Is shadPS4 still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v.0.21.0, 10 days ago.

Widely used. 34k stars, 4 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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Assembly instructions

PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux, macOS and FreeBSD written in C++

C/C++ (CMake)#cpp#cpp23#emulation#emulator

Is it free?: YesOpen source (GPL-2.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v.0.21.0, 10 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used34k stars, 4 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Saved setup from 4 h ago

Will it work on macOS?

Your system

shadps4-macos-sdl-0.21.0.zip

zip · 37.1 MB · 1,693 downloads · best match

If it contains an .app, move it to Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4/releases/download/v.0.21.0/shadps4-macos-sdl-0.21.0.zip"
unzip "shadps4-macos-sdl-0.21.0.zip"

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Native projects often need extra system libraries. If the build stops with a missing package, check the maintainers' build guide (see Start here).
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: externals/CMakeLists.txt, externals/aacdec/CMakeLists.txt, externals/gcn/CMakeLists.txt, src/imgui/renderer/CMakeLists.txt and 2 more

.github/workflows/build.yml

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CMakeLists.txt

CONTRIBUTING.md

README.md

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