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padbridge v1.3.1 by sub0x00001

Released Oct 23, 2026 · Tools
872 downloads on GitHub · Source code

Turns USB controllers and receivers into extra DualSense pads, up to four, next to your own DualSense

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Install on your PS5

Payload: start an ELF loader on the PS5 first, such as elfldr, which listens on port 9021. Then open this address in a browser on a computer or phone on the same network, with your PS5's address in place of PS5. elfldr downloads the payload and runs it.

http://PS5:9021/?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.brewology.com%2Fdl%2F3895%2Fpadbridge-1.3.1.elf

Files

FileSizeSHA-256
padbridge-1.3.1.elf172 KB 4f60ab3e…e0a6 Download
padbridge-probe.elf109 KB b2608887…738d Download

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All versions (6)

Screenshots

padbridge screenshot
Screenshot · from the developer's README
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About padbridge

Each controller on a USB receiver or cable shows up to the console and games as a DualSense. The developer covers three kinds: 8BitDo's 2C Wireless controller on its 2.4G dongle, nearly any Bluetooth controller paired to an 8BitDo USB Wireless Adapter 2 (DualSense, DualShock 4, Xbox, Switch Pro and others), and wired Xbox 360 style XInput pads. The console's own Bluetooth is left alone, so your DualSense stays paired.

Switch the controller on and press Home or PS, and the console asks who is using it. Pick a second user for a second player. The choice is remembered per controller.

A settings page on port 8090 shows each controller live and has a Nintendo layout switch that swaps A/B and X/Y. It has no password, so anyone on your network can open it.

PS4 games rumble on some setups. PS5 games don't, and there's no light bar, motion or audio yet. The developer lists firmware 13.60. Up to version 1.1.0 it was called pad2c.

Release notes

v1.3.1 · padbridge 1.3.1 · Oct 23, 2026

A fix for rest mode. Tested on a PS5 Slim (CFI-2114), firmware 13.60. See the README for compatibility and the settings page.

Files

  • padbridge-1.3.1.elf: the payload. Send it to your payload loader or add it to Payload Manager's autoload.
  • padbridge-probe.elf: an optional read-only diagnostic that dumps the descriptors and reports of USB devices plugged into the console.

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Changes since 1.3.0

  • Rest mode no longer stops padbridge. It used to stop before rest mode, and an autoload list only runs at a cold start, so after waking the console had no padbridge (a 2C dongle in XInput mode then showed up as a keyboard). Now padbridge lets the controllers go in rest mode, waits, and picks them up again when the console wakes.

Everything from 1.3.0 is unchanged: rumble in PS4 games, the Switch Pro Controller and the adapter's Switch mode, View + Menu as the touchpad.

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