Kanata Alternatives

Kanata is described as 'This is a cross-platform software keyboard remapper for Linux, macOS and Windows. A short summary of the features:' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Kanata for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Kanata alternative is Karabiner Elements, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Kanata are KeyTweak, Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator, KbdEdit and Key Manager.

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    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).

    78 Karabiner Elements alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    • Karabiner Elements is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Kanata.

    • Karabiner Elements is Free and Open SourceKanata is also Free and Open Source
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    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.

    23 KeyTweak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • KeyTweak is the most popular Windows alternative to Kanata.

    • KeyTweak is Free and ProprietaryKanata is Free and Open Source
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    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
     
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    Keyboard layout editor, mapper/remapper.

    13 KbdEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • KbdEdit is the most popular commercial alternative to Kanata.

    • KbdEdit is Paid and ProprietaryKanata is Free and Open Source
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    Key Manager reveals the full potential of your keyboard and mouse and allows you to save time and efforts while working with your computer. Thanks to its flexible interface, you can now create various actions and execute them by pressing keys, mouse buttons and combinations of...

    71 Key Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    KMonad offers advanced customization features such as layers, multi-tap, tap-hold, and much more. These features are usually available at the hardware level on the QMK-firmware enabled keyboards. However, KMonad allows you to enjoy such features in virtually any keyboard by...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
     
    • KMonad is the most popular Linux alternative to Kanata.

    • KMonad is Free and Open SourceKanata is also Free and Open Source
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    Do you want to remap keyboard keys with another key ? Do you want to remap mouse buttons ? Then try Key Remapper. With Key Remapper you can easily remap key or remap mouse buttons with another key, program, mouse button, custom text.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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
     
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    Keyboard-layout-editor.com is a web application that enables the editing of keyboard-layouts, i.e., the position and appearance of each physical key.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Keyboard Layout Editor is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Kanata.

    • Keyboard Layout Editor is Free and Open SourceKanata is also Free and Open Source
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    Linux lacks a good key remapping solution. In order to achieve satisfactory results a medley of tools need to be employed (e.g xcape, xmodmap) with the end result often being tethered to a specified environment (X11).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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