Download · v0.9.0-beta.1

Download FFB Probe

Install the guided wizard, test your stick, and decide whether to share the redacted result. Nothing uploads automatically.

Windows · 64-bit

ffb-probe-setup-0.9.0-beta.2-x64.exe

No account Per-user install Self-contained runtime Share is opt-in

SHA-256 b3d17a92a69fb0815d5aea04cbcd18bdab3c3cbc995ab29a9e41433eece3a098 Size 57.6 MB Version v0.9.0-beta.2 View manifest

Verify after download: Get-FileHash .\ffb-probe-setup-0.9.0-beta.2-x64.exe -Algorithm SHA256

Linux · x64 AppImage

FfbProbe-0.9.0-beta.2-x86_64.AppImage

No install required Self-contained runtime evdev live effects Share is opt-in

SHA-256 4ea81f29c33ad3a341e3b29e7223cec180007018910a1aa4fb66fb480f375163 Size 64.8 MB Version v0.9.0-beta.2

Verify after download: sha256sum ./FfbProbe-0.9.0-beta.2-x86_64.AppImage

After downloading

Three steps.

1

Install

Per-user, no admin password required. Adds a desktop shortcut and a Start Menu entry. The installer doesn't touch system folders or registry root.

Beta builds aren't code-signed (signing lands at v1.0). Windows SmartScreen will flag it as "Unrecognized app" — click More info then Run anyway. If Windows 11 Smart App Control is enabled the installer won't launch at all; temporarily toggle SAC off to install. Once v1.0 ships signed, both warnings disappear.
2

Plug in your stick

USB or USB-via-gameport-adapter. Make sure it's powered. Close any sim or controller-config tool that might already own the device (joy.cpl, Logitech Profiler, MSFS, DCS, X-Plane).
3

Run, review, then share

The wizard takes about five minutes. After the run you can open the HTML report, inspect the JSON payload, and click Share only if you're comfortable sending it.

Live effects need read/write access to the joystick's /dev/input/event* node. The docs include a temporary test command and a per-device udev rule.

Machine-readable version, filenames, sizes, and SHA-256 hashes.

See exactly what the app collects, what it never collects, and what appears publicly.

System requirements

Windows 10 or later for the DirectInput live-effect wizard, or Linux x64 for the evdev AppImage.
A force-feedback joystick with power connected and room to move.
No .NET install required. Release binaries are self-contained.
Linux input permissions may be needed for live effects through /dev/input/event*.
No automatic upload. Local reports are written whether or not you share anything later.

Windows10+ · x64 · DirectInput

Linuxx64 · AppImage · evdev

Runtimeincluded .NET 10

Versionv0.9.0-beta.1

The wizard checks the stick, plays live effects, records what you felt, and writes local report files you can inspect before sharing.

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