Tools

The Tools section contains miscellaneous utilities such as the Savedata manager or the RetroAchievements intergration.

RetroAchievements

Lets you log in and configure RetroAchievements. See this page for more information.

Savedata manager

Lets you view and delete savedata.

System information

Shows device-related information such as the system specs, OpenGL and Vulkan extensions and features, GPU driver versions, detected CPU cores etc.

Developer tools

A large amount of obscure settings and test screens that have been added over the years as needed to help development. Some of them are documented here.

Remote disc streaming

Lets you play ISOs shared from another instance of PPSSPP running on the same network. Can be convenient for testing many games quickly on a mobile phone for example, without having to copy the games over to the device, which might fill it up unless you carefully manage storage.

PSP Firmware

From PPSSPP 1.21 (and current development builds). Shows the installed PSP firmware, installs one from an official update file, and launches the XMB. The option "Install or upgrade firmware from game discs" (on by default) installs the firmware updater that most game discs carry. See How to run the XMB.