psitool

psitool is a 100% free and open-source toolset built in Rust to help you practice Remote Viewing and download and maintain target pools, as well as pick a training image.

The main tool is psi-target-pool. Assuming you have a valid config at ~/.psitool.yaml (see Config Format below), and have downloaded target images (see psi-wm-downloader utility help section below), then you can use the main binary to generate a 100% blind remote-viewing target.

Completed targets are stored in ~/.psitool_completed_targets.yaml by default, but you can point at any path. Comment them out if you want to reuse those targets, or pass --reuse-targets as an argument to reuse all of them.

The 100% free and open-source Remote Viewing toolset.

$ psi-target-pool -h The 100% free and open-source Remote Viewing toolset.

Usage: psi-target-pool [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -v, --verbose                        verbose logging (debug logs)
  -q, --quiet                          quiet logging (warn+ logs)
  -r, --reuse-targets                  reuse all targets, even if they're already completed
  -f...                                how much to frontload, none by default (pass -f for 1 level of frontloading, -ff for 2, -fff for 3...)
  -s, --skip-open                      dont open the target after
  -c, --config <CONFIG>                the config with the target pools [default: ~/.psitool.yaml]
  -C, --completed <COMPLETED>          the yaml config with a list of completed targets (used to cache what you RV'd already) [default: ~/.psitool_completed_targets.yaml]
      --cached-hashes <CACHED_HASHES>  the yaml config with a list of cached hashes so it doesn't have to compute them every run [default: ~/.psitool_cached_hashes.yaml]
  -p, --pools <POOLS>                  the named target pool to read from (included unless excluded via label)
  -i, --include-label <INCLUDE_LABEL>  the target pools to read from, including this label
  -x, --exclude-label <EXCLUDE_LABEL>  the target pools to read from, EXCLUDING this label
  -h, --help                           Print help
  -V, --version                        Print version

Basically, if no options are passed, it will use every pool you defined in the config, with every JPEG/JPG/SVG/TARGET in each of their directories. It will process whatever you have in ~/.psitool_completed_targets.yaml and skip the pre-used targets, unless you pass -r or --reuse-targets

The output will look like this when run from the command-line, and then you can press Enter to see the target.

(Use --quiet or -q to suppress info logs)

$ psi-target-pool
[2025-09-29T03:21:55Z] INFO: Selecting from 2 pools, 1418 targets.

Target: R-WR1J-84HF-Q5EVQ3PVR17C8PXS7C
Remote viewer, begin viewing.
Press ENTER when complete.

... <pressed enter> ...

Path: ~/Documents/rv_pools/train/Kampen,_Sculpture_De_Kamper_koe._10-01-2022._(actm.).jpg
YAML meta: ~/Documents/rv_pools/train/Kampen,_Sculpture_De_Kamper_koe._10-01-2022._(actm.).jpg.yaml
Query: sculpture
Description: "Kampen, Sculpture \" De Kamper koe\" Artwork by Jits Bakker."
Datetime: "2022-01-10 12:29:43"
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Was it a hit ([y]es, [n]o, otherwise not saved/recorded)? y
Score out of 100 (0 to 100 or otherwise not saved/recorded)? 25
Any notes? Press enter to end (or blank to not save anything): saw a horse but thought it was real

[2025-09-28T05:45:42Z] INFO: Succesfully wrote 1 completed targets to ~/.psitool_completed_targets.yaml

Note: I added caching, but it still needs to run at least once on each file and save the cache. But after downloading a bunch of test images then running it once, it will be way faster the next run.

Notice the RVUID provided, R-DB56-29KT-XS94S59E2HMFYZW9GC. This is generated via the uuid5 function, which is non-random and generated using the actual bytes of the target file. The same exact file (bit by bit) will generate the same "RVUID", or Remote Viewing Unique Identifier.

This is like a UUID, except it uses base-32 digits (all digits, most uppercase letters except I/L/O/U since they can be confused with 1/0), and it splits the 128-bits into 3 sections with a static R- prefix.

Basically, as a remote viewer it should be enough to just write R-2DTH-GZW5 as above, but that is just 40-bits and ot the full RVUID. However, all completed targets are saved to the completed config file, and it can find the associated full RVUID if you just provide the short version, like so:

$ psi-rvuid-find R-WR1J-84HF
R-WR1J-84HF-Q5EVQ3PVR17C8PXS7C found at: ~/Documents/rv_pools/train/Kampen,_Sculpture_De_Kamper_koe._10-01-2022._(actm.).jpg

You can always create your own jpg/jpeg/target files and throw them in a directory. This is made so you can maintain your own private target pools as well.

