# OSX Gamepad support

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/osx-gamepad-support/398>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [September 8, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/osx-gamepad-support/398 "2006-09-08T04:46:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/osx-gamepad-support/398/1 "2006-09-08T04:46:46Z")

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**nobody** wrote on [Friday, September 08, 2006](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/9d105789/#d584):

I’ve read elsewhere that gamepad support isn’t yet available in GLFW for OSX. Is there any sort of timeframe for this?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/osx-gamepad-support/398/2 "2006-09-10T03:16:47Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Sunday, September 10, 2006](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/9d105789/#faf0):

Not at present, no. It will require the input system to be rewritten to use the HID manager, which is perfectly doable, just not… well… done.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/osx-gamepad-support/398/3 "2006-09-10T12:31:26Z")

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**nobody** wrote on [Sunday, September 10, 2006](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/9d105789/#d584/2284):

Can’t say I’m the best person for the job, but I’d really like to have that done. I’ll do a little research and see how far I can get with it. That is of course unless I’m going to be duplicating someone else’s efforts.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/osx-gamepad-support/398/4 "2006-09-11T00:09:43Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Monday, September 11, 2006](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/9d105789/#4c7b):

Cool. I don’t think there’s any risk of you doing that at the moment. At least, I don’t know of anyone else working on it. Please come to glfw-dev and/or #glfw if you want to discuss solutions (see the contact page on [glfw.sourceforge.net](http://glfw.sourceforge.net)).

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**Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/osx-gamepad-support/398/5 "2007-05-23T04:53:06Z")

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**[orangetide](https://sourceforge.net/u/orangetide/)** wrote on [Wednesday, May 23, 2007](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/9d105789/#d584/2284/8aa8):

Did you make any headway on the joystick HID code for OSX?