hidapi VS JoyconLib

Compare hidapi vs JoyconLib and see what are their differences.

hidapi

A Simple cross-platform library for communicating with HID devices (by libusb)

JoyconLib

Joy-Con library for Unity. (by Looking-Glass)
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hidapi JoyconLib
10 4
1,470 433
2.5% -
6.8 0.0
9 days ago about 1 year ago
C C#
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later MIT License
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hidapi

Posts with mentions or reviews of hidapi. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-20.

JoyconLib

Posts with mentions or reviews of JoyconLib. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-03.
  • How do I get the position of Joy Cons?
    1 project | /r/Unity3D | 8 Jul 2023
    I'm using this GitHub repos. I can get the rotation of the joy cons, but I don't know if I can get the position.
  • Use Joycon Motion Controls
    1 project | /r/Unity3D | 11 Apr 2023
    so I found this: https://github.com/Looking-Glass/JoyconLib, but when I download it, extract it, and drag the folder into unity, the example seen doesn't work. I think I'm doing it wrong.
  • Joy con input help
    2 projects | /r/Unity3D | 3 Sep 2021
    I figured out the problem with JoyconLib! The hidapi.dll file was broken so I replaced it with a new file from https://github.com/libusb/hidapi/releases and not it's working.
  • Joy Con input help
    1 project | /r/Unity2D | 2 Sep 2021
    I have tried google but haven't gotten JoyconLib to work (I have not tried with the version it was created in) and I didn't find anything to work.

What are some alternatives?

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Musical-Joycons - Play Music With Your Joycons!

OpenHMD - Free and Open Source API and drivers for immersive technology.

send-my - Upload arbitrary data via Apple's Find My network.

OpenCV - Open Source Computer Vision Library

dolphin - Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.

OpenFFBoard - OpenFFBoard is a universal force feedback interface for DIY simulation devices

logic_conf.dart

GIMX - The GIMX software.

wii-u-gc-adapter - Tool for using the Wii U GameCube Adapter on Linux