Pre-launch / Controller utility

Elka HOTAS Bridge

Connect your HOTAS, joysticks, pedals, and button boxes to virtual controller, keyboard, and mouse outputs.

Windows 10 / 11 · x64Controller utility

For curious testers

WindowsTry pre-launchv0.29.0-dev.3Unsigned

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Release information checked 9 Nov 2026.

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Before you try it

This is pre-launch software for optional testing on Windows 10 or 11, x64. Use a test profile while you explore the input and output mappings.

Download and install

Use Try pre-launch above for the newest published test installer. The v0.29.0-dev.3 package is unsigned and Windows may display an Unknown Publisher warning. A portable ZIP is available from the same GitHub release.

The current test packages require the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime. Read the release notes below for the version you download, especially if a later package changes these requirements.

Connect and map

Connect your HOTAS, joystick, throttle, pedals, or button box, then start with Easy Mode to explore mappings to controller, keyboard, or mouse outputs.

Virtual controller outputs use an additional driver. Driver installation is a separate action; it is not silently installed with the app. Follow the in-app instructions for the output you choose.

Optional Xbox Family output

In v0.29.0-dev.3, enable Xbox Family Output (Beta) under Settings → Output in Easy Mode. Close the app completely and restart it. Then open Output to follow the driver setup and choose a controller identity for the active profile.

This is an early feature. Check the current release notes before enabling it in a newer build.

Include the app version, Windows version, your controller model, and the input or output you were trying. Use the Discord or GitHub links on this page.

For further documentation and release information, visit the project on GitHub.

Release notes

Windows Pre-launch v0.29.0-dev.32026-08-05

0.29.0 Dev Release 3 - Easy Mode Xbox Family Setup

This is an unsigned Windows 10/11 x64 development build that corrects the Xbox Family Output setup path in Dev 2. Windows may display an Unknown Publisher warning. It is not the signed Stable release and is deliberately not marked Latest on GitHub.

Highlights:

Added a dedicated Xbox Family Output (Beta) switch to Settings > Output in Easy Mode.
Added the same always-visible enable/restart panel to the top of Output, so the backend can be discovered even before its plugin and driver are loaded.
Preserved the developer-only full feature table while exposing only this supported Beta opt-in to normal Release users.
Corrected Xbox-family labels and setup documentation from Experimental and the nonexistent Settings > Features path to the actual Beta workflow.

Validation:

513 automated tests pass with zero failures.
Debug and Release builds complete with zero warnings and zero errors.
The isolated WPF smoke suite confirms the switch is visible in Easy Mode Settings > Output and preserves existing Easy, Advanced, and Safe Mode flows.

Enable the switch, close Elka HOTAS Bridge completely, and start it again. Then open Output to install or repair the HIDMaestro driver, choose a controller identity, and select the Xbox Family output for the active profile.

Downloads

HOTASBridge-0.29.0-dev.3-Setup.exe: unsigned Windows installer.
HOTASBridge-0.29.0-dev.3-win-x64.zip: unsigned framework-dependent portable package.

Development build: Windows will show Unknown Publisher. Install only if you intend to test the current dev channel.

All downloads and release notes on GitHub ↗