DS5Windows

Play Minecraft Java Edition with a DualSense (PS5) controller — no mods, no plugins, no Steam Input. Just plug in and play.

DS5Windows maps your DualSense directly to keyboard and mouse inputs, so it works with vanilla Minecraft Java out of the box. No Controllable mod, no third-party input layers — the game sees normal keyboard/mouse input.

Also includes an Xbox 360 emulation mode via ViGEmBus for other games.

How It Works

Minecraft Java Edition has no native controller support. DS5Windows reads your DualSense controller over USB or Bluetooth and injects keyboard presses and mouse movements directly into Windows. Minecraft sees regular keyboard/mouse input, so it works with any version — no mods or server plugins required.

Default Controls

Gameplay

DualSense	Action
Left Stick	WASD (move)
Right Stick	Mouse look (camera)
Cross (X)	Jump (Space)
Circle	Sneak (LShift)
Square	Swap hand (F)
Triangle	Inventory (E)
L1	Hotbar scroll left
R1	Hotbar scroll right
L2	Place / Use (right click)
R2	Attack / Mine (left click)
L3 (toggle)	Sprint (LCtrl)
R3	Unbound
D-pad Up	Perspective (F5)
D-pad Down	Drop item (Q) — Smart Drop: tap = single, hold = stack
D-pad Left	Pick block (middle click)
D-pad Right	Unbound
Options	Escape
Share	Tab (player list)
PS	Unbound
Touchpad	Chat (T)

Menu / Inventory

When a menu or inventory is open, controls switch automatically:

DualSense	Action
Left / Right Stick	Move cursor
Cross (X)	Left click (pick up / place item)
Square	Right click (split stack)
Circle	Shift + left click (quick move)
Triangle	Close inventory (E)
L1 / R1	Scroll tabs
D-pad Up / Down	Scroll list

Features

• Full button remapping — configure all 18 buttons via the settings dialog
• Controllable-style deadzone — proper rescaled deadzone formula: sign(x) × (|x| - dz) / (1 - dz)
• Separate X/Y sensitivity — independent yaw and pitch control
• Configurable trigger deadzone — adjustable threshold for L2/R2 activation
• Invert look X/Y — flip camera axes as needed
• Smart Drop — tap D-pad Down to drop one item, hold to drop the full stack (Ctrl+Q)
• Combo actions — combo:ctrl+q (drop stack) and combo:ctrl+middle (creative duplicate) available as bindings
• Gyroscope aiming — optional DualSense gyro for fine camera control
• Haptic rumble — controller vibration on attack/use triggers
• Auto menu detection — switches between gameplay and menu cursor mode using cursor visibility
• Settings persistence — bindings saved to mc-bindings.json, settings to mc-settings.json
• Dark themed UI — modern dark interface with lightbar color control
• Xbox 360 mode — ViGEmBus emulation for non-Minecraft games

Requirements

• Windows 10/11
• .NET 8 Runtime
• ViGEmBus driver (only needed for Xbox 360 mode)

Download

Grab the latest build from Releases — no install needed, just extract and run.

Build from Source

dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained false -o ./publish

Credits

• Original DualSense mapper by Zartoz
• Minecraft mode and configurable bindings by Weeeishy

License

See LICENSE for details.