Pair
Pin Link from your browser’s Extensions menu. Open it on a page and scan its QR with your phone.
Check the camera shows obpal.blackboxes.net. The controller opens in your phone’s browser.
Open source · no phone app · no account
Your phone.
A new way in.
Pair a phone. Choose a tab. Take the controls.
On your phone?
Open this page on your computer to add Link.
ob.Pal Link · 1.8.0 · free, MIT licensed
Supports Chrome, Edge, Brave and Vivaldi (Chromium 120 or later). See the limits.
Back from the store? Open Extensions, pin ob.Pal Link, then open it on the demo.
PhoneBrowserPC optional · Windows
Enable
Turn on This tab in Link. Pairing alone leaves input off.
Compare the connection seal on both devices. PC access is a separate choice.
Try
Open the dot demo, reopen Link, choose Controller and enable This tab. Move the left stick on your phone.
Open the dot demoIn your browser
One phone, three routes.
- Controller
- For games that read the Gamepad API; rumble needs phone and browser vibration support.
- 3D
- Drag, pan and zoom compatible page viewers.
- Keys
- WASD, arrows, action keys and mouse events; some pages require trusted input.
Optional · Windows
Take it to the PC.
ob.Pal Desktop adds mouse, keyboard and typing in allowed programs or the whole PC. Allow or deny each phone separately. Elevated Windows apps may refuse input.
Set up ob.Pal DesktopCtrl+Alt+Backspace stops input from the phone. macOS is coming soon.
Manual install
- ExtractUnzip into a folder you’ll keep.
- LoadOpen
chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode, choose Load unpacked and select that folder. In Edge, useedge://extensions. - Pin and returnPin Link from Extensions, then open the dot demo. Updates need a new zip and a reload.
A remembered connection.
A phone paired once can reconnect over Wi-Fi without internet, if the network lets devices reach each other and the controller is cached. See the limits.
No accounts or analytics. Input is encrypted between devices. Privacy · Check the connection seal and source