MoltenGamepad
Flexible Linux input device translator, geared for gamepads (by jgeumlek)
python-evdev
Python bindings for the Linux input subsystem (by gvalkov)
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| 267 | 311 | |
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| 0.0 | 7.2 | |
| 7 months ago | 4 days ago | |
| C++ | Python | |
| MIT License | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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MoltenGamepad
Posts with mentions or reviews of MoltenGamepad.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-12.
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Developers shipping broken ports and unfinished games (at a $70 price tag) has hit the sweet spot for linux gaming.
I have been messing with preseeding a debian install with the packages I need and maybe toying around with the kernel for native gamepad support. I found a project that appears to fix some of the gamepad support issue when trying to run emulated games from steam -gamepadui (passing controllers to Ryujinx or dolphin leads to disconnect issues).
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Controller players, What is your preferred controller?
I've been using MoltenGamepad (https://github.com/jgeumlek/MoltenGamepad) on Linux. It'll handle mapping all the buttons, IR, accel/gyro, nunchuck, etc. It works pretty well once you figure out the config files. I'm not sure if there's an equivalent for Windows though. IMO the a wiimote with the sensor bar works pretty good controlling the mouse for a media PC connected to your TV.
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Virtual Controller Input for Games?
I thought of this, but I am also using FFXIV Launcher and piping that through Steam seems to break wine. MoltenGamepad seems perfect so far, but I appreciate your suggestion!
- Need to Create a Dummy Controller
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Does anyone know how to emulate a controller with a HOTAS in Linux?
I did trip across MoltenGamepad, but I haven't really tried it out yet.
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Is there software for emulating controller with keyboard? Mostly interested because of the Steam Remote.
I found this project in another reddit thread, but it hasn't been updated since 2020: https://github.com/jgeumlek/MoltenGamepad
- How do you force a playstation controller to show up as an xbox controller for steam?
- help with moltengamepad assign?
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I have problems with my generic gamepad
I use https://github.com/jgeumlek/MoltenGamepad to make all of my pads behave like XBox360 controllers.
python-evdev
Posts with mentions or reviews of python-evdev.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-07.
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Pimoroni Trackball with Raspberry Pi 4b (running Raspbian Bullseye) not working
Oh, that doesn't bode well. It seems that python-evdev may have issues in Python 3.9 for some reason.
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Is there software for emulating controller with keyboard? Mostly interested because of the Steam Remote.
Or if you want to make something yourself, you can use some library like python-evdev that let's you create a virtual device you can control by listening events from another device.
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Dynamic and persistent bluetooth keyboard passthrough with evdev
I found this issue on the GitHub repo for python-evdev which suggests that it is possible to get the bluetooth MAC for an input device: https://github.com/gvalkov/python-evdev/issues/81
- Wayland python key listener (pynput alternative?)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing MoltenGamepad and python-evdev you can also consider the following projects:
sc-controller - User-mode driver and GTK3 based GUI for Steam Controller
pynput - Sends virtual input commands
xpadneo - Advanced Linux Driver for Xbox One Wireless Controller (shipped with Xbox One S)
sway-keylogger - Simple keylogger for Wayland compositors that are not protected against ptrace.
RAWeb - RetroAchievements.org Platform
persistent-evdev
antimicrox - Graphical program used to map keyboard buttons and mouse controls to a gamepad. Useful for playing games with no gamepad support.
skyscraper - Powerful and versatile game scraper written in c++
linux
XOutput - DirectInput to XInput wrapper
ds360 - xboxdrv wrapper to use a Dualsense as a Xbox 360 controller on Linux
Playnite - Video game library manager with support for wide range of 3rd party libraries and game emulation support, providing one unified interface for your games.
MoltenGamepad vs sc-controller
python-evdev vs pynput
MoltenGamepad vs xpadneo
python-evdev vs sway-keylogger
MoltenGamepad vs RAWeb
python-evdev vs persistent-evdev
MoltenGamepad vs antimicrox
MoltenGamepad vs skyscraper
MoltenGamepad vs linux
MoltenGamepad vs XOutput
MoltenGamepad vs ds360
MoltenGamepad vs Playnite