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CLUSTER INPUTS-BUTTON-CONTROLLERS · 16 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2023-10-08

Game controller testing and calibration tools

This cluster consists of desktop, terminal, browser, and mobile tools for testing, visualizing, and calibrating game controllers—covering deadzone tuning, stick drift detection, and input mapping for PlayStation, Xbox, and generic gamepads. The dated history is too thin to read a shape from, as only three dated entries exist before the index start, so the cluster predates the index or its members are undated. Traction leadership is led by D2-Morgeth-Kick (15 stars), followed by qptp (7 stars) and playstation-controller-tester (3 stars).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

DEC 2022: 1OCT 2023: 1SEP 2025: 1AUG 2026: 1SEP 2026: 6OCT 2026: 6
DEC 2022OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 14 unlabelled

Operator · 10 hobby · 3 open source · 3 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 16 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01D2-Morgeth-Kick15★1 moliveCalibration console for Windows that helps players practice timing a specific kick action sequence in a game.
  2. 02qptp7★16 days—hobbyWindows app that shows live touch sensor data from Quest Pro controllers and exposes the input as an additional SteamVR device.
  3. 03playstation-controller-tester3★19 days—hobbyBrowser-based controller tester that measures stick drift, circularity, rumble, triggers, and motion for PlayStation and Xbox gamepads.
  4. 04PadForge2★today—hobbyGamepad utility that lets a PlayStation DualShock 4 controller be used with Windows games as an Xbox 360 controller.
  5. 05AleksControllerTester1★2 days—hand-codedhobbyWindows tool that measures how evenly game controller input reports arrive and tests sticks, triggers, and buttons for drift and latency.
  6. 06AxisNex1★9 dayslivehobbyWindows app that calibrates controller deadzones and stick drift, exposing a tuned virtual controller to games.
  7. 07InputZero0★11 dayslivehobbyWindows tool that tunes DualSense controllers for lower latency with automatic or manual deadzone calibration, aimed at Rocket League players.
  8. 08padlab0★5 days—hobbyWindows app that tests game controllers for stick drift, chattering, and accuracy by visualizing button and axis input.
  9. 09XGameDesktop0★5 days—hobbyGamepad-first Windows desktop frontend that launches applications, monitors hardware in real time, and applies dynamic system wallpapers.
  10. 10RadioSetLink-RSL1★1 molivehobbyDesktop utility that maps drone RC transmitters and ExpressLRS receivers to a virtual Xbox 360 gamepad so games and simulators recognize them.
  11. 11joystick_tester_v30★26 days—Mobile app for testing joystick and gamepad inputs, displaying axis positions and button states to verify controller functionality.
  12. 12Swift3dReactive0★1 mo—hobbyDesktop app that pairs a game controller over Bluetooth and mirrors button presses on an interactive 3D model of the controller.
  13. 13ofgctester0★3 moliveopen sourceTerminal app that tests game controllers by mapping button presses and analog inputs.
  14. 14godotGem0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceNetworked controller emulation tool that forwards gamepad input from a Linux device to emulate an Xbox controller on Windows.
  15. 15Gamepad Mirror0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceA desktop utility that visualizes gamepad inputs and supports testing controllers during streams or recordings.
  16. 16TMViz · Web-based controller visualisation widget for TrackMania.0★unknownliveWeb-based widget for TrackMania that visualizes controller input in real time for players and streamers.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.