Remap Keyboard Alternatives

Remap Keyboard is described as 'Lets you modify your Mac keyboard layout by changing the behavior of each key to work like another. You can apply mapping to all your keyboards or just the selected keyboard (e.g. only the MacBook keyboard or only the USB keyboard)' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are eight alternatives to Remap Keyboard for Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and X11. The best Remap Keyboard alternative is SharpKeys, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Remap Keyboard are Karabiner Elements, Toshy, Hyperkey and Kinto.

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Remap Keyboard lets you modify your Mac keyboard layout by changing the behavior of each key to work like another. You can...

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Remap Keyboard alternatives page was last updated Jul 7, 2023
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  1. SharpKeys icon
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    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.

    26 SharpKeys alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SharpKeys Features

    1.  Disable Keyboard Keys

    SharpKeys VS Remap Keyboard

     
    • SharpKeys is the most popular Windows alternative to Remap Keyboard.

    • SharpKeys is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Remap Keyboard.

    • SharpKeys is Free and Open SourceRemap Keyboard is Paid and Proprietary
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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).

    77 Karabiner Elements alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Karabiner Elements Features

    1.  Tab Control
    2.  Emacs mode

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    • Karabiner Elements is the most popular Mac alternative to Remap Keyboard.

    • Karabiner Elements is Free and Open SourceRemap Keyboard is Paid and Proprietary
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    Toshy is a config file for the keyszer Python-based keymapper for Linux (which was forked from xkeysnail). The Toshy config is not strictly a fork of Kinto, but was based in the beginning entirely on the config file for Kinto.sh by Ben Reaves (https://github.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Toshy VS Remap Keyboard

     
    • Toshy is the most popular Linux alternative to Remap Keyboard.

    • Toshy is Free and Open SourceRemap Keyboard is Paid and Proprietary
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts

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    A better Linux & Windows keyboard layout for professional mac users.

    9 Kinto alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Kinto Features

    1.  Key rebinding

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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • X11

    xmodmap Features

    1.  Keyboard Shortcuts
    2.  Keystroke

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    A keyboard remapping tool for X environment written in Python. It's like xmodmap but allows more flexible remappings.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Linux

    xkeysnail Features

    1.  Keyboard Shortcuts

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    A smart, flexible keymapper (fork/reboot of xkeysnail) for X11 written in Python. It's similar to xmodmap but allows far more flexible remappings.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    keyszer Features

    1.  Keyboard Shortcuts

    keyszer VS Remap Keyboard

     
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