CLUSTER LIBRARY-PLAYSTATION-HOMEBREW · 11 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2023-01-09

PlayStation 2 homebrew libraries

The cluster comprises ports and tools for PlayStation 2 homebrew development, covering compression (ZSO, deflate, lz4, xz), image formats (PNG, JPEG), archives (ZIP), sound, fonts, and ASCII art. Dated entries are heavily concentrated in January 2023 (10 entries) with a single entry in January 2026, indicating a long quiet period after initial activity. Traction is led by ZSO-Converter with 2 stars, while other tracked products have 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JAN 2023: 10JAN 2026: 1
JAN 2023JAN 2026

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 10 unlabelled

Operator · 1 hobby · 10 open source

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 11 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01ZSO-Converter2★8 mostale—ai-builthobbyDesktop application that compresses and decompresses PlayStation 2 disc images into the ZSO format using drag-and-drop for retro console emulation enthusiasts.
  2. 02ps2-xz0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourcePort of a data compression library providing high-ratio compression for the Sony PlayStation 2 videogame system.
  3. 03ps2-zlib0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourcePort of a compression library implementing the deflate method for the Sony PlayStation 2 videogame system.
  4. 04ps2-lz40★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLibrary port providing fast compression and decompression for PlayStation 2 homebrew development.
  5. 05ps2-libzip0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLibrary port providing reading, creating, and modifying ZIP archives for PlayStation 2 homebrew development.
  6. 06ps2-libpng0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourcePNG image creation library port for PlayStation 2 homebrew development.
  7. 07ps2-isjpcm0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceSound library port for developing homebrew audio on the PlayStation 2 videogame system.
  8. 08ps2-freetype0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceFont rasterization library for PlayStation 2 homebrew to render fonts in applications.
  9. 09ps2-aalib0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceASCII art graphics library ported for PlayStation 2 homebrew to render text-based graphics.
  10. 10ps2-libyaml0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLibrary port providing YAML 1.1 parsing and emitting for PlayStation 2 homebrew development.
  11. 11ps2-libjpeg0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceJPEG image compression and decompression library port for PlayStation 2 homebrew development.