antimicrox(1)

antimicrox1

Map keyboard keys and mouse controls to a gamepad

Usage

antimicrox [OPTION] [PROFILE]

Overview

AntiMicroX is a graphical program used to map gamepad buttons to keyboard, mouse, scripts and macros. However, you can use this program to control any desktop application with a gamepad.

--tray

launch program in system tray only

--no-tray

launch program with the tray menu disabled

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-v, --version

output version information and exit

--profile <location>

use specified profile as default for selected controllers. Defaults to all controllers.

--profile-controller <value>

apply configuration file to a specific controller. <value> can be an controller index, name, or GUID.

--hidden

launch program without the main window

--unload [<value>]

unload currently enabled profile(s). Value can be a controller index, name, or GUID.

--startSet <number> [<value>]

start joysticks on a specific set. Value can be a controller index, name, or GUID.

--next

Advance profile loading set options.

--log-level {debug,info,warn}

Enable logging. Default: warn

-l, --list

Print information about joysticks detected by SDL.

--map <value>

Open game controller mapping window of selected controller. Value can be a controller index or GUID.

--eventgen {xtest,uinput}

Choose between using XTest support and uinput support for event generation. Default: xtest.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 11–12
  2. 13–Arch

--daemon until Debian 12 (Bookworm); -d until Debian 12 (Bookworm).

Bugs

See https://github.com/AntiMicroX/antimicrox/issues

Author

Paweł Kotiuk ([email protected]) Jagoda Górska ([email protected]) Jeff Backus ([email protected]) Travis Nickles ([email protected]) and other contributors: https://github.com/AntiMicroX/antimicrox/graphs/contributors

Reporting bugs

Report dir bugs to antimicrox issues page: https://github.com/AntiMicroX/antimicrox/issues

From antimicrox 3.6.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.