# CTurt/PS4-SDK

Open source PS4 SDK

Repository: https://github.com/CTurt/PS4-SDK
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ps4-sdk
Language: C
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-03-30T20:56:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4034, "days_push": 3443, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1040, forks 265 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:20.131490+00:00)

## What it is
An open source PlayStation 4 SDK for writing userland homebrew applications in C, run via the PS4-playground loader. It provides system call access, module function resolution, and example programs for sockets, threads, filesystem, USB, and camera access.

## Use cases
- develop ps4 homebrew applications
- write c programs that run on playstation 4
- build an ftp server for ps4
- port a gameboy emulator to ps4
- read files from usb drives on ps4
- capture frames from playstation camera

## When to choose
- you want to write userland homebrew for a PS4 with the PS4-playground loader
- you need low-level system call and module resolution access on PS4

## When to avoid
- you want to make commercial or officially licensed PS4 games
- you need graphics rendering or controller input, which are not natively supported
- you need an actively maintained SDK

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: sdk, compiler, build-tool, file-system, networking
- domain: embedded-systems, developer-tools, hardware
- platform: cpp, c, cross-platform, embedded
- tags: ps4, playstation-4, homebrew, console-hacking, game-console, reverse-engineering, userland, game-development

## Member repositories
- CTurt/PS4-SDK (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:20.131490+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:03:07.158135+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CTurt/PS4-SDK (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:20.131490+00:00, sha 9b1e0929ab28)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.