HID Remapper added support for the new Steam Controller

By Liam Squires-Hand - 25 May 2026 at 7:28 am UTC

HID Remapper is a useful open-source programmable adapter for USB input devices, with a recent release adding support for Valve's new Steam Controller.

Instead of just being an app you download, you plug your input into a dedicated USB device. It's one you can make yourself using completely off the shelf components like the Raspberry Pi Pico. Configuration is done from a web browser and it is saved on the device. Being all in the hardware, it can help you work around limitations on various operating systems (and consoles / phones).

HID Remapper can act as a mouse, keyboard or a gamepad. Helping you do button mapping, sensitivity changes or completely change the type of input that's generated from a device.

A release on May 20th adding mapping for Valve's newer Steam Controller, and then another release on May 25th fixed it to work with a newer Steam Controller firmware update.

See more on the official website.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Hardware, Misc, Open Source, Steam Controller

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MayeulC 5 hours ago

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Wow, such a nice project. I had been thinking about designing something like that for a while, thank you for sharing!

I'll see if I can use a Steam controller with a first-gen Xbox :)

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elmapul 2 hours ago

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Quoting: MayeulCI had been thinking about designing something like that for a while

same!

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