:34177/ on another device on the same local network.

To start Orbit when the PS4 turns on, see Payload manager and auto-start.

Good to know

• Right after the PS4 turns on, Orbit sometimes needs a second try to start. The app and the auto-start copy try again by themselves, so the first start can take up to about 40 seconds longer.
• Without Orbit Zero, Vikingfile and AkiraBox still take a few minutes. On PS4, the Cloudflare check on their pages can take 2–3 minutes to pass. Leave the page open: once the check passes, the download works as usual. With a Vikingfile Premium account signed in to Orbit, there’s usually no wait.
• AkiraBox may show an ad instead of the download. Close it and try again, or choose another source for the game.
• Orbit Zero uses one console at a time. Finish or cancel the transfers to one console before switching to the other.
• Orbit Zero’s Stream & install isn’t available for PS4 yet. Zero sends the game to your PS4’s drive and installs it from there.

Downloads and source

• PS4: orbit_store_ps4.pkg includes the native TV app, the download service and elfldr. Use orbit_store.elf to run the service and browser interface on their own.
• Mac, Windows and Linux: choose the Orbit-Zero-1.9.1-* package for your operating system and processor. Orbit Zero includes Orbit for PS5 1.9.0, whose source code is in orbit-store-1.9.0-source-bundle.zip on the Orbit for PS5 1.9.0 release, and elfldr 0.7, whose source code is in this release’s source bundle.
• Source code: orbit-store-0.0.2-source-bundle.zip includes the Store source code, dependencies, elfldr’s source, licence notices and build instructions.
• Checksums: use SHA256SUMS to check your download, or run shasum -a 256 -c <filename>.sha256 for the ELF or PKG.

Orbit Store 0.0.1 (Beta)

Orbit Store is now on PS4, with a native app on your Games row and the browser version for your phone or computer.

• A native app on your PS4. Browse 1,110 PS4 games with 1,227 download options, plus 533 add-ons with 535 options across 120 base games. Choose the Store, Crossbar, Cinema or Panorama layout, in 26 languages.
• Nothing to start first. The app brings its own ELF loader, elfldr, and starts Orbit’s download service by itself through GoldHEN’s payload loader. GoldHEN AutoRun can start Orbit when the PS4 turns on, and LaunchPad any time.
• Downloads that keep going. Download from Archive.org, Vikingfile and AkiraBox, or through TorBox. Pause and resume, carry on after a restart, unpack ZIP, 7z and RAR archives, then install the game on your PS4. Downloads keep running when you close the app.
• Library and Files. See your installed games, and browse the internal drive and USB drives to copy, move, rename, delete, unpack or install.
• Use your phone or computer. Pair it at http://<ps4-ip>:34177/ and use the browser version, with the same queue, sources and settings as the TV app.

Orbit stays free. Orbit Store, Orbit Zero, Orbit Play and our upcoming apps are free and will stay free.

I’ve been building Orbit in my own time and covering the costs of AI tools, test consoles, hardware and servers. If you’d like to help, you can support Orbit via crypto. It’s entirely optional.

Get started on PS4 · Install the native TV app

What you need

A PS4 with GoldHEN. Turn on GoldHEN’s payload loader once, in GoldHEN → Servers Settings → Enable PayLoader Server, so Orbit can start. This release was tested on a PS4 on firmware 12.00 with GoldHEN.

Install the native TV app (PKG)

Download orbit_store_ps4.pkg from Assets, verify its .sha256, and copy it to your PS4 on a USB drive. Install it with GoldHEN’s Settings → Debug Settings → Package Installer, then open Orbit Store from the Games row. Native app 0.0.1 includes the matching Orbit Store 0.0.1 service and elfldr.

Close other apps such as ezRemote before opening Orbit. With them open, the PS4 may not have enough memory left to start it.

Use the browser version (ELF)

Download orbit_store.elf and its .sha256 from Assets, verify the checksum, then send the ELF once to an ELF loader on port 9021, such as elfldr. GoldHEN’s own payload loader on port 9090 can’t run it; it’s too big. Orbit saves its service and elfldr, and adds the Orbit Store Browser icon. Open it, or http://<ps4-ip>:34177/ on another device on the same local network.

To start Orbit when the PS4 turns on, see Payload manager and auto-start.

Good to know

• Right after the PS4 turns on, Orbit sometimes needs a second try to start. The app and the auto-start copy try again by themselves, so the first start can take up to about 40 seconds longer.
• Vikingfile and AkiraBox take a few minutes for now. On PS4, the Cloudflare check on their pages can take 2–3 minutes to pass. Leave the page open: once the check passes, the download works as usual. We’re working on making this faster. With a Vikingfile Premium account signed in to Orbit, there’s usually no wait: Orbit gets the download without opening the page.
• AkiraBox may show an ad instead of the download. Close it and try again, or choose another source for the game.

Downloads and source

• PS4: orbit_store_ps4.pkg includes the native TV app, the download service and elfldr. Use orbit_store.elf to run the service and browser interface on their own.
• Source code: orbit-store-0.0.1-source-bundle.zip includes the Store source code, dependencies, elfldr’s source, licence notices and build instructions.
• Checksums: use SHA256SUMS to check your download, or run shasum -a 256 -c <filename>.sha256 for the ELF or PKG.