Your RomM library, on your PSP. Browse, download, play.
Warning
Early development. The current build is a scaffold: it installs and starts on a PSP, but it cannot talk to RomM yet. Follow the roadmap or watch releases to know when the first usable version ships.
Today, getting a game onto a PSP means downloading it on a computer, plugging in a USB cable, copying the file to the right folder and unplugging again. Skiff does it from the PSP itself: pick a game from your RomM library and it lands on the Memory Stick, ready to play.
Skiff is an independent project. It is not made by or affiliated with the RomM team or Sony.
| First release | Later | |
|---|---|---|
| Browse your RomM PSP library with installed / not installed status | ✅ | |
Download PSP games (ISO, CSO) to ms0:/ISO/, resuming broken downloads |
✅ | |
| Pair with RomM by approving a code in the web UI (no typing tokens) | ✅ | |
| HTTPS, your own certificate authority, and client certificates (mTLS) | ✅ | |
| Cover art, favourites, "download all my favourites" | ✅ | |
| PS1 games | ✅ | |
| Sync PSP saves with RomM (works with RomM's web player and PPSSPP) | ✅ | |
| Retro systems through PSP emulators (NES, SNES, GBA…) | ✅ |
- A PSP (any model) already running custom firmware. Skiff is tested on ARK-5 with firmware 6.61; installing custom firmware is up to you and not covered here.
- A Wi-Fi network the PSP can join. The PSP is old: it needs 2.4 GHz, 802.11b and WPA (not WPA2-only or WPA3). The Wi-Fi guide shows how to set up a safe one.
- A RomM server, version 5.3 or newer.
- Games you own. Skiff does not provide games.
New to all this? Start with the step-by-step guide. It assumes no technical background.
- Download
skiff-<version>.zipfrom Releases. - Unzip it at the root of the Memory Stick. You should get
PSP/GAME/Skiff/EBOOT.PBP. - On the PSP: Game → Memory Stick → Skiff.
- User guide: firmware, Wi-Fi, installing, connecting to RomM, secure connections, troubleshooting, FAQ.
- Developer docs: architecture, toolchain, debugging over USB, testing, adding a platform, roadmap.
Bug reports, platform requests and pull requests are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md. Security problems: see SECURITY.md.
- RomM, the library server Skiff talks to.
- pspdev, the open-source PSP toolchain.
- Grout and RomM Vita, RomM clients for other handhelds that showed the way.
- pkgi-psp, which proved HTTPS downloads work on a PSP.
MIT. "PSP" and "PlayStation" are trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment.