NixaniPSN PS5 Remote Play for Windows PC

Your PS5 on your PC, without the lag. Free, with no account.

Windows 10 / 11 NVIDIA · AMD · Intel PS5 · PS4 Installs without admin

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v1.0.0 · Beta · 7.3 MB

Play modes

One tap per kind of game.

Pick the mode that fits what you're playing. Change any picture option by hand and it becomes Custom. A game can keep its own.

Features

Everything in the box.

GPU decoding

NVIDIA's decoder, or Windows' hardware decoder on AMD and Intel. Drawn with Direct3D 12, nothing buffered.

Upscaling

RTX Video Super Resolution on RTX cards. AMD FSR 1, NVIDIA Image Scaling or Lanczos on any card.

Frame generation

Built in, on any card: 2x up to 6x (360 fps from a 60 fps stream), or matched to your display. Uses NVIDIA's optical-flow hardware where there is one.

Low latency

Frame pacing you choose, tearing allowed on G-Sync / FreeSync displays, and NVIDIA Reflex on NVIDIA cards.

ReShade effects

19 included (sharpening, vibrance, curves, film grain and more), one-click looks, or your own .fx.

Per-game settings

Each game keeps its own mode, picture and effects. Optional detection through your PSN status, and Jump back in for recent games.

DualSense

Haptics and adaptive triggers over USB, rumble over Bluetooth, and an optional polling overclock up to 8000 Hz. Auto mode finds the best stable rate for your controller.

Home or away

Home network or over the internet, with no port forwarding. Wakes the console from rest mode.

Stats & Auto-tune

F3 cycles minimal, compact, full and graphs. A summary after every stream; Auto-tune suggests settings.

HDR

HDR10 streams passed through to an HDR display or tonemapped to SDR. RTX Video HDR on RTX cards.

Your look, your keys

Dark, light or system theme with any accent and background. Every key can be changed.

Open engine

The console link is Nixani Engine, open source under AGPL-3.0.

While playing

Keys at your fingertips.

Every key can be changed or switched off. The menu key always stays, so there's always a way out.

F1Menu over the game

F3Stats overlay

F5Compare with the raw stream

F8Mute

F11Fullscreen

Ctrl+QDisconnect

Setup

Up and running in three steps.

The full guide: play your PS5 on your PC

Install

Run the installer: one page, no admin prompt. It brings everything it needs and keeps your settings when you update.

Sign in & link

Sign in with PlayStation Network on Sony's own page, then type the code your console shows under Settings › System › Remote Play › Link Device.

Play

Pick a mode and press Play. The stream opens fullscreen and the launcher comes back when you disconnect.

The installer isn't code-signed yet. Windows SmartScreen will say "Windows protected your PC" the first time: click More info › Run anyway. On a fresh Windows 11 with Smart App Control on, unsigned installers are blocked outright and it has to be off.

Requirements

What you need.

System

Windows 10 2004+ or 1164-bit

Graphics

NVIDIA, AMD or IntelCurrent driver. RTX adds AI upscaling

Console

PS5 or PS4Remote Play on, plus a PSN account

Controller

DualSense recommendedUSB for haptics; Bluetooth gets rumble. Other controllers work without haptics

Open source & licences

What's open, and under which licence.

NixaniPSN is two programs that ship together. The one that talks to your console is open source.

Open source

Nixani Engine

The Remote Play connection: console discovery, sign-in hand-off, linking and the stream itself. Built on chiaki-ng's libchiaki. Its full source code is public, and you can build it yourself.

AGPL-3.0 · protocol header MIT

Source on GitHub

Freeware

NixaniPSN app

The launcher, decoder, upscaling, frame generation, effects and overlay. Free to download and use, closed source. It talks to the engine as a separate program.

Free to use · closed source · see Terms

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is it really free?

Yes. No trial, no subscription, no paid tier. Download it and keep it.

Do I need a Nixani account?

No. There are no Nixani accounts at all. The only sign-in is with PlayStation Network, on Sony's own page, because Remote Play needs it to link your console. That sign-in is stored on your PC, encrypted for your Windows account.

Does it work with AMD or Intel graphics?

Yes. NixaniPSN 1.0 supports current NVIDIA, AMD and Intel cards. A few extras need NVIDIA: RTX AI upscaling (RTX cards), Reflex, and the optical-flow hardware for frame generation. On other cards the modes use FSR upscaling with sharpening, and frame generation runs on shaders. HEVC and HDR streams on AMD and Intel need the free HEVC Video Extensions from the Microsoft Store (many PCs already have them). Picture › This PC in the app shows what your card does. On Windows N editions without an NVIDIA card, install Microsoft's Media Feature Pack first.

Windows says it protected my PC. Is it safe?

That's SmartScreen's message for installers that aren't code-signed yet. Click More info › Run anyway. It installs for your user only, with no admin prompt.

What do I set on the console?

On the PS5: Settings › System › Remote Play › Enable Remote Play. To wake it from rest mode and play over the internet, also turn on Stay Connected to the Internet and Enable Turning On PS5 from Network under Power Saving › Features Available in Rest Mode. The app walks you through linking.

Which mode should I use?

Balanced for most games. Competitive or Turbo when reaction time matters, Story for the best picture, Smooth for 30 fps games and slower titles. See the modes above.

Does it work with a PS4?

PS4 consoles are supported (their streams are H.264). Development and testing happened on a PS5, so PS4 reports are very welcome.

Something went wrong. What do I send?

The logs are in %APPDATA%\NixaniPSN (App page › Settings & logs folder): nixanipsn.log is the current run and nixanipsn.1.log the one before. Attach both. Send them to hello@nixani.com with a short description of what happened.

How do I update?

When a new version is out, an Update available chip appears on the Play page. Click it to see what's new, then Update now: the app downloads the installer from nixani.com, checks it, closes, installs, keeps your settings and opens again. It never updates without you pressing that button. App › About has Check now and a switch to turn the check off, and you can always download from this page instead. If an update is needed to keep playing (for example after a PS5 system update), the app tells you by itself.

Is this an official Sony app?

No. NixaniPSN is an independent, unofficial client, not affiliated with or endorsed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. A Sony firmware update can occasionally break Remote Play clients until the engine catches up.

Is it open source?

The part that talks to the console, Nixani Engine, is open source under AGPL-3.0 and built on chiaki-ng. The NixaniPSN app itself is free but closed source.