Handheld Daemon provides hardware enablement for Windows handhelds, so that they run correctly in Linux. It acts as a vendor interface replacement (e.g., Armoury Crate equivalent). It does fan curves, TDP controls, controller emulation including gyro, back buttons, and SteamOS shortcuts, and RGB remapping. All of this is through a gamescope overlay, accessible through double tapping the side menu button of the device, and a desktop app.
Handheld Daemon features great support for Lenovo, Asus, GPD, OneXPlayer, and Ayn. It also features some support for Ayaneo devices, Anbernic, and MSI. We aim to support new models by these manufacturers as they release, so if you don't see your device below, chances are it will still work or just needs to have its config included.
- Legion Go
- Asus ROG
- Ally
- Ally X
- GPD Win (all model years)
- Win 4
- Win Mini
- Win Max 2
- OneXPlayer
- X1 (AMD, Intel w/o TDP)
- X1 Mini
- F1, F1 EVA-01, F1L, F1 OLED, F1 Pro
- 2, 2 APR23, 2 PRO APR23, 2 PRO APR23 EVA-01
- Mini A07
- Mini Pro
- ONE XPLAYER
- Ayn
- Loki Zero/Max
- Ayaneo
- Air Standard/Plus/Pro
- 1S/1S Limited
- 2/2S
- GEEK, GEEK 1S
- NEXT Lite/Pro/Advance
- SLIDE
- 2021 Standard/Pro/Pro Retro Power
- NEO 2021/Founder
- KUN (only front buttons)
- AOKZOE (No LEDs)
- A1 Normal/Pro
- Anbernic
- Win600 (no keyboard button yet)
- MSI
- Claw (1st Gen; suspend issues)
- TECNO
- Pocket Go (all buttons except bottom switch and gyro; no RGB)
For Arch and Fedora see here. For others, you can use the following script to install a local version of Handheld Daemon that updates independently of the system.
curl -L https://github.com/hhd-dev/hhd/raw/master/install.sh | bashThis script does not automatically install system dependencies.
A partial list for Ubuntu/Debian can be found here.
Then see here for a partial list of kernel
patches. This includes acpi_call for TDP on devices other than the Ally.
As Handheld Daemon matures, this list will continue to grow, so consider a gaming distro such as Bazzite for your gaming needs.
We are sorry to see you go, use the following to uninstall:
curl -L https://github.com/hhd-dev/hhd/raw/master/uninstall.sh | bashIf you find any issues with the latest version of Handheld Daemon you can use any version by specifying it with the command below.
sudo systemctl stop hhd_local@$(whoami)
~/.local/share/hhd/venv/bin/pip install hhd==2.6.0
sudo systemctl start hhd_local@$(whoami)For all devices, use the bazzite kernel for best support or Bazzite. Some caveats for certain devices are listed below.
You can hold the ROG Crate button to switch to the ROG Ally's Mouse mode to turn the right stick into a mouse.
Combinations with the ROG, Armory Crate buttons is not supported in the Ally, but you can use ROG swap for that.
Swipe the left top of the screen to show handheld daemon in gamescope or open the desktop app and head to the WinControls tab. There, press apply to remap the back buttons correctly.
For the GPD Win 4, the Menu button is used as a combo (Short Pres QAM, long press Xbox button, double press hhd) and select can be used for SteamOS chords (e.g., Select + RT is screenshot). For other devices, the R4 button is used to bring up QAM (single tap), and HHD (double tap/hold). You can customize to your tastes in the Controller section.
You might experience a tiny amount of lag with the Ayaneo LEDs. The paddles of the Ayn Loki Max are not remappable as far as we know.
If you have set any mappings on Legion Space, they will interfere with Handheld Daemon. You can factory reset the Controllers from the Handheld Daemon settings.
The controller gyros of the Legion Go tend to drift sometimes. Calibrate them with the built-in calibration by pressing LT + LS and RT + RS, then turning the Joysticks twice and pressing the triggers. Finally, the controllers will vibrate and flash the leds, zeroing the gyroscope.
You can install Handheld Daemon from AUR (Arch) or COPR (Fedora). Both update automatically every time there is a new release. For Debian/Ubuntu see below.
# Arch
yay -S hhd adjustor hhd-ui
# Fedora
sudo dnf copr enable hhd-dev/hhd
sudo dnf install hhd adjustor hhd-ui
sudo systemctl enable hhd@$(whoami)The following packages are required for local install to work on Ubuntu/Debian. Handheld daemon is not packaged for apt yet.
sudo apt install \
libgirepository1.0-dev \
libcairo2-dev \
libpython3-dev \
python3-venv \
libhidapi-hidraw0Handheld Daemon (core and overlay, no TDP) is on nixpkgs in the unstable channel.
