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PowerAim

Free plan Windows

What PowerAim is

PowerAim is a Windows tool that captures screen images, runs a YOLOv8 model, and moves a mouse or virtual controller toward detected targets. Because it acts on screen images rather than game memory, its maker says it can work with any game. Users can organize aim settings into profiles and choose smoothing, tracking, and prediction options. Controller features include aiming through a virtual Xbox stick and mapping controller input to keyboard input in both directions. The HUD reader can identify information such as ammo, health, or weapon names, then use conditions to gate triggers or switch profiles. Anti-recoil profiles can record and replay recoil patterns or use image-based compensation. Custom tools can be assembled from movement, click, key, executable-launch, and delay steps. AutoPlay can send detections and OCR context to a local Ollama model for scripted actions. PowerAim is free forever, with no paywall, ads, or key system. The maker says it runs locally without telemetry and does not read or write game memory, inject code, or load a kernel driver. It supports DirectML on AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA GPUs; CUDA requires an NVIDIA card and CUDA runtime. The source-available PolyForm Noncommercial license prohibits commercial use.

Who it suits

PowerAim suits Windows users seeking screen-based aiming, controller remapping, or scripted actions. It is not suitable for commercial use under its stated license.

What it does well

Free forever with no ads or key system.
Profiles can organize aim settings and switch per app.
HUD conditions can gate triggers or change profiles.
Supports DirectML on AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA GPUs.
Offers installer and portable ZIP builds.

What to know first

Windows is the only listed platform.
Commercial use is prohibited by its license.
CUDA requires an NVIDIA card and CUDA runtime.

Limits

The free plan is for noncommercial use under the PolyForm Noncommercial license. CUDA requires an NVIDIA card and CUDA runtime; DirectML supports AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA GPUs.

Plans

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Free	Forever · no paywall · Windows desktop app · source-available · no ads · no telemetry	Free

As poweraim.de lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Getting started

Open the PowerAim website and documentation.
Choose the installer or portable ZIP build.
Select a GPU backend: DirectML supports AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA; CUDA requires an NVIDIA card and CUDA runtime.
Create an aim profile and configure smoothing, tracking, or prediction as needed.
Configure controller mapping, HUD conditions, or custom tools if you want those functions.

Verdict

PowerAim offers a broad set of screen-based aiming, remapping, and automation tools at no cost. Its Windows-only availability and noncommercial license are important constraints, and CUDA use requires compatible NVIDIA hardware and runtime.

Questions

How much does PowerAim cost?

The listed Free plan costs nothing and is described as free forever with no paywall, ads, or key system.

Which platform does it support?

PowerAim supports Windows.

Can it work with any game?

Its maker says it can work with any game because it reads the screen rather than the game.

Is PowerAim open source?

It is source-available under the PolyForm Noncommercial license, which prohibits commercial use.

Does it run locally?

The maker says PowerAim runs locally without telemetry and does not read or write game memory, inject code, or load a kernel driver.

What GPU backends does it support?

DirectML supports AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA GPUs. CUDA requires an NVIDIA card and CUDA runtime.

Facts from PowerAim's own pages

Adaptive smoothing: Profiles support no smoothing, EMA smoothing and the adaptive 1€ filter. · poweraim.de, 15 Oct 2026
Aim assist: Aim assist uses configurable profiles, field of view, target filtering, smoothing and optional tracking. · poweraim.de, 15 Oct 2026
Aim controls: Aim settings can be organized into profiles, with selectable smoothing and optional tracking and prediction. · poweraim.de, 7 Oct 2026
Anti-recoil: Anti-recoil offers profile-based recorded-pattern playback and image-based compensation modes. · poweraim.de, 15 Oct 2026
API limitation: The maintainer says XIM devices cannot be integrated directly because XIM exposes no public API. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
AutoPlay: AutoPlay sends captured frames to a locally running Ollama vision model, which selects configured keyboard or controller actions. · poweraim.de, 15 Oct 2026
AutoPlay integration: AutoPlay can send detections and OCR context to a local Ollama model to drive scripted actions. · poweraim.de, 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, 15 Oct 2026
Configuration: Settings are persisted as editable UTF-8 JSON configuration files under the installation and application-data directories. · poweraim.de, 15 Oct 2026
Controller mapping: Controller mapping remaps keyboard and mouse controls to gamepads and supports configurable profiles. · poweraim.de, 15 Oct 2026
Custom tools: Users can create tools from move, click, send-key, run-exe, and delay steps. · poweraim.de, 7 Oct 2026
Distribution: The maker offers an installer and portable ZIP builds. · poweraim.de, 7 Oct 2026
Documentation: The project documents installation, features, configuration, troubleshooting, model training and architecture, and bundles documentation for offline use. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Dynamic tools: Users can create automations from mouse movement, clicks, key sends, executable launches and delays with option variables. · poweraim.de, 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, 15 Oct 2026
Game compatibility: It reads the screen rather than the game and says it can work with any game. · poweraim.de, 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, 7 Oct 2026
GPU backends: DirectML supports AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA GPUs; CUDA requires an NVIDIA card and CUDA runtime. · poweraim.de, 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. · poweraim.de, 15 Oct 2026
Installation: PowerAim is a portable Windows application with optional installer packages; x64 .NET 10 and Visual C++ runtimes are required. · poweraim.de, 15 Oct 2026
Keybinds: Keybinds can combine keyboard, mouse and gamepad inputs into chords and can activate profiles, tools or configurations. · poweraim.de, 15 Oct 2026
Licence: PowerAim is source-available under PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0; commercial resale, paid bundling and commercial competing products are prohibited. · raw.githubusercontent.com, 15 Oct 2026
License and commercial use: PowerAim is source-available under PolyForm Noncommercial, which prohibits commercial use. · poweraim.de, 7 Oct 2026
Limit: controller detection: A user reported phantom controller entries and said controller support did not work as expected. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026

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