Like those other DS4 tools, but sexier.
DS4Windows is an extract anywhere program that allows you to get the best DualShock 4 experience on your PC. By emulating an Xbox 360 controller, many more games are accessible. Other input controllers are also supported including the DualSense, Switch Pro, and JoyCon controllers (first party hardware only).
This project is a fork of the work of Jays2Kings and Ryochan7.
Repo archive at the Internet Archive Ryochan7/DS4Windows
It was edited to reflect the original repository by Jays2Kings and the fork by Ryochan7. The links were purged from any external websites, except for those that were posted by the prementioned people.
The files in the releases were obtained from a SourceForge mirror of the DS4Windows by Ryochan7.
"Jay2Kings version of DS4Windows is no longer maintained and will recieve no future updates. For a newer version and more updates, download Ryochan7's DS4Windows"
DS4Windows is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3. You can find a copy of the terms and conditions of that license at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt. The license is also available in this source code from the COPYING file.
You can install DS4Windows by downloading it from Releases and place it to your preferred place/folder.
- Windows 10 or newer
- Microsoft .NET 8.0 Desktop Runtime. x64 or x86
- Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable. x64 or x86
- ViGEmBus driver (DS4Windows will install it for you). You can also install it from nefarius/ViGEmBus.
- Sony DualShock 4 or other supported controller
- Connection method:
- Micro USB cable
- Sony Wireless Adapter
- Bluetooth 4.0 (via an external Bluetooth adapter or built in pc). Only use of Microsoft BT stack is supported. CSR BT stack is confirmed to not work with the DS4 even though some CSR adapters work fine using Microsoft BT stack. Toshiba's adapters currently do not work. Disabling 'Enable output data' in the controller profile settings might help with latency issues, but will disable lightbar and rumble support.
- Disable PlayStation Configuration Support and Xbox Configuration Support options in Steam; to avoid Windows BSOD.
If you want to use Sony DualShock 3 Controller with DS4Windows, you can download the latest stable release of nefarius/DsHidMini from the following link: