# pLabs5/pLinux5-NG

> Linux bootloader for PS5 consoles on firmware 8.xx–13.60, a port of ps5-linux-loader using the Byepervisor-Reborn hypervisor escape. Lets users boot Linux on PS5 units where the older loader no longer works.

- Magnitude: 2.5 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 115 total · +9 stars measured 2026-10-13, 20:02–22:29 UTC
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Hardware, IoT & robotics · Language: C · License: GPL-3.0 · Created: 2026-10-13 · Last push: 2026-10-13
- GitHub: https://github.com/pLabs5/pLinux5-NG · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/pLabs5/pLinux5-NG

## Useful for

- Boot Linux on a PS5 running firmware 9.xx or newer by sending the ELF payload
- Build pLinux5-NG.elf from source with the PS5 payload SDK and pLabs5 toolchain

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-13 (UTC), 20:02–22:29: 106 → 115 stars (+9). This is the change over that interval.
- The repository is 0 days old and already has 115 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Top new repositories this week: #186.
- About 35 forks a day — people are taking the code.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 12
- Issues and pull requests: 2
- Watchers: 4
- Average over the last week: 10 per day
- Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks)
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 4

## Stars per day, last 1 day (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-10-13 … 2026-10-13: 9

## Spotted in now

- Top new repositories this week: #186

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