YimMenu for GTA V, explained part by part

YimMenu is a free, open-source mod menu for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V. It runs as an in-game overlay that is loaded into the game with a DLL injector. Current development happens in YimMenuV2, which its developers describe as an experimental menu for GTA 5: Enhanced; the original menu is now usually called YimMenu Legacy.

They target different editions of the game. YimMenu Legacy, the first-generation menu, was built for the original PC release now called GTA V Legacy, and since its GitHub repository was archived it is distributed as binary-only releases. YimMenuV2 targets GTA V Enhanced and keeps its source code public on GitHub under GPL-2.0.

YimMenuV2 is written for GTA V Enhanced, so the Legacy edition is not its target. Players on the Legacy edition are in the territory of the first-generation menu, which is no longer published on GitHub. Check which edition your launcher starts before downloading anything.

The active project lives in the YimMenu/YimMenuV2 repository. The original YimMenu/YimMenu repository was archived on 1 February 2025 and is read-only; after a DMCA request its source code was removed, and it now keeps only documentation and a note about where Legacy builds are distributed.

No, but the developers recommend it. The README calls FSL optional but highly recommended for account safety. It is installed by placing its WINMM.dll file in the GTA V game directory, and it reroutes save data to your disk — which means progress made with FSL only appears while FSL is installed.

Any standard DLL injector can load YimMenuV2.dll; the README names Xenos as one example. Injectors are separate third-party tools and are not hosted on this site. Avoid bundles that package an injector together with a menu from an unknown source.

After injecting the DLL, press the INSERT key. On keyboards without an Insert key, use Ctrl + \ (backslash). The game window needs to have focus when you press the shortcut.

Launch the game first and wait until it reaches the main menu, then inject. That is the timing the README specifies, and injecting earlier — during start-up or loading screens — is a common cause of crashes.

The README covers all three PC storefronts. BattlEye is turned off in the Rockstar Games Launcher settings for GTA V Enhanced; if you own the game on Steam or Epic Games, you may also need to add the -nobattleye launch parameter.

No. YimMenu is a Windows DLL that is loaded into the PC version of GTA V. There is no console version, and nothing on the project’s pages describes support for macOS.

It depends which kind of safety you mean. As a file, YimMenuV2 is open source and built from public code, so the main file risk comes from modified copies on other websites. As far as your account is concerned, using any mod menu in GTA Online is against Rockstar’s terms and can lead to penalties. Our safety guide covers both sides in detail.

Yes, it is possible. Mod menus are not permitted in GTA Online, BattlEye anti-cheat has been part of GTA V on PC since September 2024, and community forums contain many reports of suspensions and bans. No setup, including FSL, can guarantee that an account will be unaffected.

YimMenuV2 does not include a BattlEye bypass, so its README instructs you to disable BattlEye in the launcher. With BattlEye off, Story Mode runs normally, but public GTA Online sessions will not behave as usual.

According to the README, it is because there is no BattlEye bypass: legitimate session hosts detect a heartbeat failure and remove you. It is expected behaviour rather than a bug. Story Mode and invite-only sessions avoid it, although Rockstar’s terms still apply online.

Usually not. FSL keeps its own save data on your disk, so progress made while FSL was installed only shows up while FSL is installed. Without FSL you see your normal save. Re-installing FSL makes the FSL progress visible again.

The README lists this as a known issue. The documented fix is to delete the Documents/GTAV Enhanced/Profiles folder. Renaming the folder instead of deleting it keeps a way back if you need one.

Injecting code into another running program is how mod menus work, but it is also a technique malware uses, so security tools often flag it. A warning is a reason to confirm the file came from the YimMenu repository, not to switch your protection off.

Menus are built against the internals of a specific game version, so an update can make a build crash or refuse to load. The fix is to wait for a new nightly build that supports the updated game; the repository’s issues are the quickest place to see whether an update broke it.

In September 2024 Take-Two Interactive sent a DMCA request concerning YimMenu-related code on GitHub. The maintainer took the source down, and the repository was archived on 1 February 2025. Development continued as YimMenuV2, and the original menu moved to binary-only releases.

No. This is an independent guide. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the YimMenu developers, Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive, and it does not host any YimMenu files. The download button points to the project’s own GitHub repository.