https://github.com/jpetrucciani/drips

a quick cli tool to apply ips/ups patches to files
https://github.com/jpetrucciani/drips

ips patch rom ups

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a quick cli tool to apply ips/ups patches to files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jpetrucciani/drips
• Owner: jpetrucciani
• License: mit
• Created: 2026-03-05T00:32:46.000Z (4 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-03-07T03:09:14.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-05-01T04:26:24.484Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: ips, patch, rom, ups
• Language: Rust
• Homepage:
• Size: 11.7 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# drips

[![uses nix](https://img.shields.io/badge/uses-nix-%237EBAE4)](https://nixos.org/)

![rust](https://img.shields.io/badge/Rust-1.95%2B-orange.svg)

drip IPS and UPS patches onto ROM files.

Supported formats: IPS, UPS.

## usage

```bash

drips apply path/to/game.gba path/to/patch.ips

drips apply path/to/game.gba path/to/patch.ups

drips apply path/to/game.gba path/to/patch.ups --no-checksum

drips apply path/to/game.gba path/to/patch.ips --output path/to/patched.gba

drips info path/to/patch.ips

drips info path/to/patch.ups

```

## example output

```text

$ drips info patch.ips

patch:   patch.ips

format:  IPS

hunks:   2

total payload: 20 bytes

  [   0] offset: 0x001234  size: 12 bytes

  [   1] offset: 0x00C0DE  size: 8 bytes

```

```text

$ drips info patch.ups

patch:       patch.ups

format:      UPS

source size: 8388608 bytes

target size: 8388608 bytes

hunks:       2

total delta: 20 bytes

source crc:  4d3c2b1a

target crc:  a1b2c3d4

patch crc:   9f8e7d6c (valid)

  [   0] offset: 0x001234  delta: 12 bytes

  [   1] offset: 0x00C0DE  delta: 8 bytes

```

```text

$ drips apply game.gba patch.ups -o game-patched.gba

dripped 2 hunk(s) onto 'game-patched.gba'

```

## license

MIT