SharpKeys Alternatives for Linux

SharpKeys is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Input Remapper, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to SharpKeys and eight of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to SharpKeys are Toshy, X Keyboard Extension (XKB), Kinto and xcape.

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  1. Input Remapper icon
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    A tool to change and program the mapping of your input device buttons.

    14 Input Remapper alternatives

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  2. Toshy icon
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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.

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    • Linux
     
  3. Defines the way keyboards codes are handled in X, and provides access to internal translation tables. It is the basic mechanism that allows using multiple keyboard layouts in X.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • X11
    • Wayland
     
  4. Kinto icon
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    A better Linux & Windows keyboard layout for professional mac users.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Linux utility to configure modifier keys to act as other keys when pressed and released on their own. - alols/xcape

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    • Linux
    • X11
     
  6. xkeysnail icon
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    A keyboard remapping tool for X environment written in Python. It's like xmodmap but allows more flexible remappings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • X11
     
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