diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f436c0a183..96209292db 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang")
 endif()
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeModules")
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/cmake-modules")
 
 # NB: this does not account for SPARC
 # If you get Eden working on SPARC, please shoot crueter@crueter.xyz multiple emails
@@ -64,45 +63,14 @@ endif()
 # Detect current compilation architecture and create standard definitions
 # =======================================================================
 
-include(CheckSymbolExists)
-function(detect_architecture symbol arch)
-    if (NOT DEFINED ARCHITECTURE)
-        set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET 1)
-        check_symbol_exists("${symbol}" "" ARCHITECTURE_${arch})
-        unset(CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET)
+include(DetectArchitecture)
 
-        # The output variable needs to be unique across invocations otherwise
-        # CMake's crazy scope rules will keep it defined
-        if (ARCHITECTURE_${arch})
-            set(ARCHITECTURE "${arch}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-            set(ARCHITECTURE_${arch} 1 PARENT_SCOPE)
-            add_definitions(-DARCHITECTURE_${arch}=1)
-        endif()
-    endif()
-endfunction()
-
-if (NOT ENABLE_GENERIC)
-    if (MSVC)
-        detect_architecture("_M_AMD64" x86_64)
-        detect_architecture("_M_IX86" x86)
-        detect_architecture("_M_ARM" arm)
-        detect_architecture("_M_ARM64" arm64)
-    else()
-        detect_architecture("__x86_64__" x86_64)
-        detect_architecture("__i386__" x86)
-        detect_architecture("__arm__" arm)
-        detect_architecture("__aarch64__" arm64)
-    endif()
-endif()
+DetectArchitecture()
 
 if (NOT DEFINED ARCHITECTURE)
-    set(ARCHITECTURE "GENERIC")
-    set(ARCHITECTURE_GENERIC 1)
-    add_definitions(-DARCHITECTURE_GENERIC=1)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Architecture didn't make it out of scope, did you delete DetectArchitecture.cmake?")
 endif()
 
-message(STATUS "Target architecture: ${ARCHITECTURE}")
-
 if (MSVC AND ARCHITECTURE_x86)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Attempting to build with the x86 environment is not supported. \
         This can typically happen if you used the Developer Command Prompt from the start menu; \
@@ -134,7 +102,8 @@ endif()
 
 set(CPM_SOURCE_CACHE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.cache/cpm)
 
-include(DownloadExternals)
+include(DownloadQt)
+include(CPMUtil)
 include(CMakeDependentOption)
 include(CTest)
 
@@ -198,6 +167,7 @@ if (YUZU_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS)
     message(STATUS "Using Precompiled Headers.")
     set(CMAKE_PCH_INSTANTIATE_TEMPLATES ON)
 endif()
+
 option(YUZU_ENABLE_LTO "Enable link-time optimization" OFF)
 if(YUZU_ENABLE_LTO)
     include(CheckIPOSupported)
@@ -208,8 +178,10 @@ if(YUZU_ENABLE_LTO)
     set(CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0069 NEW)
     set(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION ${COMPILER_SUPPORTS_LTO})
 endif()
+
 option(USE_CCACHE "Use ccache for compilation" OFF)
 set(CCACHE_PATH "ccache" CACHE STRING "Path to ccache binary")
+
 if(USE_CCACHE)
     find_program(CCACHE_BINARY ${CCACHE_PATH})
     if(CCACHE_BINARY)
@@ -264,29 +236,14 @@ if (ENABLE_OPENSSL)
 endif()
 
 if (ANDROID AND YUZU_DOWNLOAD_ANDROID_VVL)
-    # TODO(crueter): CPM this
-    set(vvl_version "1.4.321.0")
-    set(vvl_zip_file "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/externals/vvl-android.zip")
-    if (NOT EXISTS "${vvl_zip_file}")
-        # Download and extract validation layer release to externals directory
-        set(vvl_base_url "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-ValidationLayers/releases/download")
-        file(DOWNLOAD "${vvl_base_url}/vulkan-sdk-${vvl_version}/android-binaries-${vvl_version}.zip"
-            "${vvl_zip_file}" SHOW_PROGRESS)
-        execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xf "${vvl_zip_file}"
-            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/externals")
-    endif()
+    AddJsonPackage(vulkan-validation-layers)
 
     # Copy the arm64 binary to src/android/app/main/jniLibs
     set(vvl_lib_path "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/android/app/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/")
-    file(COPY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/externals/android-binaries-${vvl_version}/arm64-v8a/libVkLayer_khronos_validation.so"
+    file(COPY "${VVL_SOURCE_DIR}/arm64-v8a/libVkLayer_khronos_validation.so"
         DESTINATION "${vvl_lib_path}")
 endif()
 
-if (ANDROID)
-    set(CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RULES ON)
-    set(CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM 3.5) # Workaround for Oboe
-endif()
-
 # Default to a Release build
 get_property(IS_MULTI_CONFIG GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
 if (NOT IS_MULTI_CONFIG AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
@@ -399,8 +356,6 @@ set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 # System imported libraries
 # =======================================================================
 
-include(CPMUtil)
-
 # openssl funniness
 if (ENABLE_OPENSSL)
     if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_OPENSSL)
@@ -686,17 +641,17 @@ if(ENABLE_QT)
     set_target_properties(Qt6::Platform PROPERTIES INTERFACE_COMPILE_FEATURES "")
 endif()
 
-if (WIN32 AND YUZU_CRASH_DUMPS)
-    set(BREAKPAD_VER "breakpad-c89f9dd")
-    download_bundled_external("breakpad/" ${BREAKPAD_VER} "breakpad-win" BREAKPAD_PREFIX "c89f9dd")
+# if (WIN32 AND YUZU_CRASH_DUMPS)
+#     set(BREAKPAD_VER "breakpad-c89f9dd")
+#     download_bundled_external("breakpad/" ${BREAKPAD_VER} "breakpad-win" BREAKPAD_PREFIX "c89f9dd")
 
-    set(BREAKPAD_CLIENT_INCLUDE_DIR "${BREAKPAD_PREFIX}/include")
-    set(BREAKPAD_CLIENT_LIBRARY "${BREAKPAD_PREFIX}/lib/libbreakpad_client.lib")
+#     set(BREAKPAD_CLIENT_INCLUDE_DIR "${BREAKPAD_PREFIX}/include")
+#     set(BREAKPAD_CLIENT_LIBRARY "${BREAKPAD_PREFIX}/lib/libbreakpad_client.lib")
 
-    add_library(libbreakpad_client INTERFACE IMPORTED)
-    target_link_libraries(libbreakpad_client INTERFACE "${BREAKPAD_CLIENT_LIBRARY}")
-    target_include_directories(libbreakpad_client INTERFACE "${BREAKPAD_CLIENT_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-endif()
+#     add_library(libbreakpad_client INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+#     target_link_libraries(libbreakpad_client INTERFACE "${BREAKPAD_CLIENT_LIBRARY}")
+#     target_include_directories(libbreakpad_client INTERFACE "${BREAKPAD_CLIENT_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+# endif()
 
