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ControllerKeys
Turn your game controller into a Mac productivity device
Transform your Xbox, PS5 DualSense, PS4 DualShock 4, Steam Controller, Nintendo Joy-Con, Apple TV Siri Remote, 8BitDo Zero 2 & Micro, or 300+ third-party controllers into a powerful macOS productivity tool. JavaScript scripting engine, gyroscope aiming, swipe typing, GTA-style command wheel, macros, webhooks, app-specific profiles, Mac-to-Mac controller handoff, and on-screen keyboard. Perfect for vibe coding with Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot. Source available, signed & notarized by Apple.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I built ControllerKeys because I kept staring at my Xbox controller—this beautifully ergonomic, 15-button input device—and wondering why it only ever talked to games. On Windows you've got reWASD and DS4Windows; on macOS there was basically nothing that treated a controller as a serious, system-wide input surface. So I built it.
ControllerKeys turns an Xbox, DualSense, or 8BitDo controller into a full Mac input device:
• Every button does three things—tap / double-tap / long-press
• Fire chords by holding button combos, and switch between layers
• Launch apps, run multi-step macros, drive OBS scenes
• Use the DualSense touchpad as a trackpad and the stick as a mouse
It's source available (the repo is my most-starred project) and fully macOS-native.
The part I didn't expect was who actually bought it. Med students grinding Anki 8 hours a day who wanted to flip flashcards from the couch without wrecking their wrists. People with limited hand mobility using it as assistive tech at a tenth of medical-device pricing. A physics professor at ASU who runs his whole hybrid lecture—slides, OBS scene switching, cursor—from a PS5 controller while walking the room. None of those were on my original list.
I'd genuinely love your feedback, especially weird use cases I haven't thought of yet. Happy to answer anything in the comments.
If you have an Apple TV Remote, ControllerKeys can turn it into a mouse! Point and click—you can even circle your finger on the wheel to scroll like a classic iPod.
I really wanted this iPod-like circle to scroll to exist on some modern hardware!
The tap to click gesture is pretty neat! There is some ML happening under the hood to detect gestures from accelerometer data.
Finally something that makes my DualSense feel useful on macOS beyond games. The swipe typing with the gyroscope is genuinely fun, and the app-specific profiles actually work without constant fiddling.
About ControllerKeys on Product Hunt
“Turn your game controller into a Mac productivity device”
ControllerKeys was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 5 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #123 on the daily leaderboard. Transform your Xbox, PS5 DualSense, PS4 DualShock 4, Steam Controller, Nintendo Joy-Con, Apple TV Siri Remote, 8BitDo Zero 2 & Micro, or 300+ third-party controllers into a powerful macOS productivity tool. JavaScript scripting engine, gyroscope aiming, swipe typing, GTA-style command wheel, macros, webhooks, app-specific profiles, Mac-to-Mac controller handoff, and on-screen keyboard. Perfect for vibe coding with Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot. Source available, signed & notarized by Apple.
ControllerKeys was featured in Productivity (655.7k followers), User Experience (366.6k followers), GitHub (41.3k followers) and Apple (15.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 206.6k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted ControllerKeys?
ControllerKeys was hunted by Kevin Tang. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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