It also supports text files with the .target extension, so you can write out your own target like so:

echo "The workers burying the body of Alexander the Great, where and when he was buried." > ~/Documents/pool_dir/atg.target

For example (I am using the --include-label me as -i me because that selects the one pool I labeled with me):

$ psi-target-pool -i me -q
Target: R-P14S-9E46-JXEE1030TDSB5Y6KJM
Remote viewer, begin viewing.
Press ENTER when complete.

...<pressed enter>...

Path: ~/Documents/rv_pools/personal_pool/foo.bar.target
Target Text:
The Mona Lisa painting, where it is as of 9/2025.

Was it a hit ([y]es, [n]o, otherwise not saved/recorded)? y
Score out of 100 (0 to 100 or otherwise not saved/recorded)? 55
Any notes? Press enter to end (or blank to not save anything):

In this case, it will use the bytes of the text file just as it would the JPG so you still get a normal RVUID that is specific to the exact target text.

Config Format

The config file is by default ~/.psitool.yaml and should look something like this:

target_pools:
  training:
    path: ~/Documents/rv_pools/train
    labels: [train, wiki]
    wiki:
      default_limit: 2000
      queries:
        - query: animal
        - query: building
        - query: landscape
        - query: vehicle
        - query: portrait
        - query: sculpture
        - query: painting
        - query: object
        - query: artifact
        - query: tool
        - query: music
        - query: food
        - query: statue
        - query: historical
          limit: 5000
        - query: event
  training_with_frontloading:
    path: ~/Documents/rv_pools/train_with_fl
    labels: [train, frontload, wiki]
    wiki:
      default_limit: 1000
      queries:
        - query: historical event
          frontloading: ["historical event"]
        - query: natural landscape
          frontloading: ["natural landscape", "more specific frontloading", "even more specific"]
  personal:
    path: ~/Documents/rv_pools/personal_pool
    labels: [me]

This defines all your target pools, keyed by their name.

Above, you see three pools. One is the personal pool with label me, and has a path to a document directory (which will be created if it does not exist when being downloaded to).

The training pool is interesting here because it provides a specification about what it will download from wikimedia if you want to generate all the target pool images to use for training purposes. Each query pattern will ask for 2000 images, unless you put in a custom limit like under "historical" in the above example, which will get 5000 instead of 2000.

It will query for each of those, using the limit provided.

Notice the other pool training_with_frontloading, where each query has a list of frontloading phrases.

These are completely optional, and even if you save frontloading data, you have to request psi-target-pool to output it when remote viewing. By default, it shows none. If you want the first item (most generic frontloading) from the list, pass -f, which might be "historical event" or "natural landscape" as seen above. If you want the next more specific frontloading, pass -ff, and then -fff, and so on. It will only output what you ask for, if it has it.

What this does is just download the data, and save the metadata in the associated $path.jpg.yaml under a key frontloading. You can edit this for any target you have and customize the YAML. This is just a helper for downloading training datasets.

Be aware that the query might not always give you an exact example of what you frontload. For example, if you put "biological" as frontloading for the animal query, this is not exactly correct for the "animal" query which sometimes gives you images like an amulet shaped like a wolf. I would suggest using something more generic, or customize the yaml files manually.

psi-wm-downloader

This handy tool will take a target pool name and download all sorts of RV training data for yourself. Each image will be downloaded sequentially, which is relatively slow but also should be a one-time process, and thus nicer to the wikimedia servers.

You need a valid config at ~/.psitool.yaml (or passed in as -c|--config) that specifies the queries to use to fill the specified target pool.

For example, for the above you would run psi-wm-downloader training

Usage: psi-wm-downloader [OPTIONS] <POOL>

Arguments:
  <POOL>  the target pool to download for

Options:
  -v, --verbose          verbose logging (debug logs)
      --free-only        only download CC0, CC-BY, and PUBLIC DOMAIN so they can be rebundled
  -c, --config <CONFIG>  the config with the target pools [default: ~/.psitool.yaml]
  -l, --limit <LIMIT>    override wiki default_limit
  -h, --help             Print help
  -V, --version          Print version

Users are responsible for reusing images under their correct license terms.

By default, it will download whatever wikimedia gives you. However, you can pass --free-only to skip everything that isn't CC0, CC-BY (not CC-BY-SA/NC/ND), and PUBLIC DOMAIN.