 # Prefer the -pthread flag on Linux.
 set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
diff --git a/CMakeModules/CPM.cmake b/CMakeModules/CPM.cmake
index 5544d8eefe..2d97f5493c 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/CPM.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/CPM.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 crueter
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# This is a slightly modified version of CPM.cmake
+
 # CPM.cmake - CMake's missing package manager
 # ===========================================
 # See https://github.com/cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake for usage and update instructions.
diff --git a/CMakeModules/DetectArchitecture.cmake b/CMakeModules/DetectArchitecture.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9194a8037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeModules/DetectArchitecture.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 crueter
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+## DetectArchitecture ##
+#[[
+Does exactly as it sounds. Detects common symbols defined for different architectures and
+adds compile definitions thereof. Namely:
+- arm64
+- arm
+- x86_64
+- x86
+- ia64
+- mips64
+- mips
+- ppc64
+- ppc
+- riscv
+- riscv64
+- loongarch64
+- wasm
+
+Unsupported architectures:
+- ARMv2-6
+- m68k
+- PIC
+
+This file WILL NOT detect endian-ness for you.
+
+This file is based off of Yuzu and Dynarmic.
+]]
+
+# multiarch builds are a special case and also very difficult
+# this is what I have for now, but it's not ideal
+
+# Do note that situations where multiple architectures are defined
+# should NOT be too dependent on the architecture
+# otherwise, you may end up with duplicate code
+if (CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES)
+    set(MULTIARCH_BUILD 1)
+    set(ARCHITECTURE "${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}")
+
+    # hope and pray the architecture names match
+    foreach(ARCH IN ${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES})
+        set(ARCHITECTURE_${ARCH} 1 PARENT_SCOPE)
+        add_definitions(-DARCHITECTURE_${ARCH}=1)
+    endforeach()
+
+    return()
+endif()
+
+include(CheckSymbolExists)
+function(detect_architecture symbol arch)
+    # The output variable needs to be unset between invocations otherwise
+    # CMake's crazy scope rules will keep it defined
+    unset(SYMBOL_EXISTS CACHE)
+
+    if (NOT DEFINED ARCHITECTURE)
+        set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET 1)
+        check_symbol_exists("${symbol}" "" SYMBOL_EXISTS)
+        unset(CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET)
+
+        if (SYMBOL_EXISTS)
+            set(ARCHITECTURE "${arch}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+            set(ARCHITECTURE_${arch} 1 PARENT_SCOPE)
+            add_definitions(-DARCHITECTURE_${arch}=1)
+        endif()
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
+function(detect_architecture_symbols)
+    if (DEFINED ARCHITECTURE)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    set(oneValueArgs ARCH)
+    set(multiValueArgs SYMBOLS)
+
+    cmake_parse_arguments(ARGS "" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}"
+        "${ARGN}")
+
+    set(arch "${ARGS_ARCH}")
+    foreach(symbol ${ARGS_SYMBOLS})
+        detect_architecture("${symbol}" "${arch}")
+
+        if (ARCHITECTURE_${arch})
+            message(DEBUG "[DetectArchitecture] Found architecture symbol ${symbol} for ${arch}")
+            set(ARCHITECTURE "${arch}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+            set(ARCHITECTURE_${arch} 1 PARENT_SCOPE)
+            add_definitions(-DARCHITECTURE_${arch}=1)
+
+            return()
+        endif()
+    endforeach()
+endfunction()
+
+function(DetectArchitecture)
+    # arches here are put in a sane default order of importance
+    # notably, amd64, arm64, and riscv (in order) are BY FAR the most common
+    # mips is pretty popular in embedded
+    # ppc64 is pretty popular in supercomputing
+    # sparc is uh
+    # ia64 exists
+    # the rest exist, but are probably less popular than ia64
+
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH arm64
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__ARM64__"
+            "__aarch64__"
+            "_M_ARM64")
+
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH x86_64
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__x86_64"
+            "__x86_64__"
+            "__amd64"
+            "_M_X64"
+            "_M_AMD64")
+
+    # riscv is interesting since it generally does not define a riscv64-specific symbol
+    # We can, however, check for the rv32 zcf extension which is good enough of a heuristic on GCC
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH riscv
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__riscv_zcf")
+
+    # if zcf doesn't exist we can safely assume it's riscv64
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH riscv64
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__riscv")
+
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH x86
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__i386"
+            "__i386__"
+            "_M_IX86")
+
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH arm
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__arm__"
+            "__TARGET_ARCH_ARM"
+            "_M_ARM")
+
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH ia64
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__ia64"
+            "__ia64__"
+            "_M_IA64")
+
+    # mips is probably the least fun to detect due to microMIPS
+    # Because microMIPS is such cancer I'm considering it out of scope for now
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH mips64
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__mips64")
+
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH mips
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__mips"
+            "__mips__"
+            "_M_MRX000")
+
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH ppc64
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__ppc64__"
+            "__powerpc64__"
+            "_ARCH_PPC64"
+            "_M_PPC64")
+
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH ppc
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__ppc__"
+            "__ppc"
+            "__powerpc__"
+            "_ARCH_COM"
+            "_ARCH_PWR"
+            "_ARCH_PPC"
+            "_M_MPPC"
+            "_M_PPC")
+
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH sparc64
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__sparc_v9__")
+
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH sparc
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__sparc__"
+            "__sparc")
+
+    # I don't actually know about loongarch32 since crossdev does not support it, only 64
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH loongarch64
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__loongarch__"
+            "__loongarch64")
+
+    detect_architecture_symbols(
+        ARCH wasm
+        SYMBOLS
+            "__EMSCRIPTEN__")
+
+    # "generic" target
+    # If you have reached this point, you're on some as-of-yet unsupported architecture.
+    # See the docs up above for known unsupported architectures
+    # If you're not in the list... I think you know what you're doing.
+    if (NOT DEFINED ARCHITECTURE)
+        set(ARCHITECTURE "GENERIC")
+        set(ARCHITECTURE_GENERIC 1)
+        add_definitions(-DARCHITECTURE_GENERIC=1)
+    endif()
+
+    message(STATUS "[DetectArchitecture] Target architecture: ${ARCHITECTURE}")
+    set(ARCHITECTURE "${ARCHITECTURE}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(ARCHITECTURE_${ARCHITECTURE} 1 PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
diff --git a/CMakeModules/DownloadExternals.cmake b/CMakeModules/DownloadQt.cmake
similarity index 68%
rename from CMakeModules/DownloadExternals.cmake
rename to CMakeModules/DownloadQt.cmake
index f6e3aaa4ad..373a698dab 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/DownloadExternals.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/DownloadQt.cmake
@@ -1,62 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 Eden Emulator Project
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-# This function downloads a binary library package from our external repo.
-# Params:
-#   remote_path: path to the file to download, relative to the remote repository root
-#   prefix_var: name of a variable which will be set with the path to the extracted contents
-set(CURRENT_MODULE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
-function(download_bundled_external remote_path lib_name cpm_key prefix_var version)
-    set(package_base_url "https://github.com/eden-emulator/")
-    set(package_repo "no_platform")
-    set(package_extension "no_platform")
-    set(CACHE_KEY "")
-
-    # TODO(crueter): Need to convert ffmpeg to a CI.
-    if (WIN32 OR FORCE_WIN_ARCHIVES)
-        if (ARCHITECTURE_arm64)
-            set(CACHE_KEY "windows")
-            set(package_repo "ext-windows-arm64-bin/raw/master/")
-            set(package_extension ".zip")
-        elseif(ARCHITECTURE_x86_64)
-            set(CACHE_KEY "windows")
-            set(package_repo "ext-windows-bin/raw/master/")
-            set(package_extension ".7z")
-        endif()
-    elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
-        set(CACHE_KEY "linux")
-        set(package_repo "ext-linux-bin/raw/master/")
-        set(package_extension ".tar.xz")
-    elseif (ANDROID)
-        set(CACHE_KEY "android")
-        set(package_repo "ext-android-bin/raw/master/")
-        set(package_extension ".tar.xz")
-    else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "No package available for this platform")
-    endif()
-    string(CONCAT package_url "${package_base_url}" "${package_repo}")
-    string(CONCAT full_url "${package_url}" "${remote_path}" "${lib_name}" "${package_extension}")
-    message(STATUS "Resolved bundled URL: ${full_url}")
-
-    # TODO(crueter): DELETE THIS ENTIRELY, GLORY BE TO THE CI!
-    AddPackage(
-        NAME ${cpm_key}
-        VERSION ${version}
-        URL ${full_url}
-        DOWNLOAD_ONLY YES
-        KEY ${CACHE_KEY}
-        BUNDLED_PACKAGE ON
-        # TODO(crueter): hash
-    )
-
-    if (DEFINED ${cpm_key}_SOURCE_DIR)
-        set(${prefix_var} "${${cpm_key}_SOURCE_DIR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-        message(STATUS "Using bundled binaries at ${${cpm_key}_SOURCE_DIR}")
-    else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "AddPackage did not set ${cpm_key}_SOURCE_DIR")
-    endif()
-endfunction()
-
 # Determine installation parameters for OS, architecture, and compiler
 function(determine_qt_parameters target host_out type_out arch_out arch_path_out host_type_out host_arch_out host_arch_path_out)
     if (WIN32)
@@ -237,35 +181,3 @@ function(download_qt target)
     list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "${prefix}")
     set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
-
-function(download_moltenvk version platform)
-    if(NOT version)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "download_moltenvk: version argument is required")
-    endif()
-    if(NOT platform)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "download_moltenvk: platform argument is required")
-    endif()
-
-    set(MOLTENVK_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/externals/MoltenVK")
-    set(MOLTENVK_TAR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/externals/MoltenVK.tar")
-
-    if(NOT EXISTS "${MOLTENVK_DIR}")
-        if(NOT EXISTS "${MOLTENVK_TAR}")
-            file(DOWNLOAD "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK/releases/download/${version}/MoltenVK-${platform}.tar"
-                          "${MOLTENVK_TAR}" SHOW_PROGRESS)
-        endif()
-
-        execute_process(
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xf "${MOLTENVK_TAR}"
-            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/externals"
-            RESULT_VARIABLE tar_res
-            ERROR_VARIABLE tar_err
-        )
-        if(NOT tar_res EQUAL 0)
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Extracting MoltenVK failed: ${tar_err}")
-        endif()
-    endif()
-    list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "${MOLTENVK_DIR}/MoltenVK/dylib/${platform}")
-    set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
-
diff --git a/CMakeModules/GetSCMRev.cmake b/CMakeModules/GetSCMRev.cmake
index ee5ce6a91c..c15f933c88 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/GetSCMRev.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/GetSCMRev.cmake
@@ -1,11 +1,41 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 crueter
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
+# loosely based on Ryan Pavlik's work
+find_package(Git QUIET)
+
+# commit: git rev-parse HEAD
+# tag:    git describe --tags --abbrev=0
+# branch: git rev-parse --abbrev-ref=HEAD
+
+function(run_git_command variable)
+    if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
+        set(${variable} "GIT-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    execute_process(COMMAND
+        "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}"
+            ${ARGN}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY
+            "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+        RESULT_VARIABLE
+            res
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE
+            out
+        ERROR_QUIET
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+    if(NOT res EQUAL 0)
+        set(out "${out}-${res}-NOTFOUND")
+    endif()
+
+    set(${variable} "${out}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
 
 function(trim var)
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "" new "${${var}}")
-  set(${var} ${new} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "" new "${${var}}")
+    set(${var} ${new} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
 set(TAG_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/GIT-TAG)
@@ -14,36 +44,37 @@ set(COMMIT_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/GIT-COMMIT)
 set(RELEASE_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/GIT-RELEASE)
 
 if (EXISTS ${REF_FILE} AND EXISTS ${COMMIT_FILE})
-  file(READ ${REF_FILE} GIT_REFSPEC)
-  file(READ ${COMMIT_FILE} GIT_COMMIT)
+    file(READ ${REF_FILE} GIT_REFSPEC)
+    file(READ ${COMMIT_FILE} GIT_COMMIT)
 else()
-  get_git_head_revision(GIT_REFSPEC GIT_COMMIT)
-  git_branch_name(GIT_REFSPEC)
-  if (GIT_REFSPEC MATCHES "NOTFOUND")
-    set(GIT_REFSPEC 1.0.0)
-    set(GIT_COMMIT stable)
-  endif()
+    run_git_command(GIT_COMMIT  rev-parse HEAD)
+    run_git_command(GIT_REFSPEC rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+
+    if (GIT_REFSPEC MATCHES "NOTFOUND")
+        set(GIT_REFSPEC 1.0.0)
+        set(GIT_COMMIT stable)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if (EXISTS ${TAG_FILE})
-  file(READ ${TAG_FILE} GIT_TAG)
+    file(READ ${TAG_FILE} GIT_TAG)
 else()
-  git_describe(GIT_TAG --tags --abbrev=0)
-  if (GIT_TAG MATCHES "NOTFOUND")
-    set(GIT_TAG "${GIT_REFSPEC}")
-  endif()
+    run_git_command(GIT_TAG describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+    if (GIT_TAG MATCHES "NOTFOUND")
+        set(GIT_TAG "${GIT_REFSPEC}")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if (EXISTS ${RELEASE_FILE})
-  file(READ ${RELEASE_FILE} GIT_RELEASE)
-  trim(GIT_RELEASE)
-  message(STATUS "Git release: ${GIT_RELEASE}")
+    file(READ ${RELEASE_FILE} GIT_RELEASE)
+    trim(GIT_RELEASE)
+    message(STATUS "[GetSCMRev] Git release: ${GIT_RELEASE}")
 endif()
 
 trim(GIT_REFSPEC)
 trim(GIT_COMMIT)
 trim(GIT_TAG)
 
