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OpenBSD 7.9 release · amd64 · Generated 2026-09-09

libhidapi-0.13.1

library for communicating with USB and Bluetooth HID devices

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Description

HIDAPI is a multi-platform library which allows an application to interface with USB and Bluetooth HID-Class devices on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X. On OpenBSD (like on FreeBSD), the backend uses libusb-1.0 to communicate directly to a USB device. This back-end will of course not work with Bluetooth devices.

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Ports path
comms/libhidapi
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
comms
Available flavors
None listed

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