Sunshine: Gamepad support for macOS

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
c, cmake, cpp, macos
Domain
desktop, game-dev, operating-systems

Research direction

Start by reviewing the previous attempt in pull request #756 and the referenced VirtualHID-macOS repository, then inspect how Sunshine currently handles macOS input. Done means reliable gamepad support on macOS, with the required approach and developer-account dependency resolved.

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Description

6+ months C C++ CMake effort:Extra-Large help wanted LizardByte/Sunshine macOS planned priority:Low
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LizardByte/Sunshine

Languages/Skills/Technologies

C, C++, macOS, CMake

Description

macOS is in a limited mode without gamepad support. There was a previous attempt to add this, but it randomly failed.

Estimated Effort

effort:Extra-Large

Priority

priority:Low

Target Milestone

6+ months

Dependencies

If we go with the Kexts route, it will require a Apple developer account ($100/yr) which will probably happen after LizardByte is incorporated as an LLC.

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