VibePad

Ship code from your couch. Control your AI coding assistant with a gamepad.

VibePad is a macOS menu bar app that turns your gamepad into a full coding controller — optimized for AI-assisted development with Claude Code and Codex CLI.

Accept AI suggestions, scroll through code, switch apps, dictate with voice — all without touching your keyboard.

How it works:

1. Connect your PS5, Xbox, or MFi controller
2. VibePad maps buttons to keyboard shortcuts optimized for Claude Code and Codex CLI
3. Accept AI suggestions, navigate code, switch tabs — all from your controller

Features:

• Two-layer mapping — default layer + L1 modifier layer doubles your button count
• Smart Paste — clipboard-aware: Ctrl+V for images, Cmd+V for text
• Left stick = arrow keys — hysteresis thresholds and hold-to-repeat
• Right stick = scroll — continuous smooth scrolling
• L1+stick = app switch & mouse — switch apps or move the cursor without leaving the couch
• Mouse clicks — L3/R3 for left/right click
• Hold-to-repeat — configurable per-button repeat delay and interval
• Trigger modes — fire on press, release, or both (e.g. hold-to-talk for voice input)
• HUD overlay — shows action labels on every button press
• JSON config — full customization at ~/.vibepad/config.json
• Menu bar app — lives in your status bar, launch at login