A desktop client for Perforce® · by Exbyte Studios

The Perforce client your Unreal team actually wants.

Exbyte Depot is a fast, native desktop client for Perforce Helix Core — real 3D asset previews, one-click exclusive locks, offline work, and live teammate activity. All the power of your Perforce server, none of the P4V pain.

It's a client, not a replacement. Exbyte Depot connects to your existing Perforce server through Perforce's own p4 command-line — your server, history and workflow stay exactly as they are. We don't clone Perforce or reverse-engineer anything; we just give you a nicer window into it.
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T_Asphalt_D.uasset//depot/…/Content/Textures/ +
RoadSampler.cpp//depot/…/Source/Aurora/ +
Add guardrail mesh + asphalt texture for road kit
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Purpose-built for game studios on Perforce

Unreal Engine 4 & 5 Powered by Perforce Helix Core Radmin VPN friendly 5 languages
Everything, in one native app

Built for the way Unreal teams actually work

Perforce is the industry standard for a reason. Exbyte Depot keeps every bit of its power and finally makes it feel good to use.

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Real 3D asset preview

Rotate the actual mesh inside a .uasset right in the app — plus embedded thumbnails, image, audio and video previews. See what you're committing before you commit it.

Exclusive locks, one click

Binary .uasset files can't be merged. Take an exclusive lock so only you edit a mesh or material at a time — and see everyone else's locks live. No more overwritten work.

Work offline, reconcile later

On a plane or the VPN's down? Keep editing. Exbyte Depot scans your workspace and reconciles adds, edits and deletes into a changelist when you're back — just like P4V, but nicer.

Live teammate activity

Lives in your system tray and sends a native notification the moment a teammate submits — with their message. A banner tells you when you're behind, one click to Get Latest.

AI

AI commit summaries

Draft a clear changelist message from your selected files, and get a plain-English summary of what any source file does — in your interface language.

Files & Sizes explorer

Browse the Depot and your Workspace as a tree and see exactly how much every file and folder weighs — heaviest first. Find what's bloating your repo in seconds.

Built-in code editor

Fix a header or a config right before commit — no external IDE needed. Full syntax highlighting, line numbers, and a proper editor, not a grey textbox.

The full Perforce toolbox

Labels, streams, integrate / merge / copy, jobs, file history with blame & diff, clean, .p4ignore, get-revision, shelve/unshelve — the depth is all there when you need it.

Signed auto-updates

Ships as a signed installer with a built-in updater. New versions land in place — the whole team stays current without chasing downloads.

Why switch

P4V is powerful. It's also from another era.

We're not replacing your Perforce server — we're replacing the client you look at it through. Exbyte Depot keeps every bit of Perforce power your studio depends on and rebuilds the experience around how artists and engineers really work: visual, fast, and forgiving.

See your assets, not filenamesLive 3D meshes, thumbnails, audio & video — right where you review a changelist.
Commit locally, submit when readyA GitHub-Desktop-style flow on top of Perforce — revertable local commits, then push.
Never lose work to a binary conflictExclusive locks on .uasset are one click, and everyone's locks are visible.
Know what the team is doingTray notifications on every submit and a clear "you're behind" nudge.
File Locks
SM_Hero_Character.uasset
//depot/Char/Content/Meshes/
🔒 mira_art
M_Road_Master.uasset
//depot/Road/Content/Materials/
🔒 you
BP_GameMode.uasset
//depot/Core/Content/Blueprints/
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voss_dev just submitted #34 — you're 3 files behind.
Under the hood

Native, fast, and quietly powerful

No Electron bloat. A tiny signed installer, instant startup, and a UI that stays out of your way.

Rust
Native Tauri backend
~4 MB
Installer, not 200
5
Languages built in
0
Servers to configure

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