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Cursor Crane

macOS keyboard navigation utility with predictable hints for interface elements and windows, pointer movement, clicking and scrolling. It adds text cursor and selection commands, external-editor field editing, OCR fallbacks, workflows, and JavaScript scripts.

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Cost / License

  • Freemium (Pay once)
  • Proprietary

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
Multi-app clicking with hints in Element Mode
Window switching with hints in Window Mode
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Selecting, copying, capturing with keyboard in Element Menu
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Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Keyboard focused

Features

  1.  Works Offline
  2.  Ad-free
  3.  No registration required
  4.  No Tracking
  5.  Dark Mode
  6.  Grid layout
  7.  Keyboard Shortcuts
  8.  Mouse Remapping
  9.  Keyboard Navigation

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  • Developed by

    CN flagExpression Loss

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.

  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) ranging between $19 and $30 + free version with limited functionality.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Chinese
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What is Cursor Crane?

Cursor Crane is a highly customizable keyboard-driven navigation and automation utility for macOS. Unlike many hint-based tools that focus mainly on UI elements, Cursor Crane extends keyboard-first interaction to windows, multi-window workflows, mouse actions, and text editing.

Its dedicated modes use predictable hints rather than arbitrary labels, making frequently used targets easier to learn and repeat. Cursor Crane can be operated through both traditional Keyboard Shortcuts and Command Sequences, a command-oriented interface for switching modes, performing actions, and running scripts.

Text editing is also treated as a first-class part of the workflow, with shortcuts for consistent text cursor navigation and selection across apps, plus Text Area Portal for editing focused fields in an external editor.

For advanced workflows, Cursor Crane includes declarative automation and JavaScript-based scripting. Scripts can perform custom actions, implement interaction logic, and create interactive panels with controls and user input.

Key features include:

  • Predictable hint-based navigation
  • Hint navigation across more areas of macOS
  • Window and multi-window workflow navigation
  • Keyboard Shortcuts and Command Sequences
  • Keyboard-controlled mouse movement, clicking, and scrolling
  • Text-area shortcuts for cursor navigation and selection
  • Text Area Portal for editing focused fields in an external editor
  • Element Menu for contextual actions such as copying and UI capture
  • Declarative workflows
  • JavaScript scripting for custom actions and logic
  • Action Palette for menu bar trigger and action calls
  • Script-built interactive panels
  • OCR and grid-based fallback navigation
  • Extensive customization of shortcuts, commands, hints, modes, scripts, and navigation behavior

Cursor Crane is designed for keyboard-heavy macOS users who want more than a simple hint overlay and prefer to shape their own interaction workflow.

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