Free Key Remapper AlternativesKey Mapping Tools and other similar apps like Key Remapper

The best free alternative to Key Remapper is X-Mouse Button Control. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Key Remapper and 18 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Key Remapper are SharpKeys, Karabiner Elements, KeyTweak and Kanata.

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  1. X-Mouse Button Control is a Windows application to remap your mouse buttons and expand the capabilities of your mouse!

    30 X-Mouse Button Control alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    X-Mouse is for mouse only, can't remap keys and assign them special functions

    • X-Mouse Button Control is Free and ProprietaryKey Remapper is Paid and Proprietary
    • X-Mouse Button Control is Customizable, Privacy focused and LightweightKey Remapper is not according to our users
  2. SharpKeys icon
     75 likes

    SharpKeys is a utility that manages a Registry key that allows Windows to remap one key to any other key. Included in the application is a list of common keyboard keys and a Type Key feature to automatically recognize most keyboard keys. It was developed in C# using .NET v2.

    27 SharpKeys alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Karabiner, previously called KeyRemap4MacBook, is a very powerful keyboard remapper for Mac OS X. In addition to simple key remapping, it has special remapping modes like Emacs-mode, SandS-mode (Space and Shift).

    82 Karabiner Elements alternatives

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. KeyTweak icon
     25 likes

    KeyTweak is a free keyboard remapper for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/Win 7. It makes use of Microsoft's Scancode Map registry key to remap your keyboard.

    22 KeyTweak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Kanata icon
     4 likes

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

    12 Kanata alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. Offers tools for building custom keyboard layouts, editing existing setups, and supporting multilingual input locales. Compatible with Windows 2000 to Windows 7, including 64-bit platforms, and enables packaging for easy installation on multiple machines.

    16 Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Piper icon
     9 likes

    Piper is a graphical user interface to configure gaming mice. Configuration options include changing the resolution (DPI) of the mouse, adding and removing profiles, setting LED colors and changing button behaviors.

    27 Piper alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flatpak
     
  8. 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
     
  9. Ukelele icon
     11 likes

    Graphical tool for editing macOS keyboard layouts with drag-and-drop assignment of Unicode characters, creation of dead keys, mapping character strings, visual feedback, native .keylayout support, and easy customization for scripts or special input needs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Multi Task Tool is a portable tool that, as its very name suggests, can be used to execute multiple tasks in Windows OS!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. HotKeyBind icon
     3 likes

    HotKeyBind is a program that lets you use hotkeys (shortcut key combinations) to do common tasks: opening a web page, launching applications, opening files, shutting down the computer and so on.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    The xmodmap program is used to edit and display the keyboard modifier map and keymap table that are used by client applications to convert event keycodes into keysyms. It is a part of the X.Org project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • X11
     
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