Xbox controllers
Xbox One, Xbox Series, and Xbox 360 controllers. Xbox 360 emulation covers games that only speak that controller.
Remote USB PassthroughGamepads, MIDI, audio, and tablets on a remote machine
Use an Xbox controller, DualShock, DualSense, MIDI keyboard, microphone, Wacom tablet, or any other USB device on a remote PC or Mac. Gamepads, MIDI, audio, and raw USB are free.
Remote gamepads: Xbox, DualShock, DualSense
Plug a controller into the machine in front of you and play on the remote PC. Gamepads are on the Free plan.
DualShock 4 and DualSense
Raw USB passes a PlayStation controller as-is, so native DualSense features keep working on the host.
Any other gamepad through SDL
Nintendo Switch Pro, 8BitDo, Logitech, Steam Controller, and generic USB gamepads are mapped through SDL, the same controller layer Steam uses, so they work on the host like they do in Steam.
Moonlight and Sunshine
USB passthrough works with every engine in the USBridge agent: Sunshine, Apollo, Vibepollo and Punktfunk as well as the USBridge protocol, so Moonlight clients can connect to the same host. Every USBridge hardware KVM, including a flashed NanoKVM, is a hardware Moonlight streamer, the first of its kind.
MIDI, microphone, and sound over the network
MIDI keyboards and controllers
MIDI devices reach the DAW on the remote machine, on the Free plan.
Microphone
A low-latency microphone pipe from the client to the host.
Sound output
Remote audio plays on your local speakers or headphones.
Clipboard
Bi-directional clipboard for text and files.
Wacom and drawing tablets
Pressure and tilt
Wacom, Huion, XP-Pen, and other tablets with full pen pressure and tilt, on Pro.
Native driver
A Wacom passes through with its own driver, so Wacom Center sees the tablet.
Raw USB passthrough for any device
Raw USB hands the device to the remote host as if it were plugged in there.
Security keys
YubiKey and other hardware keys sign in on the remote machine.
Drives and other USB devices
External drives and other USB peripherals pass through as-is.
Signed USB-IP driver
A digitally signed kernel driver on the Windows host.
macOS: USB passthrough through an ESP32-S3 dongle
macOS has no clean software path for USB passthrough. A $10 ESP32-S3 dongle plugged into the Mac carries the device at hardware level.
Not just tablets
Gamepads, Xbox controllers, DualShock and DualSense, MIDI keyboards and controllers, and other USB devices go through the dongle the same way as a Wacom.
Open-source firmware
Flash your own board from GitHub, or buy a pre-flashed dongle.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use an Xbox controller or DualShock on a remote PC?
Yes. USBridge passes Xbox, DualShock 4, DualSense, Switch Pro, 8BitDo, and other gamepads to the remote host on the Free plan. Controllers are mapped through SDL, the same layer Steam uses. Raw USB keeps native controller features, and Xbox 360 emulation covers games that only support that controller.
Does USBridge pass MIDI devices through remote desktop?
Yes. MIDI keyboards and controllers reach the remote machine on the Free plan, together with the microphone and sound output.
Does USBridge work with Moonlight?
Yes. The USBridge agent ships the open-source Sunshine streamer, and every USBridge hardware KVM (the ready KVM 2.0, or a flashed Radxa Zero 3W, Radxa Cubie A7Z or Sipeed NanoKVM) is a hardware GameStream host, so the stock Moonlight client connects to both.
How do I pass a USB device to a remote Mac?
macOS has no clean software path for USB passthrough, so USBridge uses a $10 ESP32-S3 dongle on the Mac. It carries tablets, gamepads, MIDI devices, and other USB peripherals at hardware level.
Which USB devices are free and which need Pro?
Keyboard, mouse, MIDI, microphone, sound output, gamepads, and raw USB devices such as security keys and drives are Free. Wacom and other graphics tablets with pressure and tilt are on Pro.