-message(STATUS "Git commit: ${GIT_COMMIT}")
-message(STATUS "Git tag: ${GIT_TAG}")
-message(STATUS "Git refspec: ${GIT_REFSPEC}")
+message(STATUS "[GetSCMRev] Git commit: ${GIT_COMMIT}")
+message(STATUS "[GetSCMRev] Git tag: ${GIT_TAG}")
+message(STATUS "[GetSCMRev] Git refspec: ${GIT_REFSPEC}")
diff --git a/cpmfile.json b/cpmfile.json
index e9e53ed326..6f4a2be65c 100644
--- a/cpmfile.json
+++ b/cpmfile.json
@@ -94,5 +94,13 @@
         "version": "20250828",
         "artifact": "clang-rt-builtins.tar.zst",
         "hash": "d902392caf94e84f223766e2cc51ca5fab6cae36ab8dc6ef9ef6a683ab1c483bfcfe291ef0bd38ab16a4ecc4078344fa8af72da2f225ab4c378dee23f6186181"
+    },
+    "vulkan-validation-layers": {
+        "package": "VVL",
+        "repo": "KhronosGroup/Vulkan-ValidationLayers",
+        "tag": "vulkan-sdk-%VERSION%",
+        "git_version": "1.4.321.0",
+        "artifact": "android-binaries-%VERSION%.zip",
+        "hash": "0a977711101c8f82a9762cee919e05fc48968e41e9c93a6c006971d3b4e348707c98c6f9c865fa2b97eb12654906ee659f29867f40cf643eb5dca1e93d8af73d"
     }
 }
diff --git a/docs/CPM.md b/docs/CPM.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..779515ae7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/CPM.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# CPMUtil
+
+CPMUtil is a wrapper around CPM that aims to reduce boilerplate and add useful utility functions to make dependency management a piece of cake.
+
+See more in [its repository](https://git.crueter.xyz/CMake/CPMUtil)
+
+Eden-specific options:
+
+- `YUZU_USE_CPM` is set by default on MSVC and Android. Other platforms should use this if certain "required" system dependencies (e.g. OpenSSL) are broken or missing
+  * If this is `OFF`, required system dependencies will be searched via `find_package`, although most externals use CPM regardless.
+
+## Tooling
+
+See the [tooling docs](../tools/cpm)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/CPMUtil.md b/docs/CPMUtil.md
index 779515ae7e..0cff9411fe 100644
--- a/docs/CPMUtil.md
+++ b/docs/CPMUtil.md
@@ -2,13 +2,259 @@
 
 CPMUtil is a wrapper around CPM that aims to reduce boilerplate and add useful utility functions to make dependency management a piece of cake.
 
-See more in [its repository](https://git.crueter.xyz/CMake/CPMUtil)
+Global Options:
 
-Eden-specific options:
+- `CPMUTIL_FORCE_SYSTEM` (default `OFF`): Require all CPM dependencies to use system packages. NOT RECOMMENDED!
+  * Many packages, e.g. mcl, sirit, xbyak, discord-rpc, are not generally available as a system package.
+  * You may optionally override these (see CPMUtil section)
+- `CPMUTIL_FORCE_BUNDLED` (default `ON` on MSVC and Android, `OFF` elsewhere): Require all CPM dependencies to use bundled packages.
 
-- `YUZU_USE_CPM` is set by default on MSVC and Android. Other platforms should use this if certain "required" system dependencies (e.g. OpenSSL) are broken or missing
-  * If this is `OFF`, required system dependencies will be searched via `find_package`, although most externals use CPM regardless.
+## AddPackage
 
-## Tooling
+The core of CPMUtil is the `AddPackage` function. `AddPackage` itself is fully CMake-based, and largely serves as an interface between CPM and the rest of CPMUtil.
 
