RetroArch Network Control Interface

Purpose

Network Commands allow the control of certain parts of RetroArch over UDP.

Enabling

Enable network commands in the settings menu, or ensure that network_cmd_enable = "true" is set in retroarch.cfg.
RetroArch will listen on port 55355 by default.

Sending commands

On Linux, network commands may be sent from the command line like so:

echo -n "QUIT" | nc -u -w1 127.0.0.1 55355

Commands

The following commands are supported (as of Jun 11 2024):

VERSION
GET_STATUS
GET_CONFIG_PARAM <param name>
SHOW_MESG

SET_SHADER <shader path>

READ_CORE_MEMORY <address> <number of bytes>
WRITE_CORE_MEMORY <address> <byte1> <byte2> ...

LOAD_STATE_SLOT <slot number>
PLAY_REPLAY_SLOT <slot number>

MENU_TOGGLE
QUIT
CLOSE_CONTENT
RESET

FAST_FORWARD
FAST_FORWARD_HOLD
SLOWMOTION
SLOWMOTION_HOLD
REWIND
PAUSE_TOGGLE
FRAMEADVANCE

MUTE
VOLUME_UP
VOLUME_DOWN

LOAD_STATE
SAVE_STATE
STATE_SLOT_PLUS
STATE_SLOT_MINUS

PLAY_REPLAY
RECORD_REPLAY
HALT_REPLAY
REPLAY_SLOT_PLUS
REPLAY_SLOT_MINUS

DISK_EJECT_TOGGLE
DISK_NEXT
DISK_PREV

SHADER_TOGGLE
SHADER_NEXT
SHADER_PREV

CHEAT_TOGGLE
CHEAT_INDEX_PLUS
CHEAT_INDEX_MINUS

SCREENSHOT
RECORDING_TOGGLE
STREAMING_TOGGLE

GRAB_MOUSE_TOGGLE
GAME_FOCUS_TOGGLE
FULLSCREEN_TOGGLE
UI_COMPANION_TOGGLE

VRR_RUNLOOP_TOGGLE
RUNAHEAD_TOGGLE
PREEMPT_TOGGLE
FPS_TOGGLE
STATISTICS_TOGGLE
AI_SERVICE

NETPLAY_PING_TOGGLE
NETPLAY_HOST_TOGGLE
NEPLAY_GAME_WATCH
NETPLAY_PLAYER_CHAT
NETPLAY_FADE_CHAT_TOGGLE

MENU_UP
MENU_DOWN
MENU_LEFT
MENU_RIGHT
MENU_A
MENU_B

OVERLAY_NEXT
OSK