Add the following to your configuration.nix to enable:
services.handheld-daemon = {
enable = true;
user = "<your-user>";
ui.enable = true;
};Handheld Daemon comes pre-installed on Bazzite and updates along-side the system. Most users of Handheld Daemon are on Bazzite and Bazzite releases often happen for Handheld Daemon to update. Bazzite contains all kernel patches and quirks required for all supported handhelds to work (to the extent they can; certain Ayaneo devices have issues).
If you want to test the development Handheld Daemon version you
can use ujust _hhd-dev and give feedback.
It will only last until you reboot and leave no changes to your system.
After changes are deemed stable, they usually are incorporated to Bazzite
after a few days.
See supported devices to check the status of your device and after install for specific device quirks.
To figure the correct axis from your device, go to steam calibration settings.
Then, in the overlay (double press/hold side button) switch Motion Axis to
Override and tweak only the axis (without invert) of your device until they
match the glyphs in steam.
Then, jump in a first person game and turn on Gyro to Mouse or Camera.
By default (Yaw), rotating your device like a steering wheel should turn left
to right,
and rotating it to face down or up should look up or down.
Fix the invert settings of the axis so that it is intuitive.
Finally, switch the setting Gyro Turning Axis from Yaw (rotate like a steering
wheel) to Roll (turn left to right), and fix the remaining axis inversion.
You can now either take a picture of your screen or translate the settings into text (e.g., x is k, y is l inverted, z is j) and open an issue. The override setting also displays the make and model of your device, which are required to add the mappings to Handheld Daemon.
Handheld Daemon fully supports localization through standard PO, POT files.
Contribution instructions in progress!!!
You can find pot and po files for Handheld Daemon under the i18n directory.
You can clone/download this repository and open the ./i18n directory.
Then, just copy the *.pot files into <your_locale>/LC_MESSAGES/*.po
and begin translating with your favorite text editor, or by using
tool such as Lokalize.
As far as your locale goes, unless you have a good reason to, skip the territory
code (e.g., el instead of el_GR).
The files can be updated for a new version with the following commands:
# Prepare dev environment
git clone https://github.com/hhd-dev/hhd
cd hhd
python -m venv venv
pip install babel
pip install -e .
# Regenerate POT files
pybabel extract --no-location -F i18n/babel.cfg -o i18n/hhd.pot src/hhd
# Assuming adjustor is in an adjacent directory
pybabel extract --no-location -F i18n/babel.cfg -o i18n/adjustor.pot ../adjustor/src/adjustor
# Generate PO files for your language if they do not exist
pybabel init -i i18n/hhd.pot -d i18n -D hhd -l YOUR_LANG
pybabel init -i i18n/adjustor.pot -d i18n -D adjustor -l YOUR_LANG
# Update current PO files for your language
pybabel update -i i18n/hhd.pot -d i18n -D hhd -l YOUR_LANG
pybabel update -i i18n/adjustor.pot -d i18n -D adjustor -l YOUR_LANGEither follow Automatic Install or Manual Local Install to install the base rules.
Then, clone, optionally install the userspace rules, and run.
# Clone Handheld Daemon
git clone https://github.com/hhd-dev/hhd
cd hhd
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .
# Install udev rules to allow running without sudo (optional)
# but great for debugging (not all devices will run properly, the rules need to be expanded)
sudo curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hhd-dev/hhd/master/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/83-hhd-user.rules -o /etc/udev/rules.d/83-hhd-user.rules
# Modprobe uhid to avoid rw errors
sudo curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hhd-dev/hhd/master/usr/lib/modules-load.d/hhd-user.conf -o /etc/modules-load.d/hhd-user.conf
# You can now run hhd in userspace!
hhd
# Use the following to run with sudo
sudo hhd --user $(whoami)Handheld Daemon is licensed under THE GNU GPLv3+. See LICENSE for details. A small number of files are dual licensed with MIT, and contain SPDX headers denoting so. Versions prior to and excluding 2.0.0 are licensed using MIT.
Much like a lot of open-source projects, Handheld Daemon is a community effort. It relies on the kernel drivers oxp-sensors, ayn-platform, ayaneo-platform, bmi260, gpdfan, and asus-wmi. In addition, certain parts of Handheld Daemon reference the reverse engineering efforts of asus-linux, the Handheld Companion project, the ValvePython project, pyWinControls, and the HandyGCCS project. Finally, its functionality is made possible thanks to thousands of hours of volunteer testing, who have provided feedback and helped shape the project. Some of those volunteers integrated support for their devices directly, especially in the case of Ayaneo, GPD, and for the initial support of OneXPlayer, and ROG Ally devices.
