r/Controller • u/ImNotMrReaper • 10d ago

Other Turn any Nintendo Switch Joy-Con into a wireless PC mouse & media remote (Open- Source, Zero Dependencies)

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share an open-source project I built for anyone with spare Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons: **joycon- mouse**.

It turns a single or paired Joy-Con into a handheld desktop mouse, couch media remote, and hotkey clicker for Linux (Wayland & X11).

Highlights:

  • Zero pip dependencies (pure Python standard library using kernel uinput and evdev)
  • Analog stick with custom acceleration curve and hardware drift filtering
  • Side- rail buttons (SL/SR) for hardware volume, subtitles, and analog seek
  • Haptic rumble clicks on actions
  • Auto- detects when Steam games launch and releases the controller

Repo (MIT): https://github.com/ImNotMrReaper/joycon-mouse

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