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Swordpdf/PS5SX2

A port of PCSX2 for PS5

Games & graphicsC++
4.8 Early signal Magnitude out of 10 — how fast interest is growing, not a quality score. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 29, 2026, 18:11 UTC.
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About the project

A native port of the PCSX2 PS2 emulator to jailbroken PS5 consoles, running recompilers and a Vulkan renderer directly on the hardware with upscaling up to 6x and phone-based settings.

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03060September 20, 2026September 29, 2026

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Numbers

Total stars
105
Today
51 · ≈ 67 by evening
Forks
12
Issues and pull requests
1
Watchers
3
Language
C++
License
GPL-3.0
Latest release
vk-285-112 · September 28, 2026
Created
September 25, 2026
Last push
September 29, 2026

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Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

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