Karabiner Elements
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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).
License model
- Free • Open Source
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Country of Origin
Japan
Platforms
- Mac
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Karabiner Elements information
Developed by
Takayama Fumihiko Licensing
Open Source (Unlicense) and Free product.Written in
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Office & Productivity, OS & Utilities, System & HardwareGitHub repository
- 19,928 Stars
- 858 Forks
- 1211 Open Issues
- Updated May 7, 2025
Comments and Reviews
Karabiner is now Karabiner Elements. Very good to remap single keys, also function keys and modifier keys like Fn, Cmd, Opt. Not suitable to remapping keys with hotkeys like: Opt+Ä should be Ö (complicated, has to be coded; this can be handy if some keys are dead because of water damage). For this task BetterTouchTool is perfect. Both tools can be combined. BetterTouchTool can't remap modifiers (Cmd, ...) or multimedia keys. Karabiner Elements works with Mojave.
It does what it says it does and it's free.
I couldn't get it to work. So I'm uninstalling it. Because Mac OS Sierra 10.12 is not still supported.