XJoy

XJoy allows you to use a pair of Nintendo Joy-Cons as a virtual Xbox 360 controller on Windows. XJoy is made possible by ViGEm and hidapi.

Installation

1. install the ViGEm Bus Driver
2. download the latest XJoy.exe executable from the releases page
3. put XJoy.exe somewhere permanent like your Documents folder
4. that's it!

Usage

1. pair each of your Joy-Cons with Windows (hold down the button on the side to put into pairing mode, then go to add bluetooth device in Windows)
2. ensure that both Joy-Cons show as "Connected" in your bluetooth devices page
3. run XJoy.exe
4. that's it! start playing games with your Joy-Cons. A virtual xbox controller should show up as soon as XJoy.exe starts running (you will hear the USB device inserted sound).
5. to confirm that it is working, try pressing some buttons on your Joy-Cons. You should see the names of the buttons currently being pressed printed in the terminal.
6. to exit, press [ENTER] in the terminal window. You can also simply close the window however this may not disconnect from the Joy-Cons and the virtual controller properly.