Prospero Manager v1.2

The biggest update so far: a new Media page, a Games / Apps library, right-click menus, Back/Forward navigation, safe USB removal, a much faster PKG install, and a lot of polish for phones and the PS5 browser.

See the full changelog here: Changelog

If you encounter any issues, please report them through GitHub or in our Discord server!

✨ Highlights

🖼️ Media — your screenshots and clips, in the browser

• Every capture from the PS5, grouped by game in the Albums tab or by day in All media, with covers, sizes, and game names.
• A viewer with previous/next, and Download for one file, a selection, or one ZIP.
• Select all and Delete captures straight from Prospero. A delete removes the capture from the console's own gallery too, and a clean-up button removes entries whose image no longer exists.

🏠 Home — games and apps, apart

• Installed games and apps/homebrew now have their own tabs. Streaming apps no longer show up as games.
• A play-time chip on every cover (33 min, 5 h 20 min), like the console's home screen.
• Launch your apps from Prospero: web-based homebrew (CheatRunner, ShadowMount+, the Homebrew Launcher) opens in the console's browser.
• The Firmware and IP now sit in the welcome card.

🖱️ Right-click opens the options

Right-click a file, a payload card, a save, a save backup, or a custom repository and you get the same menu as the three-dot button. The whole payload card is now clickable, not only its top half.

◀ ▶ Back and Forward

Every folder you open in Files is a history step, and so are the Media tabs and albums and the Install PKG methods. Use your mouse's side buttons, or L1 / R1 in the PS5 browser, to go back and forward. Back also closes dialogs and menus.

🔌 Safe removal for USB drives

A Safely remove button on every USB drive in Files asks the console itself to eject it, then confirms when it is safe to unplug.

📦 Faster PKG install

Package data now goes over HTTP instead of the WebSocket, and installs now reach about 111 MB/s. The review step groups packages by game and installs in a safe order: base game, updates, then DLC. It also warns you about duplicates, outdated updates, and missing base games.

⚡ Autoloader

• A new run view: a timeline with one step per payload, with version, size, origin, live state, and how long each took.
• Press the PS button to abort the Autoloader during its countdown (at least 5 seconds).

🆕 Also new

• Faster everywhere: deleting folders with thousands of files uses several threads at once, and Files uploads stay visible in the activity panel while you browse other pages.
• Console notifications in your system language (16 languages): Autoloader, saves, installs, updates, startup.
• Saves: the backup before deleting a save is now optional.
• Payload Manager payloads: what you download with Payload Manager (/data/pldmgr/payloads) now shows up in the Payloads page and the Autoloader, marked "From Payload Manager". Rename, delete and favorites work on them too. If both folders have the same file, the newer one is shown.
• Payload updates replace the old file instead of saving a "name (1).elf" copy, so the payload keeps its place in the Autoloader.
• Payload Repositories: more projects (OnionHEN, offact, elf-arsenal, ps5-pkg-manager, ps5upload, ps5-web-file-manager, ps5-fan-control, zftpd, fan_target, ps5-hwinfo).
• Files: game folders and .exfat images show the game's name and cover whatever they are named, read from the sce_sys metadata (also on USB and external drives). Search finds them by name.
• Settings → Hardware (clocks, load, memory), a Power menu (standby, reboot, shut down, with a delay or when jobs finish), and automatic updates from GitHub.
• Phone: the More sheet, the Autoloader page, and several screens were fixed for small screens.
• PS5 browser: bigger touch targets, no stray scrollbars, controller focus fixes, and smoother loading.
• Hungarian translation, for 17 languages in total.
• A smoother interface on desktop and phone: fade-ins, soft banners, and tactile buttons.
• Files rows, your way: a button in the toolbar switches between comfortable rows (the default, with permissions) and compact rows (more files on screen, date only).
• Finished file jobs clear themselves from the Files page after 5 seconds by default (changeable in Settings).
• Fixes: file names with odd characters (from FAT drives or old ZIPs) can be opened and deleted, and Home no longer shows an empty list while the console is installing something.

After updating, reload the page with Ctrl + Shift + R so your browser picks up the new interface.

💖 Support the project

If Prospero Manager was useful to you, please consider supporting its development.

Every contribution goes toward one goal: acquiring a low-firmware PS5 (1.xx–4.xx) for research, development and future upgrades!

Can't donate? Sharing the project and reporting bugs helps just as much. Thank you! 🫶

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