Case study

lv0pen: matching source for the PlayStation 3 boot chain

lv0pen rebuilds PlayStation 3 boot-chain programs and isolated SPU modules with the original compilers. The table lists lv0 4.93 at 100 percent, bootldr 1.0.0 at 458 of 458, metldr at 182 of 182, isoldr 4.93 at 273 of 273, and appldr 4.93 at 446 of 446. lv0ldr.2 3.6.5 is 472 of 474, and lv1ldr 4.93 is 293 of 300. Build steps are in BUILDING.md.

Targets: Binary
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 24
Last commit: 2026-10-30
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Follow BUILDING.md. No firmware is included.
License: GPL version 3. lv1ldr/zlib is altered zlib 1.2.3 under its own license.

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BibTeX

@misc{lv0pen,
  title = {{lv0pen: matching source for the PlayStation 3 boot chain}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/sagemono/lv0pen}},
  url = {https://github.com/sagemono/lv0pen},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/lv0pen/}}
}

Plain text

lv0pen: matching source for the PlayStation 3 boot chain. https://github.com/sagemono/lv0pen (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/lv0pen/

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README.md GitHub · sagemono/lv0pen · Revision 14584b7