Karabiner Elements Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Karabiner Elements for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is BetterTouchTool. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Hammerspoon or Kanata. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Karabiner Elements and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Karabiner Elements are Keyboard Maestro, Quicksilver, TextExpander and Repeat.

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Karabiner Elements alternatives are mainly Key Mapping Tools, but if you're looking for Task Automation Apps or Text Expanders you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Windows + Key Mapping, Linux and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Karabiner Elements.
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  1. BetterTouchTool icon
     107 likes

    BetterTouchTool is a great, feature packed app that allows you to configure many gestures for your Magic Mouse (1 & 2), Macbook Trackpad and Magic Trackpad (1 & 2) and also Mouse Gestures for normal mice.

    76 BetterTouchTool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
    • BetterTouchTool is the most popular Mac alternative to Karabiner Elements.

    • BetterTouchTool is the most popular commercial alternative to Karabiner Elements.

    • BetterTouchTool is Paid and ProprietaryKarabiner Elements is Free and Open Source
    • BetterTouchTool is LightweightKarabiner Elements is not according to our users
  2. Hammerspoon icon
     27 likes

    This is a tool for powerful automation of OS X. At its core, Hammerspoon is just a bridge between the operating system and a Lua scripting engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Kanata icon
     4 likes

    This is a cross-platform software keyboard remapper for Linux, macOS and Windows. A short summary of the features:

    11 Kanata alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4. Quicksilver icon
     125 likes

    Quicksilver is a fast and free macOS productivity application that gives you the power to control your Mac quickly and elegantly.

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    • Mac
     
  5. TextExpander icon
     67 likes

    Boosts team efficiency by managing, creating, and sharing reusable text snippets across all platforms with support for fill-in fields, advanced customization, and insightful analytics to drive productivity and performance enhancement.

    76 TextExpander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • TextExpander is the most popular SaaS alternative to Karabiner Elements.

    • TextExpander is Paid and ProprietaryKarabiner Elements is Free and Open Source
    • TextExpander is Lightweight and Privacy focusedKarabiner Elements is not according to our users
  6. Repeat icon
     8 likes

    Repeat is a full-fledged, Java mouse/keyboard record/replay and automation hotkeys/macros creation using modern programming languages, and more advanced automation features. Working across three major OSes: Windows, OSX, and Linux.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
     
  7. Automator icon
     33 likes

    With Automator, you can accomplish time-consuming, repetitive manual tasks quickly, efficiently, and effortlessly. Automator lets you skip the complex programming and scripting that is normally required to create automations.

    64 Automator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Mjolnir icon
     8 likes

    Lightweight automation and productivity power-tool for OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Hyperkey icon
     4 likes

    Use an additional modifier key for all your keyboard shortcuts with this straightforward app. Utilize an unused key by converting the caps lock or any modifier key to the hyper key, which combines all four modifiers. The hyper key can be used in any app with keyboard shortcuts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Paletro icon
     10 likes

    With Paletro, by pressing ??P, you have access to all of the functionality of current focused app, including keyboard shortcuts for the most common operations.

    9 Paletro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. Seil icon
     1 like

    PCKeyboardHack can change caps lock key behavior. For example, changing caps lock key to delete Key.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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