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).
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ControllerMate Alternatives for Mac
There are many alternatives to ControllerMate for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Karabiner Elements, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to ControllerMate and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to ControllerMate are SteerMouse, Joystick Mapper, Mac Mouse Fix and Controllers.
Alternatives list
81 Karabiner Elements alternatives
18 SteerMouse alternativesSteerMouse is a utility that lets you freely customize buttons, wheels and cursor speed. Both USB and Bluetooth mice are supported.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
SteerMouse vs ControllerMate Comments
- SteerMouse is Paid and Proprietary
20 Joystick Mapper alternativesJoystick Mapper is an application that allows you to configure your joysticks or gamepads to simulate keyboard keys/mouse movement/mouse click/mouse scroll, so you can control any app or game using them, even the ones without built-in support.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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16 Mac Mouse Fix alternativesSwitch between Spaces, use Windows-style Back and Forward, and more - right from your mouse. Also features a refined Smooth-Scrolling algorithm that strikes a perfect balance between fluidity and control.
Consoles allows you to use console controllers to play almost any game on Mac, even games that don't have built-in support for controllers.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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Smooze animates your scroll and adds functionality to your non-Apple mouse (scroll-wheel mouse).
Disable scroll acceleration in macOS, Save time by attaching mouse buttons to actions, Grab Scroll, Auto Scroll, Gestures and more.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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18 USB Overdrive alternativesThe USB Overdrive is a device driver for macOS that handles any USB or Bluetooth mouse, keyboard, trackball, joystick, gamepad or gaming device from any manufacturer and lets you configure it either globally or on a per-application, per-device basis.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
Modifies the Mac acceleration curve to better suit your style. Uses most of the code from MouseFix and wrapps it into a gui.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
Available exclusively on the Mac App Store. GamePad Companion 3.1 is a utility that makes it easy to configure your GamePads (controllers, joysticks, etc..) to play your favorite OSX games. You can configure your controller to work as your mouse cursor and buttons, or to map to...
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
KeyBindingsEditor is a GUI-based editor for OS X key bindings. It allows for easy editing and supports single-action bindings (one action per keystroke), multi-action bindings (multiple actions for a keystroke) and Emacs meta binding-style multi-keystroke bindings.
PCKeyboardHack can change caps lock key behavior. For example, changing caps lock key to delete Key.
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It is the one that most closely matches ControllerMate's functionality and is one of the few that works on the Mac (like ControllerMate)