Windows kernel-mode driver emulating well-known USB game controllers.
Windows kernel-mode driver emulating well-known USB game controllers.
Users of this software are encouraged to read the end-of-life statement. So long, cheers 🖖
The ViGEmBus
driver and ViGEmClient
libraries represent the core of the Virtual Gamepad Emulation Framework (or ViGEm
, for short). ViGEm
aims for a 100% accurate emulation of well-known gaming peripherals as pure software-based devices at kernel level. As it mimics "the real thing" games and other processes require no additional modification whatsoever to detect ViGEm
-based devices (no Proxy-DLLs or API-Hooking) and simply work out of the box. While the (now obsolete) Scarlett.Crush Productions Virtual Bus Driver is the spiritual father of this project, ViGEm
has been designed and written from the ground up utilizing Microsoft's Kernel-Mode Driver Framework.
Emulation of the following USB Gamepads is supported:
A few examples of the most common use cases for ViGEm
are:
XInput
.🛑 Windows Server might work but is not supported 🛑
Bug reports/support requests regarding running on a Server OS will be discarded.
The driver is built for Windows 7/8.1/10 (x86 and amd64).
The driver is built for Windows 10/11 only (x86, amd64 and ARM64).
The ViGEm Bus Driver is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause, see LICENSE for more information.
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project with Release and Debug configurations for all architectures (x64 and Win32).You can build directly within Visual Studio.
Do bear in mind that you'll need to sign the driver to use it without test mode.
Found a bug and want it fixed? Open a detailed issue on the GitHub issue tracker!
Have an idea for a new feature? Let's have a chat about your request on Discord.
Please respect that the GitHub issue tracker isn't a helpdesk. We offer a range of support resources you're welcome to check out!
Pre-built production-signed binaries for Windows 10/11 are provided by Nefarius Software Solutions e.U.
as an all-in-one setup.
Sponsors listed here have helped the project flourish by either financial support or by gifting licenses:
A brief listing of projects/companies/vendors known to build upon the powers of ViGEm.
This list is non-exhaustive, if you'd like to see your project included, contact us!