-See the [tooling docs](../tools/cpm)
\ No newline at end of file
+**Identification/Fetching**
+
+- `NAME` (required): The package name (must be the same as the `find_package` name if applicable)
+- `VERSION`: The minimum version of this package that can be used on the system
+- `GIT_VERSION`: The "version" found within git
+- `URL`: The URL to fetch.
+- `REPO`: The GitHub repo to use (`owner/repo`).
+  * Only GitHub is supported for now, though other platforms will see support at some point
+- `TAG`: The tag to fetch, if applicable.
+- `ARTIFACT`: The name of the artifact, if applicable.
+- `SHA`: Commit sha to fetch, if applicable.
+- `BRANCH`: Branch to fetch, if applicable.
+
+The following configurations are supported, in descending order of precedence:
+
+- `URL`: Bare URL download, useful for custom artifacts
+  * If this is set, `GIT_URL` or `REPO` should be set to allow the dependency viewer to link to the project's Git repository.
+  * If this is NOT set, `REPO` must be defined.
+- `REPO + TAG + ARTIFACT`: GitHub release artifact
+  * The final download URL will be `https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/download/${TAG}/${ARTIFACT}`
+  * Useful for prebuilt libraries and prefetched archives
+- `REPO + TAG`: GitHub tag archive
+  * The final download URL will be `https://github.com/${REPO}/archive/refs/tags/${TAG}.tar.gz`
+  * Useful for pinning to a specific tag, better for build identification
+- `REPO + SHA`: GitHub commit archive
+  * The final download URL will be `https://github.com/${REPO}/archive/${SHA}.zip`
+  * Useful for pinning to a specific commit
+- `REPO + BRANCH`: GitHub branch archive
+  * The final download URL will be `https://github.com/${REPO}/archive/refs/heads/${BRANCH}.zip`
+  * Generally not recommended unless the branch is frozen
+- `REPO`: GitHub master archive
+  * The final download URL will be `https://github.com/${REPO}/archive/refs/heads/master.zip`
+  * Generally not recommended unless the project is dead
+
+**Hashing**
+
+Hashing is used for verifying downloads. It's highly recommended to use these.
+
+- `HASH_ALGO` (default `SHA512`): Hash algorithm to use
+
+Hashing strategies, descending order of precedence:
+
+- `HASH`: Bare hash verification, useful for static downloads e.g. commit archives
+- `HASH_SUFFIX`: Download the hash as `${DOWNLOAD_URL}.${HASH_SUFFIX}`
+  * The downloaded hash *must* match the hash algorithm and contain nothing but the hash; no filenames or extra content.
+- `HASH_URL`: Download the hash from a separate URL
+
+**Additional Options**
+
+- `KEY`: Custom cache key to use (stored as `.cache/cpm/${packagename_lower}/${key}`)
+  * Default is based on, in descending order of precedence:
+    - First 4 characters of the sha
+    - `GIT_VERSION`
+    - Tag
+    - `VERSION`
+    - Otherwise, CPM defaults will be used. This is not recommended as it doesn't produce reproducible caches
+- `DOWNLOAD_ONLY`: Whether or not to configure the downloaded package via CMake
+  * Useful to turn `OFF` if the project doesn't use CMake
+- `SOURCE_SUBDIR`: Subdirectory of the project containing a CMakeLists.txt file
+- `FIND_PACKAGE_ARGUMENTS`: Arguments to pass to the `find_package` call
+- `BUNDLED_PACKAGE`: Set to `ON` to default to the bundled package
+- `FORCE_BUNDLED_PACKAGE`: Set to `ON` to force the usage of the bundled package, regardless of CPMUTIL_FORCE_SYSTEM or `<package>_FORCE_SYSTEM`
+- `OPTIONS`: Options to pass to the configuration of the package
+- `PATCHES`: Patches to apply to the package, stored in `.patch/${packagename_lower}/0001-patch-name.patch` and so on
+- Other arguments can be passed to CPM as well
+
+**Extra Variables**
+
+For each added package, users may additionally force usage of the system/bundled package.
+
+- `${package}_FORCE_SYSTEM`: Require the package to be installed on the system
+- `${package}_FORCE_BUNDLED`: Force the package to be fetched and use the bundled version
+
+**Bundled/System Switching**
+
+Descending order of precedence:
+- If `${package}_FORCE_SYSTEM` is true, requires the package to be on the system
+- If `${package}_FORCE_BUNDLED` is true, forcefully uses the bundled package
+- If `CPMUTIL_FORCE_SYSTEM` is true, requires the package to be on the system
+- If `CPMUTIL_FORCE_BUNDLED` is true, forcefully uses the bundled package
+- If the `BUNDLED_PACKAGE` argument is true, forcefully uses the bundled package
+- Otherwise, CPM will search for the package first, and if not found, will use the bundled package
+
+**Identification**
+
+All dependencies must be identifiable in some way for usage in the dependency viewer. Lists are provided in descending order of precedence.
+
+URLs:
+
+- `GIT_URL`
+- `REPO` as a Git repository
+  * You may optionally specify `GIT_HOST` to use a custom host, e.g. `GIT_HOST git.crueter.xyz`. Note that the git host MUST be GitHub-like in its artifact/archive downloads, e.g. Forgejo
+  * If `GIT_HOST` is unspecified, defaults to `github.com`
+- `URL`
+
+Versions (bundled):
+
+- `SHA`
+- `GIT_VERSION`
+- `VERSION`
+- `TAG`
+- "unknown"
+
+If the package is a system package, AddPackage will attempt to determine the package version and append ` (system)` to the identifier. Otherwise, it will be marked as `unknown (system)`
+
+## AddCIPackage
+
+Adds a package that follows [crueter's CI repository spec](https://github.com/crueter-ci).
+
+- `VERSION` (required): The version to get (the tag will be `v${VERSION}`)
+- `NAME` (required): Name used within the artifacts
+- `REPO` (required): CI repository, e.g. `crueter-ci/OpenSSL`
+- `PACKAGE` (required): `find_package` package name
+- `EXTENSION`: Artifact extension (default `tar.zst`)
+- `MIN_VERSION`: Minimum version for `find_package`. Only used if platform does not support this package as a bundled artifact
+- `DISABLED_PLATFORMS`: List of platforms that lack artifacts for this package. Options:
+  * `windows-amd64`
+  * `windows-arm64`
+  * `android`
+  * `solaris-amd64`
+  * `freebsd-amd64`
+  * `linux-amd64`
+  * `linux-aarch64`
+  * `macos-universal`
+
+## AddJsonPackage
+
+This is the recommended method of usage for CPMUtil. In each directory that utilizes `CPMUtil`, there must be a `cpmfile.json` that defines dependencies in a similar manner to the individual calls.
+
+The cpmfile is an object of objects, with each sub-object being named according to the package's identifier, e.g. `openssl`, which can then be fetched with `AddJsonPackage(<identifier>)`. Options are designed to map closely to the argument names, and are always strings unless otherwise specified.
+
+- `package` -> `NAME` (`PACKAGE` for CI), defaults to the object key
+- `repo` -> `REPO`
+- `version` -> `VERSION`
+- `ci` (bool)
+
+If `ci` is `false`:
+
+- `hash` -> `HASH`
+- `hash_suffix` -> `HASH_SUFFIX`
+- `sha` -> `SHA`
+- `key` -> `KEY`
+- `tag` -> `TAG`
+  * If the tag contains `%VERSION%`, that part will be replaced by the `git_version`, OR `version` if `git_version` is not specified
+- `url` -> `URL`
+- `artifact` -> `ARTIFACT`
+  * If the artifact contains `%VERSION%`, that part will be replaced by the `git_version`, OR `version` if `git_version` is not specified
+  * If the artifact contains `%TAG%`, that part will be replaced by the `tag` (with its replacement already done)
+- `git_version` -> `GIT_VERSION`
+- `git_host` -> `GIT_HOST`
+- `source_subdir` -> `SOURCE_SUBDIR`
+- `bundled` -> `BUNDLED_PACKAGE`
+- `find_args` -> `FIND_PACKAGE_ARGUMENTS`
+- `patches` -> `PATCHES` (array)
+- `options` -> `OPTIONS` (array)
+
+Other arguments aren't currently supported. If you wish to add them, see the `AddJsonPackage` function in `CMakeModules/CPMUtil.cmake`.
+
+If `ci` is `true`:
+
+- `name` -> `NAME`, defaults to the object key
+- `extension` -> `EXTENSION`, defaults to `tar.zst`
+- `min_version` -> `MIN_VERSION`
+- `extension` -> `EXTENSION`
+- `disabled_platforms` -> `DISABLED_PLATFORMS` (array)
+
+## Examples
+
+In order: OpenSSL CI, Boost (tag + artifact), Opus (options + find_args), discord-rpc (sha + options + patches)
+
+```json
+{
+    "openssl": {
+        "ci": true,
+        "package": "OpenSSL",
+        "name": "openssl",
+        "repo": "crueter-ci/OpenSSL",
+        "version": "3.6.0",
+        "min_version": "1.1.1",
+        "disabled_platforms": [
+            "macos-universal"
+        ]
+    },
+    "boost": {
+        "package": "Boost",
+        "repo": "boostorg/boost",
+        "tag": "boost-%VERSION%",
+        "artifact": "%TAG%-cmake.7z",
+        "hash": "e5b049e5b61964480ca816395f63f95621e66cb9bcf616a8b10e441e0e69f129e22443acb11e77bc1e8170f8e4171b9b7719891efc43699782bfcd4b3a365f01",
+        "git_version": "1.88.0",
+        "version": "1.57"
+    },
+    "opus": {
+        "package": "Opus",
+        "repo": "xiph/opus",
+        "sha": "5ded705cf4",
+        "hash": "0dc89e58ddda1f3bc6a7037963994770c5806c10e66f5cc55c59286fc76d0544fe4eca7626772b888fd719f434bc8a92f792bdb350c807968b2ac14cfc04b203",
+        "version": "1.3",
+        "find_args": "MODULE",
+        "options": [
+            "OPUS_BUILD_TESTING OFF",
+            "OPUS_BUILD_PROGRAMS OFF",
+            "OPUS_INSTALL_PKG_CONFIG_MODULE OFF",
+            "OPUS_INSTALL_CMAKE_CONFIG_MODULE OFF"
+        ]
+    },
+    "discord-rpc": {
+        "repo": "discord/discord-rpc",
+        "sha": "963aa9f3e5",
+        "hash": "386e1344e9a666d730f2d335ee3aef1fd05b1039febefd51aa751b705009cc764411397f3ca08dffd46205c72f75b235c870c737b2091a4ed0c3b061f5919bde",
+        "options": [
+            "BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF"
+        ],
+        "patches": [
+            "0001-cmake-version.patch",
+            "0002-no-clang-format.patch",
+            "0003-fix-cpp17.patch"
+        ]
+    },
+}
+```
+
+## Inclusion
+
+To include CPMUtil:
+
+```cmake
+include(CPMUtil)
+```
+
+## Lists
+
+CPMUtil will create three lists of dependencies where `AddPackage` or similar was used. Each is in order of addition.
+
+- `CPM_PACKAGE_NAMES`: The names of packages included by CPMUtil
+- `CPM_PACKAGE_URLS`: The URLs to project/repo pages of packages
+- `CPM_PACKAGE_SHAS`: Short version identifiers for each package
+    * If the package was included as a system package, ` (system)` is appended thereafter
+    * Packages whose versions can't be deduced will be left as `unknown`.
+
+For an example of how this might be implemented in an application, see Eden's implementation:
+
+- [`dep_hashes.h.in`](https://git.eden-emu.dev/eden-emu/eden/src/branch/master/src/dep_hashes.h.in)
+- [`GenerateDepHashes.cmake`](https://git.eden-emu.dev/eden-emu/eden/src/branch/master/CMakeModules/GenerateDepHashes.cmake)
+- [`deps_dialog.cpp`](https://git.eden-emu.dev/eden-emu/eden/src/branch/master/src/yuzu/deps_dialog.cpp)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 686cfe8ea0..f7f795ac23 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ This contains documentation created by developers. This contains build instructi
