Get playing.
And unstuck.

AnyPS5 is not an emulator and has nothing from Sony in it: it relinks a game's own program to run natively, against system libraries written from scratch. It never talks to Sony's servers.

You bring the games: decrypted copies of games you own. No game files, firmware or keys are offered anywhere on this site or in the projects, and asking for them gets you nowhere. Laws differ between countries; check what yours allows.

More every release. Players' reports for Mac, Windows and Linux are on the community compatibility list; the games tested on macOS, with their frame rates, are in the Mac compatibility list.

Recent releases were tested on Cat Quest III, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Dreaming Sarah, Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted and DOOM. After you play, the launcher asks how it ran: one tap adds your report.

The first run of a game compiles its shaders, so it can stutter; later runs load them from the shader cache. If a game misbehaves after an update, Clear Shader Cache in its settings gives it a clean start.

Turn on the performance overlay in the game's settings to see the frame rate. On a Mac, keep it plugged in and out of Low Power Mode, and pick an output resolution for titles that offer one. A newer engine (Settings → Engine) often runs games better.

On the Mac, a frame is made between each two of the game's, from the motion between them, so a 60 fps game shows 120 on a 120 Hz display.

Turn it on in a game's settings. It needs vertical sync, and turns itself off on a 60 Hz display, in Low Power Mode, and wherever it would cost the game frames.

Install AnyPS5 Remote, keep the phone on the same Wi-Fi as the computer and open the launcher: the phone finds it. The first time, both show the same four-digit code to confirm; after that it connects by itself. If nothing is found, type the computer's address.

On a Mac a cable works too: an iPhone connects through it by itself, an Android phone with USB debugging on and adb installed. Up to four phones play as four players. AnyPS5 Desktop pairs the phone as well; playing Windows and Linux games with it needs an engine built from AnyPS5-ARM, which is on the roadmap.

While a game runs on your Mac, open the Friends panel and choose Share play. Friends watch in their browser, on the phone or in their launcher, and you can let each one play as player 2, 3 or 4 with their own pad. Your controller stays player 1; take a pad back at any time.

Up to four can watch (from three on, each gets 540p). macOS asks once for the screen recording permission; only the game is sent. In a browser, a controller works, and so does the keyboard.

No. Signed out, the launchers work exactly as before. An AnyTogether account adds friends, messages, parties and voice, share play, trophies on your profile and the Theme Hub. There is no password: an email code, a passkey or your phone.

Yes. AnyTogether is MIT licensed and the whole server runs on one machine with Docker Compose; the self-hosting guide walks through it. Point the launchers and the phone at it in Settings → AnyTogether → Server.

On a Mac, the launcher shows why the game stopped and opens its crash report. Export Report saves the log, macOS's crash report and your settings in one file; Open Issue opens a filled-in GitHub issue with your name, email and tokens taken out. Attach the exported file.

For a hard bug, turn on Detailed Logging (Trace) in the game's options and play again. The log is at ~/Library/Logs/AnyPS5/<TITLE ID>.log. On Windows or Linux, open an issue on AnyPS5 Desktop.

On a Mac with 0.2.8 or later, Settings → About offers the new version and replaces itself. The engine has its own updates in Settings → Engine, and a game unlocked with an older engine offers Update and Play, keeping saves and trophies. AnyPS5 Desktop checks for engine updates in Settings → AnyPS5 Engine.

No. Everything is free and open source, nothing is sold and nothing tracks you. Your AnyTogether data is yours to export or delete from Settings.