NEW InputSmith 1.2.5 — Xbox background input updates →
Windows 10 / 11 · DualSense and Xbox input

Tune your DualSense or Xbox controller on PC.

InputSmith works with PlayStation DualSense and Windows-recognized Xbox controllers. Shape sensitivity, response curves, and deadzones, then save a profile for every game.

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Forge the perfect feel

Plug in, dial in your sticks, and play. Everything you need to make your controller work flawlessly and feel like yours.

Instant Xbox compatibility

Use a DualSense or an Xbox controller recognized by Windows. InputSmith can present customized DualSense input to games as a standard Xbox controller.

Tune your stick feel

Adjust sensitivity, response curves, and deadzones to get aim and movement that feel right to you, instead of the game's defaults.

Mouse & keyboard mode

Map your controller to mouse and keyboard. Xbox buttons, left-stick WASD, and right-stick cursor movement keep working while InputSmith is in the background.

Save unlimited profiles

Nail a feel you love, save it, switch between setups per game, or reset to defaults in one click.

Clean signal

Optionally use HidHide to hide supported physical controllers from games while InputSmith and its bridge can still read them.

Fast & lightweight

Live, real-time preview as you tune — changes apply instantly from your controller. Simple, fast, and Windows-ready.

One price. Yours for good.

Try it free for 7 days. Buy once, keep it forever — including every future update.

$5 once
Lifetime license · free updates
  • Full stick & button tuning
  • Virtual Xbox & mouse/keyboard output
  • Unlimited saved profiles
  • Free updates, including Xbox & PS4 support
  • Activate on up to 3 devices
Coming soon

Free 7-day trial available now — paid version coming soon.

Release notes

What changed in each version. Tap an older version to see what it added.

InputSmith 1.2.5

LATEST

Xbox background input for Mouse + keyboard mode

  • Native XInput polling keeps Xbox mapped buttons, left-stick WASD, and right-stick cursor movement working while InputSmith is in the background.
  • Right-stick cursor movement continues to use the configured stick response and cursor settings.
  • HidHide setup now allows the InputSmith bridge to read supported hidden controllers while keeping them hidden from games.

Download InputSmith 1.2.5

InputSmith 1.2.2

New: number keys in Mouse + keyboard mappings

  • Controller buttons can now be mapped to the number-row keys 1–9 and 0 (handy for abilities, items, and weapon slots).
  • Existing mappings are unchanged.

InputSmith 1.2.1

Fix: cursor center drift (Mouse + keyboard mode)

  • With Move cursor only while stick is moving and Limit cursor to radius on, releasing the right stick now returns the cursor to exact screen center.
  • Fixes the neutral stick slowly drifting off-center (from radius-edge clipping, pixel rounding, blocked moves, or resting stick noise amplified by response curves).
  • Stick movement and aim feel are unchanged.

Also: the Windows administrator prompt shown when enabling game output now says InputSmith instead of ArcInputBridge.

InputSmith 1.2.0
  • Virtual DualSense (USB) output alongside Virtual Xbox, with its own PlayStation-labelled button map and touchpad click
  • More stick curve presets and a Raw stick input mode (no curve or filtering)
  • New cursor curves, including raw cursor input
  • Free-flowing cursor in Mouse + keyboard mode, with an optional snap-to-center button you choose
  • Save, discard, or reset keybinds (practical defaults or all unassigned)
  • F10 and F11 now work even when InputSmith is not focused
  • No more black console window when game output needs administrator approval
  • Mouse + keyboard output keeps running when Windows blocks simulated mouse movement, and shows a warning

InputSmith 1.0.0

First public release for Windows 10/11. Make your DualSense feel exactly right on PC. 7-day free trial.

No longer available for download — please use the latest version above.

Full history on GitHub Releases.

Honest note. InputSmith remaps your real-time input, the same way popular tools like DS4Windows and Steam Input do. It does not include macros, rapid-fire, or auto-aim — it only reshapes the input you're physically making. As with any input tool, use your own discretion in competitive online games.

System requirements

Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
PlayStation DualSense controller
USB connection recommended