 - **[General Build Instructions](Build.md)**
 - **[Development Guidelines](Development.md)**
 - **[Dependencies](Deps.md)**
-- **[CPM - CMake Package Manager](CPMUtil.md)**
+- **[CMake Dependency Management](CPM.md)**
 - **[Platform-Specific Caveats](Caveats.md)**
-- **[User Handbook](User.md)**
\ No newline at end of file
+- **[User Handbook](User.md)**
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 434e6fb100..c071de0b8a 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -398,3 +398,36 @@ if (ARCHITECTURE_arm64 AND NOT TARGET sse2neon)
     add_library(sse2neon INTERFACE)
     target_include_directories(sse2neon INTERFACE sse2neon)
 endif()
+
+# MoltenVK
+if (APPLE)
+    find_library(MOLTENVK_LIBRARY MoltenVK)
+
+    if (NOT MOLTENVK_LIBRARY OR YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_MOLTENVK)
+        message(STATUS "Using bundled MoltenVK")
+        AddJsonPackage(moltenvk)
+
+        # TODO: is this portable?
+        set(MVK_STATIC "${moltenvk_SOURCE_DIR}/MoltenVK/static/MoltenVK.xcframework/macos-arm64_x86_64/libMoltenVK.a")
+        set(MVK_DYLIB "${moltenvk_SOURCE_DIR}/MoltenVK/dylib/${platform}/libMoltenVK.dylib")
+
+        # prefer static lib if it exists for smaller executable size
+        if (EXISTS "${MVK_STATIC}")
+            # Using static MoltenVK requires linking to a few Apple frameworks
+            find_library(IOSURFACE_LIBRARY IOSurface REQUIRED)
+            find_library(QUARTZCORE_LIBRARY QuartzCore REQUIRED)
+
+            add_library(MoltenVK::MoltenVK STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+            set_target_properties(MoltenVK::MoltenVK PROPERTIES
+                IMPORTED_LOCATION "${MVK_STATIC}"
+            )
+
+            target_link_libraries(MoltenVK::MoltenVK INTERFACE ${IOSURFACE_LIBRARY} ${QUARTZCORE_LIBRARY})
+        else()
+            add_library(MoltenVK::MoltenVK SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+            set_target_properties(MoltenVK::MoltenVK PROPERTIES
+                IMPORTED_LOCATION "${MVK_DYLIB}"
+            )
+        endif()
+    endif()
+endif()
diff --git a/externals/cmake-modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake b/externals/cmake-modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index dab1347753..0000000000
--- a/externals/cmake-modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,162 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Iowa State University
-# SPDX-FileContributor: Ryan Pavlik <rpavlik@iastate.edu> <abiryan@ryand.net>
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
-
-# - Returns a version string from Git
-#
-# These functions force a re-configure on each git commit so that you can
-# trust the values of the variables in your build system.
-#
-#  get_git_head_revision(<refspecvar> <hashvar> [<additional arguments to git describe> ...])
-#
-# Returns the refspec and sha hash of the current head revision
-#
-#  git_describe(<var> [<additional arguments to git describe> ...])
-#
-# Returns the results of git describe on the source tree, and adjusting
-# the output so that it tests false if an error occurs.
-#
-#  git_get_exact_tag(<var> [<additional arguments to git describe> ...])
-#
-# Returns the results of git describe --exact-match on the source tree,
-# and adjusting the output so that it tests false if there was no exact
-# matching tag.
-#
-# Requires CMake 2.6 or newer (uses the 'function' command)
-#
-# Original Author:
-# 2009-2010 Ryan Pavlik <rpavlik@iastate.edu> <abiryan@ryand.net>
-# http://academic.cleardefinition.com
-# Iowa State University HCI Graduate Program/VRAC
-#
-# Copyright Iowa State University 2009-2010.
-# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
-# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
-# http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
-
-if(__get_git_revision_description)
-	return()
-endif()
-set(__get_git_revision_description YES)
-
-# We must run the following at "include" time, not at function call time,
-# to find the path to this module rather than the path to a calling list file
-get_filename_component(_gitdescmoddir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE} PATH)
-
-function(get_git_head_revision _refspecvar _hashvar)
-	set(GIT_PARENT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
-	set(GIT_DIR "${GIT_PARENT_DIR}/.git")
-	while(NOT EXISTS "${GIT_DIR}")	# .git dir not found, search parent directories
-		set(GIT_PREVIOUS_PARENT "${GIT_PARENT_DIR}")
-		get_filename_component(GIT_PARENT_DIR ${GIT_PARENT_DIR} PATH)
-		if(GIT_PARENT_DIR STREQUAL GIT_PREVIOUS_PARENT)
-			# We have reached the root directory, we are not in git
-			set(${_refspecvar} "GITDIR-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
-			set(${_hashvar} "GITDIR-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
-			return()
-		endif()
-		set(GIT_DIR "${GIT_PARENT_DIR}/.git")
-	endwhile()
-	# check if this is a submodule
-	if(NOT IS_DIRECTORY ${GIT_DIR})
-		file(READ ${GIT_DIR} submodule)
-		string(REGEX REPLACE "gitdir: (.*)\n$" "\\1" GIT_DIR_RELATIVE ${submodule})
-		get_filename_component(SUBMODULE_DIR ${GIT_DIR} PATH)
-		get_filename_component(GIT_DIR ${SUBMODULE_DIR}/${GIT_DIR_RELATIVE} ABSOLUTE)
-	endif()
-	set(GIT_DATA "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/git-data")
-	if(NOT EXISTS "${GIT_DATA}")
-		file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${GIT_DATA}")
-	endif()
-
-	if(NOT EXISTS "${GIT_DIR}/HEAD")
-		return()
-	endif()
-	set(HEAD_FILE "${GIT_DATA}/HEAD")
-	configure_file("${GIT_DIR}/HEAD" "${HEAD_FILE}" COPYONLY)
-
-	configure_file("${_gitdescmoddir}/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in"
-		"${GIT_DATA}/grabRef.cmake"
-		@ONLY)
-	include("${GIT_DATA}/grabRef.cmake")
-
-	set(${_refspecvar} "${HEAD_REF}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-	set(${_hashvar} "${HEAD_HASH}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
-
-function(git_branch_name _var)
-	if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
-		find_package(Git QUIET)
-	endif()
-
-	if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
-		set(${_var} "GIT-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
-		return()
-	endif()
-
-	execute_process(COMMAND
-		"${GIT_EXECUTABLE}"
-		rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
-		WORKING_DIRECTORY
-		"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
-		RESULT_VARIABLE
-		res
-		OUTPUT_VARIABLE
-		out
-		ERROR_QUIET
-		OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-	if(NOT res EQUAL 0)
-		set(out "${out}-${res}-NOTFOUND")
-	endif()
-
-	set(${_var} "${out}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
-
-function(git_describe _var)
-	if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
-		find_package(Git QUIET)
-	endif()
-	#get_git_head_revision(refspec hash)
-	if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
-		set(${_var} "GIT-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
-		return()
-	endif()
-	#if(NOT hash)
-	#	set(${_var} "HEAD-HASH-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
-	#	return()
-	#endif()
-
-	# TODO sanitize
-	#if((${ARGN}" MATCHES "&&") OR
-	#	(ARGN MATCHES "||") OR
-	#	(ARGN MATCHES "\\;"))
-	#	message("Please report the following error to the project!")
-	#	message(FATAL_ERROR "Looks like someone's doing something nefarious with git_describe! Passed arguments ${ARGN}")
-	#endif()
-
-	#message(STATUS "Arguments to execute_process: ${ARGN}")
-
-	execute_process(COMMAND
-		"${GIT_EXECUTABLE}"
-		describe
-		${hash}
-		${ARGN}
-		WORKING_DIRECTORY
-		"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
-		RESULT_VARIABLE
-		res
-		OUTPUT_VARIABLE
-		out
-		ERROR_QUIET
-		OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-	if(NOT res EQUAL 0)
-		set(out "${out}-${res}-NOTFOUND")
-	endif()
-
-	set(${_var} "${out}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
-
-function(git_get_exact_tag _var)
-	git_describe(out --exact-match ${ARGN})
-	set(${_var} "${out}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
diff --git a/externals/cmake-modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in b/externals/cmake-modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 868e032efb..0000000000
--- a/externals/cmake-modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Iowa State University
-# SPDX-FileContributor: Ryan Pavlik <rpavlik@iastate.edu> <abiryan@ryand.net>
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
-
-# Internal file for GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
-#
-# Requires CMake 2.6 or newer (uses the 'function' command)
-#
-# Original Author:
-# 2009-2010 Ryan Pavlik <rpavlik@iastate.edu> <abiryan@ryand.net>
-# http://academic.cleardefinition.com
-# Iowa State University HCI Graduate Program/VRAC
-#
-# Copyright Iowa State University 2009-2010.
-# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
-# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
-# http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
-
-set(HEAD_HASH)
-
-file(READ "@HEAD_FILE@" HEAD_CONTENTS LIMIT 1024)
-
-string(STRIP "${HEAD_CONTENTS}" HEAD_CONTENTS)
-if(HEAD_CONTENTS MATCHES "ref")
-	# named branch
-	string(REPLACE "ref: " "" HEAD_REF "${HEAD_CONTENTS}")
-	if(EXISTS "@GIT_DIR@/${HEAD_REF}")
-		configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/${HEAD_REF}" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
-	elseif(EXISTS "@GIT_DIR@/logs/${HEAD_REF}")
-		configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/logs/${HEAD_REF}" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
-		set(HEAD_HASH "${HEAD_REF}")
-	endif()
-else()
-	# detached HEAD
-	configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/HEAD" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
-endif()
-
-if(NOT HEAD_HASH)
-	if(EXISTS "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref")
-		file(READ "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" HEAD_HASH LIMIT 1024)
-		string(STRIP "${HEAD_HASH}" HEAD_HASH)
-	else()
-		set(HEAD_HASH "Unknown")
-	endif()
-endif()
diff --git a/externals/cpmfile.json b/externals/cpmfile.json
index dde8c22d5f..a1fcbd4090 100644
--- a/externals/cpmfile.json
+++ b/externals/cpmfile.json
@@ -198,5 +198,12 @@
         "key": "steamdeck",
         "bundled": true,
         "skip_updates": "true"
+    },
+    "moltenvk": {
+        "repo": "KhronosGroup/MoltenVK",
+        "tag": "v%VERSION%",
+        "git_version": "1.4.0",
+        "artifact": "MoltenVK-macOS.tar",
+        "hash": "63721377503bbfaa9c8df79e7ebc3dc43577d38fa0f4a986c50a56a3904f9629b4cf9001d9c95c184228b574cd06608ff29ab89c14549cb6be8a7fb9cbe1e95a"
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 96ea429e5a..dcc70c9ac7 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -276,4 +276,13 @@ if(YUZU_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS)
   target_precompile_headers(common PRIVATE precompiled_headers.h)
 endif()
 
