Openrazer: Is it possible to help OpenRazer on Windows?

[clementinise]

Hello!
I would like to contribute to OpenRazer, but it seems that I can't give any help since I'm on Windows, am I right?
Would really like to help get support for the Basilisk Ultimate and the Firefly V2 mousemat 😊

So is there any way we can still help other there even if we are on a Windows Distribution? Maybe a VM can be useful in this situation? (Sorry English is not my native language)

[CalcProgrammer1]

OpenRazer is not officially supported on Windows. I'm maintaining an unofficial Windows port here:

https://github.com/CalcProgrammer1/openrazer-win32

This project was originally created by user rsandoz a few years ago but was abandoned. I revived it and got it to build against master openrazer with a minor patch applied. It builds the OpenRazer kernel drivers into a Windows DLL. The OpenRazer daemon components are not provided and the interface is modified as it's a DLL rather than a sysfs interface.

This DLL is used by my OpenRGB project on Windows. OpenRGB supports a bunch of RGB devices from many vendors, OpenRazer is used to provide Razer support.

https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB

[clementinise]

I'm using OpenRGB since a week but it doesn't support my mouse and mousepad and I have seen that we can get support for new device but the console commands are Linux and not Windows so I was wondering how is it possible to get new device supported even if we are on Windows, sorry if it wasn't clear btw 😅

[CalcProgrammer1]

It is possible to write the changes in OpenRazer and then test them on Windows using my interface, but you'll have to rebuild both the DLL and OpenRGB (as OpenRGB has a file called OpenRazerDevices.h where all OpenRazer devices are listed and zones/LED maps are provided).

Unfortunately, testing this way doesn't test the hardware probe functionality quite the same way as on Linux, so it's preferable that you test on a real Linux OS (and add OpenRazer daemon support) before you submit a pull request here.

Have you checked to see if there are any open pull requests for your devices here on the OpenRazer github?

[clementinise]

Unfortunately, testing this way doesn't test the hardware probe functionality quite the same way as on Linux, so it's preferable that you test on a real Linux OS (and add OpenRazer daemon support) before you submit a pull request here.

Oh okay thx for the clear answer!
Have you checked to see if there are any open pull requests for your devices here on the OpenRazer github?

Yes there is a pull request for the Basilisk Ultimate and the Firefly V2 but I don't really understand at what state they are... I just want to help as best as I could since I really want to see all Razer devices supported that will be sooooo cool 😍