CC-BY requires you (I believe, I am not a lawyer) to redistribute if you give credit to the original artist/owner. The YAML files that are associated with each JPG (same path, but + ".yaml") include that License data provided from wikimedia. You should be able to use that, I think. Again, I'm not a lawyer, but this is my best effort to allow you to download free content and share it. I solely provide this downloader, none of the images.

psi-rvuid-gen

This utility generates RVUID hashes from paths.

Usage: psi-rvuid-gen [OPTIONS] [PATHS]...

Arguments:
  [PATHS]...  paths to hash and determine rvuid

Options:
  -v, --verbose  verbose logging (debug logs)
  -q, --quiet    quiet logging (warn+ logs)
  -h, --help     Print help
  -V, --version  Print version

Example:

$ psi-rvuid-gen ./README.md
./README.md = R-4NJX-Z0BV-E9AAHEDRNBNXT8RRC4

$ psi-rvuid-gen ./README.md src/*
./README.md = R-4NJX-Z0BV-E9AAHEDRNBNXT8RRC4
src/config.rs = R-DG4D-A9VQ-XSFX3AQKW95HKNC32M
src/lib.rs = R-3344-2KR0-ZXEEDBTPPS9RE9MV5R
src/logger.rs = R-Z562-F0JF-NHEVXA5SAYG9G2V928
src/rvuid.rs = R-PHAJ-P5S5-5197V7YXRRWM4TBA30
src/target.rs = R-3BVX-6WZ6-TSB070P33PHWWJ0A2W

psi-rvuid-find

This utility will look for provided RVUIDs. They can be the full version like R-3BVX-6WZ6-TSB070P33PHWWJ0A2W or even just the short version, R-3BVX-6WZ6

Usage: psi-rvuid-find [OPTIONS] [RVUIDS]...

Arguments:
  [RVUIDS]...  the RVUIDs to look for

Options:
  -v, --verbose                        verbose logging (debug logs)
  -q, --quiet                          quiet logging (warn+ logs)
  -D, --find-dupes                     keep searching even if you already found every RVUID (find potential dupes)
  -c, --config <CONFIG>                the config with the target pools (this is where it will look for the RVUID) [default: ~/.psitool.yaml]
      --cached-hashes <CACHED_HASHES>  the yaml config with a list of cached hashes so it doesn't have to compute them every run [default: ~/.psitool_cached_hashes.yaml]
  -h, --help                           Print help
  -V, --version                        Print version

Example:

$ psi-rvuid-find R-BRHR-XGP6-E5BENEWQXDBEXBKN4W R-ZANQ-CJK4-JD969E5TFGATJCX3VW

R-BRHR-XGP6-E5BENEWQXDBEXBKN4W found at: ~/Documents/rv_pools/train/2014_Prowincja_Sjunik,_Klasztor_Tatew_(19).jpg
R-ZANQ-CJK4-JD969E5TFGATJCX3VW found at: ~/Documents/rv_pools/train/2013-Aerial-Mount_of_Olives.jpg

Now works with shortened 40-bit formats (like R-GWVD-CYBT), so you don't have to write everything down):

$ psi-rvuid-find R-GWVD-CYBT R-HN40-R5YJ-PNF8V2M9Y37FKPPEW4
R-GWVD-CYBT-2D9DS3D0FP0A93QH54 found at: ~/Documents/rv_pools/personal_pool/test2.target
R-HN40-R5YJ-PNF8V2M9Y37FKPPEW4 found at: ~/Documents/rv_pools/personal_pool/test1.target

$ echo $?
0

$ psi-rvuid-find R-GWVD-CYBT R-HN40-R5YJ-PNF8V2M9Y37FKPPEW0
R-GWVD-CYBT-2D9DS3D0FP0A93QH54 found at: ~/Documents/rv_pools/personal_pool/test2.target
Error: missing: [Rvuid { uuid: 8d480c17-d2b5-5e8d-8a89-f0cef9dacee0, rvuid: "R-HN40-R5YJ-PNF8V2M9Y37FKPPEW0", missing_bits: false, prefix40: 606799140818 }]

$ echo $?
1

$ psi-rvuid-find R-GWVD-CYBT R-HN40-R5YJ
R-GWVD-CYBT-2D9DS3D0FP0A93QH54 found at: ~/Documents/rv_pools/personal_pool/test2.target
R-HN40-R5YJ-PNF8V2M9Y37FKPPEW4 found at: ~/Documents/rv_pools/personal_pool/test1.target

$ echo $?
0

Roadmap

I'm open to suggestions, so feel free to contact me at psitool #at# protonmail #dot# com

The next obvious feature I'm planning is Associated Remote Viewing functionality.