+# IOPS (needed for power state) requires linking to IOKit
+if (APPLE)
+  find_library(IOKIT_LIBRARY IOKit)
+  if(NOT IOKIT_LIBRARY)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "IOKit not found, did you install XCode tools?")
+  endif()
+  target_link_libraries(common PRIVATE ${IOKIT_LIBRARY})
+endif()
+
 create_target_directory_groups(common)
diff --git a/src/dynarmic/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dynarmic/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b3308fb54..6661e94d47 100644
--- a/src/dynarmic/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dynarmic/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ option(DYNARMIC_ENABLE_LTO "Enable LTO" OFF)
 # Default to a Release build
 if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build, options are: Debug Release RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel." FORCE)
-    message(STATUS "Defaulting to a Release build")
+    message(STATUS "[dynarmic] Defaulting to a Release build")
 endif()
 
 # Set hard requirements for C++
@@ -58,11 +58,9 @@ endif()
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeModules")
 
 # Arch detection
-include(DetectArchitecture)
 if (NOT DEFINED ARCHITECTURE)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Unsupported architecture encountered. Ending CMake generation.")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "[dynarmic] Unsupported architecture encountered. Ending CMake generation.")
 endif()
-message(STATUS "Target architecture: ${ARCHITECTURE}")
 
 # Compiler flags
 if (MSVC)
@@ -144,7 +142,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 find_package(Boost 1.57 REQUIRED)
-find_package(fmt 9 CONFIG)
+find_package(fmt 8 CONFIG)
 
