Flatsonar

shadPS4

by shadPS4 Contributors

PS4 Emulator

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-2.0 v0.18.0
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About

shadPS4 is an early PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS written in C++.

For ease of use, this Flatpak distribution of shadPS4 bundles the latest stable release of the emulator with the official shadPS4 Qt Launcher as a GUI front-end. The launcher in the Flatpak distribution is pre-set to use the bundled emulator and cannot download or run other versions. If you want the ability to select different versions of shadPS4, please download the AppImage release from the shadPS4 website instead.

The emulator is still early in development, so don't expect a flawless experience. Nonetheless, the emulator can already run a number of commercial games.

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • full access to your home folder
    --filesystem=home
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • access to /media
    --filesystem=/media
  • access to xdg-config/kdeglobals
    --filesystem=xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro
  • access to /run/media
    --filesystem=/run/media
  • access to xdg-run/gamescope-0
    --filesystem=xdg-run/gamescope-0:ro
  • access to xdg-run/app/com.discordapp.Discord
    --filesystem=xdg-run/app/com.discordapp.Discord:create
  • access to xdg-run/discord-ipc-0
    --filesystem=xdg-run/discord-ipc-0
  • Bluetooth
    --allow=bluetooth
  • talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
    --talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
  • talks to org.kde.kconfig.notify
    --talk-name=org.kde.kconfig.notify
  • talks to org.kde.KGlobalSettings
    --talk-name=org.kde.KGlobalSettings
  • system tray
    --talk-name=org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

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