Control your PC using a gamepad or joystick

With Keysticks, you can use a game controller to surf the web and play games and music on your PC. It’s a comfortable alternative to the keyboard and mouse. To learn more about the different ways you can use Keysticks, read on…

Play PC games with a game controller

You can use Keysticks to create controls for games that only support keyboard or mouse. If you’re tired of hammering the WASD keys in your favourite games, why not ditch the keyboard and play using your gamepad?

Creating your own game controls

Play music and browse wirelessly

Using Keysticks with a wireless game controller means you don’t need to sit by your computer. You can control your music player wirelessly. You can also connect your computer to your TV and browse the web wirelessly using your controller.

Keysticks media player controls

Control PowerPoint wirelessly

With Keysticks, you can use a wireless Xbox 360 controller as a slide changer for Microsoft PowerPoint. It helps you present slides smoothly without referring back to your laptop.

Keysticks controls for PowerPoint

For comfortable computing

Keysticks lets you use a comfortable controller instead of the mouse and keyboard. If you find clicking a mouse difficult, squeezing a controller trigger might be a good alternative. If you need to stay away from the keyboard, you might like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for controlling Windows and an on-screen virtual keyboard with word prediction. It’s designed to make computing more comfortable.

Typing text with Keysticks

Getting started

Keysticks is free, open source software. To start using Keysticks, click the big download button on this page and run the installer. For further information, or to download the source code, please visit theĀ download page. Have fun!