Kylin Core v2.0.0 Community Lite

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🎮 Features

• Real-time cheat toggle — enable or disable cheats anytime during gameplay, changes apply instantly
• Multi-format support — .json / .shn / .mc4 / .ShnExt cheat files, all from a single flat directory (.ShnExt is Alpha)
• Automatic game detection — no manual title ID needed
• Built-in web UI — served by the payload itself and opened from the home-screen tile
• Cheat credits — author names are read from the cheat file and shown on the game page
• Self-recovering service — comes back on its own after rest mode or a network change
• Stable in-game operation — no freeze on APR games

📦 Files

🚀 Installation

1. Load kylin-core.elf via PLDMGR
2. Wait for the ready notification. The Kylin Core tile is under Media on the home screen
3. Launch Kylin Core from the home screen

⚠️ Load kylin-core.elf before opening the tile, otherwise the UI has nothing to load.

📖 Full installation guide: guide/installation.md

📋 Compatibility

• PS4 games (running on PS5): ✅ Supported
• PS5 native games: ✅ Supported
• PS5 games with APR: ✅ Supported
• Firmware: 4.0.3 – 13.60
• Cheat formats: .json · .shn · .mc4 · .ShnExt (Alpha — not fully supported yet)

📁 Cheat Directory

Place cheat files in /data/kylin/cheats (flat directory only, no subfolders).

📝 Changelog

Distribution

• The release is a single ELF. The home-screen tile registers itself under Media, so nothing else needs to be installed.
• The payload is about 1 MB smaller than v1.3.x.

Web UI

• Interface rebuilt with a refreshed layout and components
• Korean added — the UI now ships 简体中文, English and 한국어
• New profile page: console hardware info, quick actions and credits
• Settings now cover theme, display size, component size and text size
• Log page rebuilt with level filter, search, auto-scroll and download
• Support and community dialogs

Cheats

• Cheat file credits are read from all four formats and shown on the game page

Reliability

• The service recovers by itself after rest mode and after network changes
• Reduced memory footprint

🔗 Links

• 📖 README: English | 中文
• 📚 Installation: English | 中文
• 💝 Support: Ko-fi
• 📄 License: MIT

🙏 Credits

• PS5 Payload Manager (PLDMGR) — PS5 ELF loader
• PS5 Payload SDK — open-source SDK for PS5 payload development
• The PS5 homebrew community