 # Pull in externals CMakeLists for libs where available
 add_subdirectory(externals)
diff --git a/src/dynarmic/CMakeModules/DetectArchitecture.cmake b/src/dynarmic/CMakeModules/DetectArchitecture.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 28bd1ef263..0000000000
--- a/src/dynarmic/CMakeModules/DetectArchitecture.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-include(CheckSymbolExists)
-
-if (CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES)
-    set(DYNARMIC_MULTIARCH_BUILD 1)
-    set(ARCHITECTURE "${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}")
-    return()
-endif()
-
-function(detect_architecture symbol arch)
-    if (NOT DEFINED ARCHITECTURE)
-        set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET YES)
-        check_symbol_exists("${symbol}" "" DETECT_ARCHITECTURE_${arch})
-        unset(CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET)
-
-        if (DETECT_ARCHITECTURE_${arch})
-            set(ARCHITECTURE "${arch}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-        endif()
-
-        unset(DETECT_ARCHITECTURE_${arch} CACHE)
-    endif()
-endfunction()
-
-detect_architecture("__ARM64__" arm64)
-detect_architecture("__aarch64__" arm64)
-detect_architecture("_M_ARM64" arm64)
-
-detect_architecture("__arm__" arm)
-detect_architecture("__TARGET_ARCH_ARM" arm)
-detect_architecture("_M_ARM" arm)
-
-detect_architecture("__x86_64" x86_64)
-detect_architecture("__x86_64__" x86_64)
-detect_architecture("__amd64" x86_64)
-detect_architecture("_M_X64" x86_64)
-
-detect_architecture("__i386" x86)
-detect_architecture("__i386__" x86)
-detect_architecture("_M_IX86" x86)
-
-detect_architecture("__ia64" ia64)
-detect_architecture("__ia64__" ia64)
-detect_architecture("_M_IA64" ia64)
-
-detect_architecture("__mips" mips)
-detect_architecture("__mips__" mips)
-detect_architecture("_M_MRX000" mips)
-
-detect_architecture("__ppc64__" ppc64)
-detect_architecture("__powerpc64__" ppc64)
-
-detect_architecture("__ppc__" ppc)
-detect_architecture("__ppc" ppc)
-detect_architecture("__powerpc__" ppc)
-detect_architecture("_ARCH_COM" ppc)
-detect_architecture("_ARCH_PWR" ppc)
-detect_architecture("_ARCH_PPC" ppc)
-detect_architecture("_M_MPPC" ppc)
-detect_architecture("_M_PPC" ppc)
-
-detect_architecture("__riscv" riscv)
-
-detect_architecture("__EMSCRIPTEN__" wasm)
diff --git a/src/dynarmic/CMakeModules/TargetArchitectureSpecificSources.cmake b/src/dynarmic/CMakeModules/TargetArchitectureSpecificSources.cmake
index f08911c6f2..1a2dbc1326 100644
--- a/src/dynarmic/CMakeModules/TargetArchitectureSpecificSources.cmake
+++ b/src/dynarmic/CMakeModules/TargetArchitectureSpecificSources.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 function(target_architecture_specific_sources project arch)
-    if (NOT DYNARMIC_MULTIARCH_BUILD)
+    if (NOT MULTIARCH_BUILD)
         target_sources("${project}" PRIVATE ${ARGN})
         return()
     endif()
diff --git a/src/dynarmic/src/dynarmic/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dynarmic/src/dynarmic/CMakeLists.txt
index 8aa0f41afa..3932496436 100644
--- a/src/dynarmic/src/dynarmic/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dynarmic/src/dynarmic/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ elseif (APPLE)
         message(WARNING "macOS fastmem disabled: unable to find mach/mach_exc.defs")
         target_sources(dynarmic PRIVATE backend/exception_handler_generic.cpp)
     else()
-        message(STATUS "mach/mach_exc.defs location: ${MACH_EXC_DEFS_DIR}")
+        message(STATUS "[dynarmic] mach/mach_exc.defs location: ${MACH_EXC_DEFS_DIR}")
         execute_process(
             COMMAND
                 mkdir -p "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/backend/x64/mig"
diff --git a/src/dynarmic/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dynarmic/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index df90168a52..27d9f0af33 100644
--- a/src/dynarmic/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dynarmic/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if ("x86_64" IN_LIST ARCHITECTURE)
         native/preserve_xmm.cpp
     )
 
-    if (NOT MSVC AND NOT DYNARMIC_MULTIARCH_BUILD)
+    if (NOT MSVC AND NOT MULTIARCH_BUILD)
         target_sources(dynarmic_tests PRIVATE
             rsqrt_test.cpp
             rsqrt_test_fn.s
diff --git a/src/yuzu/CMakeLists.txt b/src/yuzu/CMakeLists.txt
index c03f7a3abf..31f73928fd 100644
--- a/src/yuzu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/yuzu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -366,18 +366,19 @@ if (APPLE)
     set_target_properties(yuzu PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE TRUE)
     set_target_properties(yuzu PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Info.plist)
 
-    if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_MOLTENVK)
-        set(MOLTENVK_PLATFORM "macOS")
-        set(MOLTENVK_VERSION "v1.3.0")
-        download_moltenvk(${MOLTENVK_PLATFORM} ${MOLTENVK_VERSION})
-    endif()
-    find_library(MOLTENVK_LIBRARY MoltenVK REQUIRED)
-    message(STATUS "Using MoltenVK at ${MOLTENVK_LIBRARY}.")
-    set_source_files_properties(${MOLTENVK_LIBRARY} PROPERTIES MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION Frameworks
-                                    XCODE_FILE_ATTRIBUTES "CodeSignOnCopy")
-    target_sources(yuzu PRIVATE ${MOLTENVK_LIBRARY})
+    if (TARGET MoltenVK::MoltenVK)
+        target_link_libraries(yuzu PRIVATE MoltenVK::MoltenVK)
+    else()
+        find_library(MOLTENVK_LIBRARY MoltenVK)
+        message(STATUS "Using MoltenVK at ${MOLTENVK_LIBRARY}.")
+        set_source_files_properties(${MOLTENVK_LIBRARY} PROPERTIES MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION Frameworks
+                                        XCODE_FILE_ATTRIBUTES "CodeSignOnCopy")
 
-elseif(WIN32)
+        target_sources(yuzu PRIVATE "${MOLTENVK_LIBRARY}")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+if(WIN32)
     # compile as a win32 gui application instead of a console application
     target_link_libraries(yuzu PRIVATE Qt6::EntryPointPrivate)
     if(MSVC)
diff --git a/tools/cpm/download.sh b/tools/cpm/download.sh
index 426f1f51e6..a930069463 100755
--- a/tools/cpm/download.sh
+++ b/tools/cpm/download.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ download_package() {
 
     LOWER_PACKAGE=$(echo "$PACKAGE_NAME" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
     OUTDIR="${CPM_SOURCE_CACHE}/${LOWER_PACKAGE}/${KEY}"
+	TMPDIR="$TMP/extracted"
     [ -d "$OUTDIR" ] && return
 
     curl "$DOWNLOAD" -sS -L -o "$OUTFILE"
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ download_package() {
     mkdir -p "$OUTDIR"
 
 	PREVDIR="$PWD"
-    cd "$OUTDIR"
+	mkdir -p "$TMPDIR"
+    cd "$TMPDIR"
 
     case "$FILENAME" in
         (*.7z)
@@ -47,11 +49,16 @@ download_package() {
     # thanks gnu
     if [ "$(echo "$DIRS" | wc -l)" -eq 2 ]; then
         SUBDIR=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -not -name ".")
-        mv "$SUBDIR"/* .
-        mv "$SUBDIR"/.* . 2>/dev/null || true
+        mv "$SUBDIR"/* "$OUTDIR"
+		mv "$SUBDIR"/.* "$OUTDIR" 2>/dev/null || true
         rmdir "$SUBDIR"
+	else
+		mv ./* "$OUTDIR"
+		mv ./.* "$OUTDIR" 2>/dev/null || true
     fi
 
+	cd "$OUTDIR"
+
     if echo "$JSON" | grep -e "patches" > /dev/null; then
         PATCHES=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r '.patches | join(" ")')
         for patch in $PATCHES; do
diff --git a/tools/shellcheck.sh b/tools/shellcheck.sh
index 719c717cf2..832b7496c7 100755
--- a/tools/shellcheck.sh
+++ b/tools/shellcheck.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 Eden Emulator Project
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 crueter
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 # fd is slightly faster on NVMe (the syntax sux though)
diff --git a/tools/update-cpm.sh b/tools/update-cpm.sh
index 8bd8df2b83..6ca23fc2d6 100755
--- a/tools/update-cpm.sh
+++ b/tools/update-cpm.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 Eden Emulator Project
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 crueter
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-wget -O CMakeModules/CPM.cmake https://github.com/cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake/releases/latest/download/CPM.cmake
+# updates CPMUtil, its docs, and related tools from the latest release
+
+if command -v zstd > /dev/null; then
+    EXT=tar.zst
+else
+    EXT=tar.gz
+fi
+
+wget "https://git.crueter.xyz/CMake/CPMUtil/releases/download/continuous/CPMUtil.$EXT"
+tar xf "CPMUtil.$EXT"
+rm "CPMUtil.$EXT"