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Installation

Prerequisites

  • No .NET installation required (self-contained build)

Optional components:

  • HidHide (optional, Windows only) — driver for hiding physical controllers from other applications; see nefarius/HidHide. See the Controller Hiding guide
  • USB/IP (optional, virtual controller emulation only) — libVIIPER is bundled with the app; it only needs the USB/IP driver to attach virtual devices:
    • Windows: usbip-win2
    • Linux: install usbip (Arch: sudo pacman -S usbip; Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install linux-tools-generic)

See the Virtual Controller guide for a full walkthrough.

You will also need a PlayStation 5 DualSense controller, connected via wired USB or Bluetooth.

Installing the Application

  1. Download DualSenseClient.zip from the releases page
  2. Extract the archive to your preferred location
  3. Run DualSenseClient.exe
  4. Connect your DualSense controller and start customizing
  1. Download DualSenseClient-linux.zip or the DualSenseClient.AppImage from the releases page
  2. For the zip: extract and run the DualSenseClient binary
  3. For the AppImage: mark it executable and run it:
chmod +x DualSenseClient.AppImage
./DualSenseClient.AppImage

Linux: Controller Access Without Root

To access the controller without running the app as root, install a udev rule based on the official hidapi udev rules. For the DualSense (VID 054c, PID 0ce6), create /etc/udev/rules.d/70-dualsense.rules with:

# HIDAPI/libusb
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="054c", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0ce6", TAG+="uaccess"

# HIDAPI/hidraw
KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="054c", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0ce6", TAG+="uaccess"

Then replug the controller or run:

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger

Tip

If the controller is still not detected after installing the rule, see Controller Not Detected on Linux.

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