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PowerAim
What it is
PowerAim is a Windows tool that captures screen images, runs a YOLOv8 model, and moves a mouse or virtual controller toward detected targets. It works from the screen rather than game memory, and its maker says it can work with any game. Aim settings can be arranged in profiles with selectable smoothing plus optional tracking and prediction. It supports a virtual Xbox stick and two-way controller-to-keyboard mapping. The HUD reader can recognize ammo, health, or weapon names and use conditions to gate triggers or switch profiles. Anti-recoil profiles can replay recorded recoil patterns or use image-based compensation. Custom tools combine movement, clicks, key presses, executable launches, and delays. AutoPlay can send detections and OCR context to a local Ollama model. The maker says it runs locally without telemetry and does not read memory, inject code, or load a kernel driver.
For and against
For
- Free forever with no ads
- Supports per-app profiles
- Offers virtual controller output
- Includes OCR-based conditions
- Runs locally without telemetry
Against
- Windows only
- Commercial use is prohibited
- CUDA requires NVIDIA hardware and runtime
- No free trial
The verdict
PowerAim provides screen-based aiming, profiles, OCR triggers, anti-recoil tools, and controller mapping at no cost. Its local operation avoids telemetry according to the maker, but the license restricts commercial use.
Who it suits
It suits Windows users seeking screen-based aiming, controller mapping, OCR conditions, or scripted tools. Commercial users should note the PolyForm Noncommercial license.
Plans and prices
Free
Windows desktop app · source-available · no ads · no telemetry
Read 15 Oct 2026 · poweraim.de
On the record
- Adaptive smoothing
- Profiles support no smoothing, EMA smoothing and the adaptive 1€ filter.poweraim.de · read 15 Oct 2026
- Aim assist
- Aim assist uses configurable profiles, field of view, target filtering, smoothing and optional tracking.poweraim.de · read 15 Oct 2026
- Aim controls
- Aim settings can be organized into profiles, with selectable smoothing and optional tracking and prediction.poweraim.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Anti-recoil
- Anti-recoil offers profile-based recorded-pattern playback and image-based compensation modes.poweraim.de · read 15 Oct 2026
- API limitation
- The maintainer says XIM devices cannot be integrated directly because XIM exposes no public API.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- AutoPlay
- AutoPlay sends captured frames to a locally running Ollama vision model, which selects configured keyboard or controller actions.poweraim.de · read 15 Oct 2026
- AutoPlay integration
- AutoPlay can send detections and OCR context to a local Ollama model to drive scripted actions.poweraim.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Capture exclusion
- The application and its overlays use WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE so supported recording and screen-sharing tools do not show them.poweraim.de · read 15 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- Settings are persisted as editable UTF-8 JSON configuration files under the installation and application-data directories.poweraim.de · read 15 Oct 2026
- Controller mapping
- Controller mapping remaps keyboard and mouse controls to gamepads and supports configurable profiles.poweraim.de · read 15 Oct 2026
- Custom tools
- Users can create tools from move, click, send-key, run-exe, and delay steps.poweraim.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The maker offers an installer and portable ZIP builds.poweraim.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The project documents installation, features, configuration, troubleshooting, model training and architecture, and bundles documentation for offline use.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Dynamic tools
- Users can create automations from mouse movement, clicks, key sends, executable launches and delays with option variables.poweraim.de · read 15 Oct 2026
- External operation
- PowerAim states that it does not read or write game memory, inject code or load a kernel driver.poweraim.de · read 15 Oct 2026
- Game compatibility
- It reads the screen rather than the game and says it can work with any game.poweraim.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Gamepad and mapping
- It supports aiming through a virtual Xbox stick and mapping controller input to keyboard input in both directions.poweraim.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- GPU backends
- DirectML supports AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA GPUs; CUDA requires an NVIDIA card and CUDA runtime.poweraim.de · read 7 Oct 2026
