P5M is an Apple Silicon Remote Play app based on chiaki-ng. It adds a Metal renderer, controller navigation, HDR interface fixes and macOS Shortcuts integrations.
P5M grew out of chiaki-ng, the open-source project that brings the PS5 to other screens. Starting from that base, we rebuilt everything you see, hear and feel for the Mac — and went further than open-source players had gone.
Speaks the PS5's newest language. The console and Sony's official app stream over version 20 of the PlayStation streaming protocol. Open-source players stopped at version 12. By studying how the official app behaves, we mapped version 20 end to end: a stronger key exchange, new protection that keeps sound clean when the network drops packets, and the new adaptive trigger format. As far as we know, P5M is the first open-source app to play on it.
Picture built for the Mac. Video goes from the Apple chip's decoder straight to the screen, with no copies along the way, and in HDR on displays that can show it.
Even better on 120 Hz displays. The PS5 streams 60 frames per second, but your screen decides when each one appears. A 120 Hz display — like the ProMotion screen on MacBook Pro or a high-refresh monitor — refreshes twice as often, so frames reach your eyes sooner. Frames that arrive a little late wait less, so motion stays smoother. On variable-refresh displays, P5M follows the screen's own rhythm and shows each frame as it arrives. And because the synced picture is already fast, you get a clean image with no tearing and low delay at the same time.
At home in macOS. Sound follows you when you switch headphones or speakers. Shortcuts and Siri can wake your console and connect without opening the app.
Measured, not guessed. Every session keeps a diary with each frame's time to the screen, network packets and bandwidth. Every improvement is measured before it ships.
Something wrong? Use Report a problem in the app. It saves your last session diary — with addresses, accounts and keys removed — to your Desktop and opens a short form here on GitHub.
P5M for macOS is created by beecrepaldi-afk. See AUTHORS.md.
See release preview and hardware checks, build notes, and packaging/signing requirements. The current local package requires macOS 27; its ad-hoc signature is for local testing. Developer ID, notarization, exact source publication and hardware validation remain release prerequisites.
The upstream project and attribution follow below.
An open source PlayStation remote play project serving as the next-generation of Chiaki with improvements and ongoing support now that the original Chiaki project is in maintenance mode only. Click here to see the accompanying site for documentation, updates and more.
This project is not endorsed or certified by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC.
Chiaki is a Free and Open Source Software Client for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 Remote Play for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Android, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch and potentially even more platforms.