Install PKG packages remotely over your network from any device — no USB drives — with a live on-screen dashboard: active transfers with real-time speed and progress, pause/resume/stop/re-transfer controls per item, storage status, and an activity log.

Highlights

Live dashboard UI (dark tech theme) — no more static splash screen
Full pkg info on every card — icon, title, version, content id, type, size
Per-item controls — pause, resume, stop, and re-transfer each transfer
Stability first — works with or without a network connection; the server starts automatically once a link is available, and the app never crashes offline
Faster transfers — adaptive multi-segment HTTP downloads for staged installs
Legacy API compatible — the original Web API is preserved 1:1, so existing tools (remote_installer, web frontends, scripts) keep working
New v2 API — a cleaner REST interface with job management, progress, and logs
Community friendly — plain C11, one Makefile, CI builds every push

Requirements

PS4 with HEN (or any kernel payload providing fPKG support + /data mount), same as the original application
A device on the same network to send commands (PC, phone, ...)

Building

Requires the OpenOrbis PS4 Toolchain (OO_PS4_TOOLCHAIN env var), clang, lld, and python3.

export OO_PS4_TOOLCHAIN=/path/to/OpenOrbis/PS4Toolchain
make

The final package is IV0000-RPIN00001_00-RPINEXTGEN000000.pkg.

Every push and pull request is built by CI (see .github/workflows/build.yml); grab the .pkg from the workflow artifacts.

Usage

Install the package on your PS4 (HEN must be active).
Launch it — the dashboard shows the console's IP, storage and transfers.
Send installs from any device on the same network (see below). The app works with or without a network link: the server starts automatically once a link is available, and the app never exits on its own.
Transfers run through the system's BGFT download manager — they continue even after the app closes.

On-screen controls

Button	Action
D-pad up/down	Select transfer
X (cross)	Pause / resume the selected transfer
O (circle)	Stop the selected transfer
[ ] (square)	Re-transfer (re-run a completed/failed/stopped transfer)
▲ (triangle)	Expand full pkg details (icon, version, title id, source URL)
OPTIONS	Exit

Quick start (from a PC)

# Check the server
curl http://<PS4-IP>:12800/api/v2/system

# Install a package (URL served by any web server on your network)
curl -v 'http://<PS4-IP>:12800/api/install' \
  --data '{"type":"direct","packages":["http://<PC-IP>:8080/UP0001-CUSA09311_00-GAME.pkg"]}'

# Watch progress (speed, percent, ETA)
curl 'http://<PS4-IP>:12800/api/v2/jobs'

# Pause / resume / stop a job
curl 'http://<PS4-IP>:12800/api/v2/jobs/1/pause' -X POST
curl 'http://<PS4-IP>:12800/api/v2/jobs/1/resume' -X POST
curl 'http://<PS4-IP>:12800/api/v2/jobs/1/stop' -X POST

The full API reference (legacy + v2) is documented in docs/API.md.

Roadmap

Project skeleton, build system, CI
Core services (logging, network monitor, storage info, pkg/SFO parsing, HTTP client)
Transfer engine (BGFT wrappers, task manager, adaptive multi-segment prefetch)
HTTP server (legacy API 1:1, v2 API, /static/ + accelerated piece proxy)
Live on-screen dashboard (status strip, transfer cards, activity log, controller controls)
Docs & polish (API reference)

Development

Host unit tests cover the portable core (util/SFO/pkg parsing) and run on every push:

make test

Fixtures in tests/data/ are generated from a real build (param.sfo and the first 0x3000 bytes of a real package header).

Regenerate the embedded bitmap font after changing the generator:

python3 tools/gen_font.py   # requires Pillow

Project layout:

src/            application code (C11, no framework)
thirdparty/     vendored cJSON + dbglogger (MIT), custom libSceBgft stub
tools/          asset/font generators, host unit tests
tests/data/     unit test fixtures
docs/API.md     HTTP API reference (legacy + v2)

Credits

flatz — the original Remote Package Installer
OpenOrbis Team — the OpenOrbis PS4 Toolchain and SDL2 port
DaveGamble — cJSON (MIT)
bucanero — dbglogger (MIT)

License

GPL-3.0 — see LICENSE.