Vita3K is an experimental PlayStation Vita emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS.

The emulator currently runs some homebrew programs. It is also able to load some decrypted commercial games.

Vita3K is licensed under the GPLv2 license. This is largely dictated by external dependencies, most notably Unicorn.

Please see building.md.

Specify the path to a .vpk file as the first command line argument, or run Vita3K --help from the command-line for a full list of options. For more detailed instructions on running/installing games on all platforms, please read the #info-faq channel on our Discord Server.

The project is in an early stage, so please be sensitive to that when opening new issues. Expect crashes, glitches, low compatibility and poor performance.

Thanks go out to people who offered advice or otherwise made this project possible, such as Davee, korruptor, Rinnegatamante, ScHlAuChi, Simon Kilroy, TheFlow, xerpi, xyz, Yifan Lu and many others.

If you would like to show your appreciation or help fund development, the project has a Patreon page.

Thank you to the following supporters:

If you support us on Patreon and would like your name added, please get in touch or open a Pull Request.

The purpose of this emulator is not to enable illegal activity. You can dump games by using NoNpDrm/FAGDec. You can get homebrew programs from VitaDB.

PlayStation, PlayStation Vita and PS Vita are trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. This emulator is not related to or endorsed by Sony, or derived from confidential materials belonging to Sony.