AnyPS5 and shadPS4
They share a font-code history and almost nothing else. One relinks PS5 executables. The other emulates PS4.
Unofficial notes. No game files, BIOS, firmware, keys, ROMs, or mirrored builds. Download each project only from its official GitHub repository.
| Question | AnyPS5 | shadPS4 |
|---|---|---|
| Console | PS5 executables | PS4 software |
| Method | Relinker. Game code runs on the host CPU. | Emulator, with its own runtime. |
| Graphics | Host Vulkan via recompiled shaders. | Emulated PS4 graphics stack. |
| Bloodborne | Not a target. It is a PS4 game. | The project those searches usually want. |
| Shared history | v0.1.1 ported sceFont ideas onto FreeType, credited to shadPS4 in the pull request. | A code source for that font work, not a parent project. |