Ponio

A virtual gamepad Linux server for the Ponio Mobile Application

Transform your Android phone into a wireless gamepad for Linux gaming! (ARCH Btw)

Features

• Wireless control over TCP (UDP coming soon... i guess)

Pro Tips for Best Experience

• Perfect for story-based games - Works great with single-player adventures
• No internet needed - Turn on mobile hotspot or laptop hotspot, connect both devices to it
• Zero latency - Direct device-to-device connection = 0ms lag, no buffer

Requirements

• Linux OS
• Android device with Ponio app installed
• Both devices connected to the same WiFi network

Usage

1. Run the server
2. Open the mobile app
3. Connect
4. Game

Use Cases

• Couch gaming on your HTPC
• Retro gaming with emulators
• Playing story-driven games from your couch
• Testing games with controller input
• Gaming when you don't have a physical gamepad handy

Download

Note

This will download ponio to the current directory and make the downloaded file executable

curl -L -o ponio https://github.com/ashudevcodes/ponio/releases/latest/download/ponio
chmod +x ponio

# To run the server
./ponio

Built With

• raylib - For UI rendering
• libevdev - To handle joystick command inputs

License

MIT

Links

Ponio Android App

Contributing

Got ideas? Cool. Issues? Sure. Pull requests? Why not