PS5Save - Automatic game save and file backups!

Easy to use USB save backup utility for jailbroken PS5s that helps you prevent data loss!

• Fully automatic with daily snapshots, supports PS5 saves, PS4 saves, emulator saves and other files

Guide

• Get a fast USB storage device that is big enough to fit all of your saves (formatted as exFAT)
• Create a backup.conf file on the root of your USB
• Fill backup.conf with your personalized values (look at Backup Configuration section)
• Plug in into your PS5
• Push the backup.elf payload to your PS5 using a network loader or an autoloader of your choice

PS4/PS5 saves will backed up while in-game except for the game you're currently playing it will be backed up after you exit the title (since version v2)

Backup Configuration

Example:

# Delay between backup passes in seconds (int, min 30 max 3600)
backup_interval_seconds=30

# Enable decrypted PS4 save backups (false, true)
backup_ps4_saves=false

# Enable decrypted PS5 save backups (false, true)
backup_ps5_saves=false

# Maximum combined save-image size per title in MB (int)
max_title_size_mb=4096

# Number of dated snapshots retained, values 0 thru 10 are valid; 0 means disabled (int)
daily_snapshots_to_keep=3

# File backup section with most popular emulators listed

# PS5SX2
/data/PCSX2/Mcd001.ps2
/data/PCSX2/Mcd002.ps2

# PS5SX3
/data/homebrew/PPSA99303/rpcs3/dev_hdd0/home/

# Porpoise
/data/porpoise/saves/

# ProsperoEden
/data/prosperoeden/user/nand

Credits

• n0llptr — Playstation 5 Save Mounter
• earthonion — loading game titles code and save creation: Garlic SaveMgr
• cow — save mounting research using internal PS5 sceFs* functions

Building

Requires Linux (for example Ubuntu 24.04) and the PS5 Payload SDK.

Install the build tools

sudo apt update
sudo apt install make clang-18 lld-18 llvm-18 wget unzip

Download and extract the SDK

wget https://github.com/ps5-payload-dev/sdk/releases/download/v0.44/ps5-payload-sdk.zip
unzip ps5-payload-sdk.zip
export PS5_PAYLOAD_SDK="$(pwd)/ps5-payload-sdk"
export LLVM_CONFIG=llvm-config-18

Open the PS5Save source directory, then run:

make

The compiled payload is backup.elf.

To rebuild after changing the source:

make clean
make