Alternatives to Pad2Key for all platforms with any license

JoyToKey

Utility that enables game controllers to emulate mouse and keyboard input for all applications.

Commercial Windows
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Xpadder

A utility for mapping keyboard keys and mouse button actions to your game controller buttons for PC gaming.

Commercial Windows
Key mapping Full controller support Gamepad Mapping Huge Controller Support ... Key rebinding Mapping Add a feature

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Pinnacle Game Profiler

Pinnacle Game Profiler allows you to emulate your keyboard and mouse with your video game controller, and otherwise customize the controller's behavior. Many PC...
- Warning
  The installer of the program is suspected to have a malware inside. Be careful!
Commercial Windows
Key mapping Add a feature

63 Like
jstest-gtk

jstest-gtk is a simple joystick tester based on Gtk+. It provides you with a list of attached joysticks, a way to display which buttons and axis are pressed, a way to...
- Discontinued
  No news since May 2009
Free Open Source Linux
No features added Add a feature

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Joystick 2 Mouse

Joystick to mouse (also known as joy2mouse) let's you control the mouse and keyboard using your joystick or gamepad. Joystick 2 Mouse has many applications : -...

Free Windows
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Keysticks

Control your PC using an Xbox controller instead of the mouse and keyboard. Keysticks is free, open source software released under the Eclipse Public License v1.0.

Free Open Source Windows
Wireless Add a feature

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VJoy Virtual Joystick

VJoy Virtual Joystick is a software application and virtual driver system that allows keyboard input to be translated to joystick input.

Free Personal Windows
Key mapping Add a feature

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MotionInJoy DS3 Tool

MotioninJoy is a software that makes your PS3 and XBOX controllers work with your PC. It installs a driver for you and you can set up the controller to work.
- Discontinued
  The official website and the SourceForge project page have both been removed. Last version, 1.0005, released in December 2013, can be downloaded here: http://www.xinputer.com/download/MotioninJoy_071001_signed.zip and here: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/temp/sf2015/d/ds/ds3tool/DS3%20Tool%2064-bit/
- Warning
  Has been reported to have trojan/other kind of virus embedded in the code.
Free Windows
No features added Add a feature

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ControlMK

ControlMK is an utility which uses DirectInput controllers to emulate mouse, keyboard, and other types of commands.
- Discontinued
  Last version, 0.232, was released on September 2004. You can still download it from the official website.
Free Windows
Key mapping Add a feature

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QJoyPad

QJoyPad is a free Linux/QT program that lets you control any keyboard XWindows program with a gaming device
- Discontinued
  The program is no longer updated. Last version, 4.1.0, released in February 2010, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
Free Open Source Linux
GNU/linux-libre Add a feature

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