OpenTabletDriver

Introduction

OpenTabletDriver (OTD) is a third-party tablet driver. "Third-party" means it is made by someone else than the tablet manufacturer.

At the OTD site: https://opentabletdriver.net/ you can find:

• A list of compatibles drawing tablets

• Documentation

• A link to the GitHub repo

• A link to their Discord server: https://discord.gg/9bcMaPkVAR

Why use OpenTabletDriver?

Normally, you should use your manufacturer-provided driver for your tablet. However, there are some situations where OpenTabletDriver is extremely useful or required.

• Your manufacturer dropped support for your tablet model with their latest drivers. This may leave you stuck with a tablet you can't use.

• Your manufacturer's drivers may be malfunctioning in some way that is beyond your control to fix.

• You are trying to troubleshoot a problem and want to see if the problem is in the driver vs some other component.

Installation instructions

• Windows: Using OpenTabletDriver on Windows

• MacOS: Using OpenTabletDriver on MacOS

Key points

• OTD is open source. You can see the code on their GitHub repo: https://github.com/OpenTabletDriver/OpenTabletDriver

• OTD supports 300+ tablets across many brands and many release years

• OTD is actively maintained

• OTD supports plug-ins that can modify its behavior

• OTD runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

• People use OTD as their normal tablet driver for playing osu! and even when they are doing creative tasks.

• OTD has a very active discord server: https://discord.gg/9bcMaPkVAR

• Review these usage notes to understand limitations and customizations: OpenTabletDriver usage notes