Weekly Test Build

System Pre-requisites

All Systems

• GPU or integrated graphics supporting Vulkan 1.2 or higher

Linux Flatpak

• pipewire

Linux Appimage

• libva
• pipewire

Where to Download

Linux

• Flatpak Release on Flathub as io.github.streetpea.Chiaki4deck
• Appimage release (arm64 and x86_64) attached

MacOS

• Homebrew

  brew install --cask streetpea/streetpea/chiaki-ng
  

• Attached releases (arm64 and x86_64) attached

Windows:

• winget

  winget install --id=StreetPea.chiaki-ng -e
  

• chocolatey

  choco install chiaki-ng
  

• Attached releases (installer and portable)

Switch:

Please see akira releases here: https://github.com/xlanor/akira/releases

Additional Notes

Note: Pipewire required for appimage. For Linux, pipewire is required for DualSense haptics.
For flatpak, you can run with --env=SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse to use pulse instead of pipewire if you really want that (doing this means DualSense haptics won't work)

Updates

v1.10.0

This release provides the following improvements:

• improve streaming quality and stability with better queueing, reset handling, congestion control, and streaming metrics
• add an OpenGL renderer backend plus major renderer and libplacebo fixes, adaptive queue depth, and custom upscalers
• add VSync support plus spatial upscaler presets under settings->video->Render
• improve PSN remote play reliability with configurable NAT port guessing and holepunching fixes
• rework audio, microphone, and haptics paths for better recovery and fewer failure cases
• fix macOS ARM rendering, crash-on-exit, and controller input issues, and add iOS/tvOS compilation support
  Notable new changes:

System Pre-requisites

All Systems

• GPU or integrated graphics supporting Vulkan 1.2 or higher

Linux Flatpak

• pipewire

Linux Appimage

• libva
• pipewire

Where to Download

Linux

• Flatpak Release on Flathub as io.github.streetpea.Chiaki4deck
• Appimage release (arm64 and x86_64) attached

MacOS

• Homebrew

  brew install --cask streetpea/streetpea/chiaki-ng
  

• Attached releases (arm64 and x86_64) attached

Windows:

• winget

  winget install --id=StreetPea.chiaki-ng -e
  

• chocolatey

  choco install chiaki-ng
  

• Attached releases (installer and portable)

Switch:

Please see akira releases here: https://github.com/xlanor/akira/releases

Additional Notes

Note: Pipewire required for appimage. For Linux, pipewire is required for DualSense haptics.
For flatpak, you can run with --env=SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse to use pulse instead of pipewire if you really want that (doing this means DualSense haptics won't work)

Updates

Small improvements and bug fixes:

• Add wake and sleep functionality to Windows and MacOS
• Allow using custom path for Steam when creating Steam shortcut
• Allow vulkan with amd for HDR on Windows
• Allow disabling keyboard and mouse touch
• Fix psn token generation in Windows build

System Pre-requisites

All Systems

• GPU or integrated graphics supporting Vulkan 1.2 or higher

Linux Flatpak

• pipewire

Linux Appimage

• libva
• pipewire

Where to Download

Linux

• Flatpak Release on Flathub as io.github.streetpea.Chiaki4deck
• Appimage release (arm64 and x86_64) attached

MacOS

• Homebrew

  brew install --cask streetpea/streetpea/chiaki-ng
  

• Attached releases (arm64 and x86_64) attached

Windows:

• winget

  winget install --id=StreetPea.chiaki-ng -e
  

• chocolatey

  choco install chiaki-ng
  

• Attached releases (installer and portable)

Additional Notes

Note: Pipewire required for appimage. For Linux, pipewire is required for DualSense haptics.
For flatpak, you can run with --env=SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse to use pulse instead of pipewire if you really want that (doing this means DualSense haptics won't work)

Updates

(Windows Only) Bug Fix

• fix remote connection over PSN for Windows

System Pre-requisites

All Systems

• GPU or integrated graphics supporting Vulkan 1.2 or higher

Linux Flatpak

• pipewire

Linux Appimage

• libva
• pipewire

Where to Download

Linux

• Flatpak Release on Flathub as io.github.streetpea.Chiaki4deck
• Appimage release (arm64 and x86_64) attached

MacOS

• Homebrew

  brew install --cask streetpea/streetpea/chiaki-ng
  

• Attached releases (arm64 and x86_64) attached

Windows:

• winget

  winget install --id=StreetPea.chiaki-ng -e
  

• chocolatey

  choco install chiaki-ng
  

• Attached releases (installer and portable)

