PowerAim
PowerAim is a Windows tool that captures the screen, runs a YOLOv8 model and moves a mouse or virtual controller toward detected targets.
What PowerAim is
PowerAim is a Windows tool that captures the screen, runs a YOLOv8 model and moves a mouse or virtual controller toward detected targets. It works from screen images rather than game memory, and its maker says it can work with any game. Aim settings can be organized into profiles, with selectable smoothing and optional tracking and prediction. It can aim through a virtual Xbox stick and map controller input to keyboard input in both directions. The HUD reader can interpret ammo, health or weapon names and use conditions to gate triggers or switch profiles. Anti-recoil profiles can record and replay recoil patterns or use image-based compensation. Users can build custom tools from movement, clicks, key presses, executable launches and delays. AutoPlay can send detections and OCR context to a local Ollama model for scripted actions. The maker says PowerAim runs locally without telemetry and does not read or write game memory, inject code or load a kernel driver. It is free, with no paywall, ads or key system, but its source-available PolyForm Noncommercial license prohibits commercial use. Installer and portable ZIP builds are offered.
Good
- Free with no paywall, ads or key system.
- Profiles support smoothing, tracking and prediction.
- HUD reader can gate triggers or switch profiles.
- Includes installer and portable ZIP builds.
- Runs locally without telemetry, according to its maker.
Watch out
- Available only for Windows.
- Commercial use is prohibited by its license.
- CUDA requires an NVIDIA card and CUDA runtime.
Who it suits
PowerAim suits Windows users who want screen-based target detection, configurable aim profiles and controller or keyboard mapping. It is not for commercial use under its listed license.
Verdict
PowerAim combines screen-based aiming with profiles, OCR conditions, recoil tools and custom actions. Its free availability comes with a noncommercial-use restriction.
Plans and prices
From PowerAim's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Windows desktop app · source-available · no ads · no telemetry · Forever · no paywall |
The facts
Each one read from PowerAim's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Adaptive smoothing
- Profiles support no smoothing, EMA smoothing and the adaptive 1€ filter.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Aim assist
- Aim assist uses configurable profiles, field of view, target filtering, smoothing and optional tracking.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Aim controls
- Aim settings can be organized into profiles, with selectable smoothing and optional tracking and prediction.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Anti-recoil
- Anti-recoil offers profile-based recorded-pattern playback and image-based compensation modes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API limitation
- The maintainer says XIM devices cannot be integrated directly because XIM exposes no public API.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AutoPlay
- AutoPlay sends captured frames to a locally running Ollama vision model, which selects configured keyboard or controller actions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AutoPlay integration
- AutoPlay can send detections and OCR context to a local Ollama model to drive scripted actions.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Capture exclusion
- The application and its overlays use WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE so supported recording and screen-sharing tools do not show them.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- Settings are persisted as editable UTF-8 JSON configuration files under the installation and application-data directories.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Custom tools
- Users can create tools from move, click, send-key, run-exe, and delay steps.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The maker offers an installer and portable ZIP builds.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The project documents installation, features, configuration, troubleshooting, model training and architecture, and bundles documentation for offline use.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Dynamic tools
- Users can create automations from mouse movement, clicks, key sends, executable launches and delays with option variables.checked 15 Oct 2026
- External operation
- PowerAim states that it does not read or write game memory, inject code or load a kernel driver.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Game compatibility
- It reads the screen rather than the game and says it can work with any game.checked 7 Oct 2026
- GPU backends
- DirectML supports AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA GPUs; CUDA requires an NVIDIA card and CUDA runtime.checked 7 Oct 2026
- GPU builds
- DirectML supports DX12 GPUs from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel, while the CUDA build requires an NVIDIA GPU and CUDA 12.x.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Installation
- PowerAim is a portable Windows application with optional installer packages; x64 .NET 10 and Visual C++ runtimes are required.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Keybinds
- Keybinds can combine keyboard, mouse and gamepad inputs into chords and can activate profiles, tools or configurations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- PowerAim is source-available under PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0; commercial resale, paid bundling and commercial competing products are prohibited.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License and commercial use
- PowerAim is source-available under PolyForm Noncommercial, which prohibits commercial use.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Limit: controller detection
- A user reported phantom controller entries and said controller support did not work as expected.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Controller mapping
- Controller mapping remaps keyboard and mouse controls to gamepads and supports configurable profiles.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Gamepad and mapping
- It supports aiming through a virtual Xbox stick and mapping controller input to keyboard input in both directions.checked 7 Oct 2026
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