Open Source Xpadder Alternatives

The most popular alternative is DS4Windows, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked 22 alternatives to Xpadder so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Xpadder alternatives are DS4Windows (Ryochan7 fork) (Free, Open Source), X360ce (Free, Open Source), jstest-gtk (Free, Open Source) and Enjoyable (Free, Open Source).

The list of alternatives was last updated on Jun 22, 2020
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  • DS4Windows

    Lets DualShock 4 controller emulate Xbox 360 controller, via USB or Bluetooth, with extra features like DS4 touchpad for mouse input, and settings like LED color bar, rumble, and input assignment with modifiers, and configuration profiles.
    Most users think this is great alternative to Xpadder.

    Discontinued

    Has not been updated since October 2016 and has issues with Win10.

    A forked project by Ryochan7 is actively maintained as of January 26 2019.

    https://github.com/Ryochan7/DS4Windows

    • Free • Open Source
    • Windows
    Gu
    DS4Windows is no comparable program to Xpadder, but still an awesome program to use your PS4 Controller for PC.
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    Positive comment • more than a year ago

    Gu
    DS4Windows adds PS4 Controller support to Windows, which is not what Xpadder does. Xpadder rebinds buttons on a controller which Windows already has support for.
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    Negative comment • more than a year ago

  • DS4Windows (Ryochan7 fork)

    An extract anywhere program that allows you to get the best DualShock 4 experience on your PC. By emulating a Xbox 360 controller, many more games are accessible. A fork of the work of Jays2Kings. Old project website at ds4windows.com.
    • Free • Open Source
    • Windows

  • X360ce

    XBOX 360 Controller emulator is a wrapper library that translates the XInput calls to DirectInput calls, to support non-XInput game pads in applications (mostly games).
    • Free • Open Source
    • Windows
    Gu
    Xpadder turns joypad (and joystick, steering wheel, etc) input into keyboard or mouse output. X360ce turns similar input into XInput output, enabling recent games (which nearsightedly assume Xbox controllers are the only thing that exist) to work with the other hardware. But it won't help for games that have no joypad input to begin with, and doesn't have as advanced a remapping system.
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    Negative comment • more than a year ago

  • jstest-gtk

    jstest-gtk is a simple joystick tester based on Gtk+.

    Discontinued

    No news since May 2009

    • Free • Open Source
    • Linux
      Gu
      does not allow key mapping which is xpadder main function
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      Negative comment • more than a year ago

    • Enjoyable

      Enjoyable is an application for Mac OS X which allows you to use controller inputs like a mouse or keyboard.
      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac

    • AntimicroX

      AntiMicroX is a program used to map keyboard and mouse actions to gamepad/joystick buttons. It is useful for playing games with poor or no gamepad support.
      It is a new fork of discontinued AntiMicro.
      • Free • Open Source
      • Linux

    • Gaming Keyboard Splitter

      Gaming Keyboard Splitter creates up to 4 virtual xbox 360 controllers and feeds them via one or more keyboards.
      • Free • Open Source
      • Windows

      • Xiaomi Gamepad to Xbox 360 controller Mapper

        An input mapper app that add xinput to Xiaomi Mi Gamepads, so windows games recognize Xiaomi gamepad as a x360 controller & you can play them without any difficulty.
        • Free • Open Source
        • Windows

      • FreePIE

        FreePIE (Programmable Input Emulator) is a C# utility for bridging and emulating input devices.
        • Free • Open Source
        • Windows

      • 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