Additional Notes

Note: Pipewire required for appimage. For Linux, pipewire is required for DualSense haptics.
For flatpak, you can run with --env=SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse to use pulse instead of pipewire if you really want that (doing this means DualSense haptics won't work)

Updates

Small improvements and bug fixes:

• add Windows Arm build
• add streamer option for people sharing their screen (hiding sensitive info from UI)
• limit filesystem access for flatpak to least necessary privileges
• fix potential freeze when switching between workspaces
• set player index based on data coming from console
• disable fragmentation after senkusha to optimize performance
• fix issue where console could fail to start a session when waiting for login pin
• enable psn hosts to appear immediately after registering a console (instead of only after restarting the program after registration)
• increase max slots as the current slot limit could cause problems at high bitrates

System Pre-requisites

All Systems

• GPU or integrated graphics supporting Vulkan 1.2 or higher

Linux Flatpak

• pipewire

Linux Appimage

• libva
• pipewire

Where to Download

Linux

• Flatpak Release on Flathub as io.github.streetpea.Chiaki4deck
• Appimage release (arm64 and x86_64) attached

MacOS

• Homebrew
  Use brew to manage updates for the MacOS release with:
  brew install --cask streetpea/streetpea/chiaki-ng
• Attached releases (arm64 and x86_64) attached

Windows:

• winget
  winget install --id=StreetPea.chiaki-ng -e
• chocolatey
  choco install chiaki-ng
• Attached releases (installer and portable)

Additional Notes

Note: Pipewire required for appimage. For Linux, pipewire is required for DualSense haptics.
For flatpak, you can run with --env=SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse to use pulse instead of pipewire if you really want that (doing this means DualSense haptics won't work)

Updates

Quality of life improvements and bug fixes:

• improve controller mapping by adding support for many more controllers and improving support of existing controllers
• greatly improve success rate for generating remote connection via PSN tokens via in-app browser
• fix issue where console that becomes available right after clicking on it is never recognized as available, causing you to have to relaunch to begin a session
• add option to disable audio and/or video
• add ability to disable or alter stream shortcut
• fix issue where remote connection via PSN fails if UPNP gateway is discovered but mapping fails
• prevent Linux guests from sleeping/turning on screensaver if there is active controller movement
• remove dependency on hidapi-hidraw from appimage
• add native wayland support for flatpak and appimage
• fix delay in adaptive triggers when using DualSense in bluetooth mode
• tweak haptic rumble code for higher accuracy
• add option to set stream stats to always on in audio/wifi
• adjust rumble intensity based off of console setting
• fix address not automatically being filled in for regular registration
• improve DualSense controller rumble
• fix issue where DualSense could lose its haptics/rumble after connecting while low on battery
• allow configuring true haptic intensity manually
• small improvements to settings UI
• change audio size buffer to slider in 10ms increments
• change bitrate to slider in 1 Mbps increments
• change bitrate to default for its resolution when changing resolution
• disable Steam on-screen keyboard in desktop mode on Steam Deck as it performs erratically

System Pre-requisites

All Systems

• GPU or integrated graphics supporting Vulkan 1.2 or higher

Linux Flatpak

• pipewire

Linux Appimage

• libhidapi-hidraw
• libva
• pipewire

Where to Download

Linux

• Flatpak Release on Flathub as io.github.streetpea.Chiaki4deck
• Appimage release (arm64 and x86_64) attached

MacOS

• Homebrew
  Use brew to manage updates for the MacOS release with:
  brew install --cask streetpea/streetpea/chiaki-ng
• Attached releases (arm64 and x86_64) attached

Windows:

• winget
  winget install --id=StreetPea.chiaki-ng -e
• chocolatey
  choco install chiaki-ng
• Attached releases (installer and portable)

Additional Notes

Note: Pipewire required for appimage. For Linux, pipewire is required for DualSense haptics.
For flatpak, you can run with --env=SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse to use pulse instead of pipewire if you really want that (doing this means DualSense haptics won't work)

Updates

Bug fix release:

• Make sure popup dialogs don't appear during autoconnect
• Use existing appids from steam shortcuts to prevent losing images and proton prefixes when creating a new shortcut
• Improve motion controller reset detection
• Add steam shortcut creation to Windows msvc build
• Allow adjusting volume in-app
• Resize gui to last set size upon opening + add stream option for adjustable stream window
• Change default bitrate from 30,000 to 15,000 to match the official remote play app's default

Linux Flatpak Release on Flathub as io.github.streetpea.Chiaki4deck

Use brew to manage updates for the MacOS release with:

brew install --cask streetpea/streetpea/chiaki-ng

Use winget to manage updates for the Windows release with:

winget install --id=StreetPea.chiaki-ng -e

Use chocolatey to manage updates for the Windows release with:

choco install chiaki-ng

Windows Release (x86_64), MacOS Release (arm64 and x86_64), and Linux Appimage Release (arm64 and x86_64) attached.

