CollabPlayInputDisplay: open-source Linux tool for on-screen controller input display
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Liam Squires-Hand
Summary
CollabPlayInputDisplay is a newly released open-source tool for Linux that displays real-time game controller inputs on-screen, designed for streamers and video creators. Inspired by Open Joystick Display, it supports PlayStation, Xbox, and other common controllers via SDL3, and offers customizable themes. The first version was just released as a free and open-source project.
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· 3 pulledCollabPlayInputDisplay is a game controller display that lets you view your controller inputs in realtime, perfect for showing them on a video or stream.
It has themes for common game controllers out of the box, including PlayStation, Xbox, and more.
It's designed as a powerful yet simple and easy-to-use input display, and it already recognizes most controllers thanks to SDL3.
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