Case study

ssmouse: a client for the Rival 3 Wireless HID protocol

ssmouse implements a client for the SteelSeries Rival 3 Wireless HID protocol recovered from SteelSeries GG. Its Rust tray app and CLI read battery and device events and set DPI, polling, lighting, buttons and power options; the repository documents report framing and commands.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 0
Last commit: 2026-10-26
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: SteelSeries Rival 3 Wireless with USB ID 1038:1830; the author reports hardware checks on firmware 1.04.
Prerequisites: Linux, Windows or macOS; building from source requires Rust 1.89 or newer.
Prerequisites: Firmware extraction from SteelSeries GG installers requires 7-Zip.
License: MIT licence.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{ssmouse-case,
  title = {{ssmouse: a client for the Rival 3 Wireless HID protocol}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ViktorPetrov0605/ssmouse}},
  url = {https://github.com/ViktorPetrov0605/ssmouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ssmouse-case/}}
}

Plain text

ssmouse: a client for the Rival 3 Wireless HID protocol. https://github.com/ViktorPetrov0605/ssmouse (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ssmouse-case/

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README.md GitHub · ViktorPetrov0605/ssmouse · Revision c515a30