signal11/hidapi
A Simple library for communicating with USB and Bluetooth HID devices on Linux, Mac, and Windows. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5988
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1052
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2536 stars · 909 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
HIDAPI is a multi-platform C library for communicating with USB and Bluetooth HID-class devices on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS. It provides a simple unified API for sending and receiving input, output, and feature reports, with multiple platform back-ends.
Use cases
- communicate with USB HID devices from a cross-platform application
- read input reports from a custom HID gadget
- send feature reports to a HID device on Linux and Windows
- enumerate and open HID devices by VID/PID and serial number
- build a userspace tool that talks to Bluetooth HID peripherals
- debug HID hardware with a test GUI
When to choose
- you need a simple, portable C API for HID device access across Windows, Linux, and macOS
- you want to embed device communication via a single source file and header
- you are writing userspace code for custom USB or Bluetooth HID hardware
When to avoid
- you need non-HID USB device classes like mass storage or CDC serial
- you require kernel-level HID driver development
- you need high-level HID report descriptor parsing out of the box
Facets
library · maturity stable
sdk developer-tools hardware cross-platform developer-tools windows cpp c hid usb bluetooth device-communication hardware-access linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/signal11/hidapi · fetched 2026-08-28 · ab91367502bd
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| signal11/hidapi | main | 32 |
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