nookieai/psp-game-scraper

PSP Game Browser is a desktop application for Windows, Mac, and Linux that lets someone search through a large catalog of PlayStation Portable game files and download them through third-party file hosting mirrors like Mediafire, Vikingfile, Rootz, and Gofile. The app shows cover art, descriptions, and version details for each game, and lists multiple download mirrors per game so a person can pick whichever host they prefer. Large games that are split into multiple archive parts are grouped clearly by host so the parts do not get mixed up between different mirrors. Worth noting plainly: PSP games are, in almost all cases, copyrighted software owned by their publishers. Downloading them through a tool like this without owning the original game raises real copyright concerns, and readers should be aware of that before using it, regardless of how the README frames it. Installation is portable on every platform: there is no installer, and the app is a single file that can be run from anywhere and deleted to remove it. On first launch, Windows and macOS will typically show a security warning because the app is not signed with a paid code-signing certificate, the README walks through clicking past these warnings, which is standard for small independently distributed apps but still something a cautious user should evaluate for themselves. The app checks for updates automatically about eight seconds after opening and installs new versions in the background with a quick restart. It does not require an account and the README states it does not send analytics data anywhere. The library list itself is pulled from a cloud source each time the app opens, so an outage on that source will show as an empty list until it is refreshed. The README describes the software as free to use with no formal license mentioned, and points bug reports and feature requests to the project's GitHub Issues page.