# Piper (open-source desktop utility)

> Piper is a free, open-source desktop utility for Linux. GTK application to configure gaming devices. It has 6,043 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at libratbag/piper.

Piper is a GTK+ application to configure gaming mice. Piper is merely a graphical frontend to the ratbagd DBus daemon, see the libratbag README for instructions on how to run ratbagd.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/libratbag/piper |
| Platforms | Linux |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 6,043 |
| License | GPL-2.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | Python |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Archivers, cleaners & system utilities |
| Latest release | none on GitHub |
| Last commit | Aug 12, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/libratbag/piper/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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