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[https://github.com/Ibrahim778/BetterHomebrewBrowser Github Project]
[https://github.com/Ibrahim778/BetterHomebrewBrowser Better Homebrew Browser] is a homebrew application that can browse and easily install homebrew utilities and games from [https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/ VitaDB] or [https://db.cbps.xyz/ CBPS DB]. It serves as an alternative to [[VitaːVitaDB Downloader|VitaDB Downloader]] while being styled after the Vita's PlayStation Store (including the same background music).


Browse and easily install homebrew utilities and games. Sources are automatically updated and are pulled from [https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/ VitaDB] or [https://db.cbps.xyz/ CBPS DB]
A downside of BH Browser is that background downloads will be terminated without a warning when you open an enlarged memory mode game. There is no way to avoid this, but it's not a problem in most cases.


== Features ==
== Features ==


# It is the second ever app to use Sony's PlayStation Application Framework (PAF)
* Uses Sony's PlayStation Application Framework (PAF)
# It is blazing fast
* Supports multithreading
# It is multithreaded so that you won’t get stopped by a single screenshot
* Supports background downloading
# It doesn't take 10 minutes to load ''(cough)''
* It looks, sounds, and feels almost exactly like the official PlayStation Store App
# It has background downloading
* It can be opened alongside other apps
# It can download from both CBPS-DB and VitaDB
# It looks, sounds, and feels almost exactly like the official PlayStation Store App
# It can be opened alongside other apps
# It has tunes (Yes, I've run out of things now)


== Downsides ==
== Installation ==


# Background downloads will be terminated without a warning when you open an enlarged memory mode game. There is no way to avoid this, but it's not a problem in most cases.
# Download [https://github.com/Ibrahim778/BetterHomebrewBrowser/releases/latest the latest VPK release].
# Launch [[Vita:VitaShell|VitaShell]] and enable [[Vita:Transferring Files with FTP|FTP]] or USB file transfering with the SELECT button.
# Transfer the VPK to a folder on ux0:/ and highlight the VPK. Press X to install it.

Latest revision as of 20:15, 18 March 2024

Better Homebrew Browser is a homebrew application that can browse and easily install homebrew utilities and games from VitaDB or CBPS DB. It serves as an alternative to VitaDB Downloader while being styled after the Vita's PlayStation Store (including the same background music).

A downside of BH Browser is that background downloads will be terminated without a warning when you open an enlarged memory mode game. There is no way to avoid this, but it's not a problem in most cases.

Features

  • Uses Sony's PlayStation Application Framework (PAF)
  • Supports multithreading
  • Supports background downloading
  • It looks, sounds, and feels almost exactly like the official PlayStation Store App
  • It can be opened alongside other apps

Installation

  1. Download the latest VPK release.
  2. Launch VitaShell and enable FTP or USB file transfering with the SELECT button.
  3. Transfer the VPK to a folder on ux0:/ and highlight the VPK. Press X to install it.