Note: Pipewire required for appimage. For Linux, pipewire is required for DualSense haptics.
For flatpak, you can run with --env=SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse to use pulse instead of pipewire if you really want that (doing this means DualSense haptics won't work)

Note2: Appimage requires the following libraries to be installed on your system (these files need to be the correct ones for your system to work properly so can't be packaged with the appimage):

libhidapi
libvulkan
libva

Updates

Small patch update:

• add automatic (pinless) registration for locally discovered consoles
• adjust adaptive trigger and haptic intensity based on the PS5 settings
• Set led (lightbar) colors during gameplay for applicable controllers in games that support this feature
• patch bug causing stream session to fail connecting in certain instances
• reduce app load time
• add controller navigation icons to GUI
• enable zero-copy decoding for hdr on Windows using the AMD radeon driver (was previously disabled due to a driver bug)
• add Winget and Chocolatey support for Windows
• patch bug causing remote connection via PSN to fail in an edge case
• add Windows portable zip release to releases in addition to installer
• change cancelling button for auto-connect and remote connection via psn to back button / escape instead of any button
• add configurable display options
• enable adjusting libplacebo custom renderer preset + display options via stream menu (so you can see the effects while adjusting them)
• add reminder for create steam shortcut on platforms where it's enabled + add remind me option to remote play setup popup
• fix controller shortcut not adding when using the create steam shortcut button and the non-Steam game already exists
• fix unstreamable content message not appearing in some instances
• fix issue causing L2 adaptive trigger to lock in certain games
• fix controller mapping appearing for Steam Virtual controllers
• fix Steam Deck desktop mode controller mode (activated by holding options button) not working with chiaki-ng
• fix Google Stadia controller mapping
• fix controller navigation temporarily losing focus in certain edge cases

Linux Flatpak Release on Flathub as io.github.streetpea.Chiaki4deck

Use brew to manage updates for the MacOS release with:

brew install --cask streetpea/streetpea/chiaki-ng

Windows Release (x86_64), MacOS Release (arm64 and x86_64), and Linux Appimage Release (arm64 and x86_64) attached.

Note: Pipewire required for appimage. For Linux pipewire is required for DualSense haptics.
For flatpak you can run with --env=SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse to use pulse instead of pipewire if you really want that (doing this means DualSense haptics won't work)

Note2: Appimage requires the following libraries to be installed on your system (these files need to be the correct ones for your system to work properly so can't be packaged with the appimage):

libhidapi
libvulkan
libva

Updates

Small patch update:

• add Linux arm64 appimage
• fix bug that can cause chiaki-ng to fail to start after new PlayStation firmware update if user has a login pin and in some other edge cases

Linux Flatpak Release on Flathub as io.github.streetpea.Chiaki4deck

Use brew to manage updates for the MacOS release with:

brew install --cask streetpea/streetpea/chiaki-ng

Windows Release, MacOS Release, and Linux Appimage Release attached.

Note: Pipewire required for appimage. For Linux pipewire is required for DualSense haptics.
For flatpak you can run with --env=SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse to use pulse instead of pipewire if you really want that (doing this means DualSense haptics won't work)

Note2: Appimage requires the following libraries to be installed on your system (these files need to be the correct ones for your system to work properly so can't be packaged with the appimage):

libhidapi
libvulkan
libva

Updates

• HDR support for MacOS and Windows
• Add Windows installer
• Increase stability of motion controls
• Add native webview for obtaining PSN tokens, making it possible to obtain the token easily in Steam OS game mode
• Add ability to set custom window resolution
• Fix import/export dialogs to work with appimage and Steam OS game mode
• enable switching between dpad mode and dpad touch emulation mode with any chosen combo up to 4 keys set in settings
• expand motion control reset to work with more games beyond the Resident Evil 4 demo
• Fix issue where session wouldn't close if canceled after waking the console but before connecting
• Fix issue where session may fail to connect if it receives invalid frames initially
• Show settings maximized at start instead of 720p