Kanata AlternativesKey Mapping Tools and other similar apps like Kanata

Apps similar to Kanata include Karabiner Elements, which is free and open source. Other options are KeyTweak, Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator, Key Manager and KbdEdit. You can choose from more than 10 Key Mapping Tools like Kanata for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. 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).

    89 Karabiner Elements alternatives

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    • Mac
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  2. KeyTweak icon
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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

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    • Windows
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  3. 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

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  4. Key Manager icon
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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...

    77 Key Manager alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  5. KbdEdit icon
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    Keyboard layout editor, mapper/remapper.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  6. KMonad icon
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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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
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  7. Ukelele icon
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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

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    • Mac
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  8. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  9. 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
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  10. DigitalCore unifies service data from fragmented systems into a single real-time dashboard, enabling service leaders to make strategic decisions in minutes instead of days.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  11. keyd icon
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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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
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