OpenTabletDriver
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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: you can find:
A list of compatibles drawing tablets
Documentation
A link to the GitHub repo
A link to their Discord server:
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.
To learn how to install and configure OTD on Windows, go here:
Starting with version 0.6.5 years, OpenTabletDriver for MacOS now supports pressure and tilt.
OTD supports 200+ 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.
To learn how to install and configure OTD on MacOS, go here:
OTD is open source. You can see the code on their GitHub repo:
OTD has a very active discord server:
Review these usage notes to understand limitations and customizations: