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Expand Up @@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ pen (position with in-app calibration, an adjustable pressure curve, tilt, remap
buttons), multi-touch (2-finger scroll, tap-to-click, 3-finger swipe, palm rejection), a
menu-bar app and a full preferences window, running as a persistent per-user LaunchAgent.

## Why I built this

I use a Cintiq Pro 24 Touch as my tablet display, and I'm a software developer. Whenever a
new macOS beta is released, Wacom's drivers stop working. This was no different for macOS 27.
I didn't want to roll back macOS or wait countless months for a fix, and decided to solve
the problem for myself.

My Cintiq also frequently fails to work when plugged in, and must be unplugged and replugged — oftentimes
in a different USB-C port — before it works. It is too early to tell right now, but I hope this
driver can solve that problem.

The final problem I hope to avoid is Wacom's inevitable end-of-lifing of my tablet. It is several years old now,
and I do not know for how long they will continue to support it. In building my own driver, I hope to extend its
life until the hardware fails.

## Screenshots

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Expand Down Expand Up @@ -73,5 +88,15 @@ Nib was created for **interoperability** — to let hardware its owners already
on macOS. It was developed by clean-room documentation of the device's own protocol and
behavior; it does not include or redistribute any vendor software or assets.

## AI disclosure

Nib was built with the help of **Claude** (Anthropic's AI assistant, via
Claude Code). AI was used throughout development — reverse-engineering the
device protocol, writing and testing the Swift code, and drafting
documentation — under my direction and review. I'm responsible for the
project and its decisions; the clean-room reverse engineering was documented
from the device's own observable behavior, not from any vendor source or
confidential material.

## License
See `LICENSE`.
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