Boop vs Mousecape

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Boop		Mousecape
	Project
16	Mentions	22
3,627	Stars	1,261
-	Growth	-
1.4	Activity	0.0
3 months ago	Latest Commit	almost 2 years ago
JavaScript	Language	Objective-C
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Boop

Posts with mentions or reviews of Boop. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-29.

DevToys–A Swiss army knife for developers
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Aug 2023

There's also Boop, which is open source: https://github.com/IvanMathy/Boop
Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
149 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Apr 2023

I've been using Boop, it's pretty good for, json, yaml, datetimes, hashing etc! Missing a lot of what you've mentioned, but might be able to get some more ideas from it!
https://github.com/IvanMathy/Boop
Tutorial Mac OS
6 projects | /r/SwiftUI | 2 Mar 2023
My list of Setapp apps alternatives
8 projects | /r/macapps | 24 Oct 2022

Another alternative to DevUtils would be Boop. Or CyberChef, for that matter (web, but available for local and selfhosted installation).
Recommendation for Software Engineer/Developer and Software architect apps?
15 projects | /r/macapps | 22 Apr 2022

in addition to what's already mentioned, https://github.com/IvanMathy/Boop to convert and format things instead of googling for a converter every time
Boop, a Scriptable Scratchpad for Developers
2 projects | /r/programmingtools | 11 Feb 2022

1 project | /r/programming | 11 Feb 2022
DevToys For mac
4 projects | /r/MacOS | 9 Feb 2022

Also, Boop.
What are some good open-source Mac apps you can't live without?
25 projects | /r/macapps | 1 Feb 2022

Boop: Collection of utilities/extensions for developers
Made an app for Windows that aims to be a Swiss Army knife for developers. Sharing some screenshots here.
3 projects | /r/Windows11 | 19 Jan 2022

Though may I suggest checking out Boop? I love how minimal it looks. Maybe you can implement a minimal mode later?

Mousecape

Posts with mentions or reviews of Mousecape. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-04.

Apple doesn't allow you to change macOS cursor anymore
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Feb 2024

Yes, it's my impression that the submission link should be https://github.com/alexzielenski/Mousecape/issues/219
Mousecape: Custom Cursors for macOS
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Sep 2023
How can i get a custom mouse cursor? (macOS Big Sur 11.7.6)
1 project | /r/MacOS | 5 Jul 2023
I created a fun cursor for my Mac using Mousescape.
2 projects | /r/macapps | 27 Apr 2023

I was looking for a way to use custom cursors for my Mac when I came across a cool app called Mousecape that allows you to do just that. Unfortunately, there isn't a strong community creating cursors for it so I decided to give it a crack. You can snag the files here https://github.com/obatola/mousecape-hand-cursor.
macOS Cursors
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Mar 2023

This got me wondering how I could set my macOS system cursors to something else.
https://github.com/alexzielenski/Mousecape/releases
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https://www.deviantart.com/allannyholm/art/Mousecape-Throwba...
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The 2 .zip cursor packs on here https://www.macintoshrepository.org/33199-mighty-mouse
Works on Ventura.
Any apps that will help you customize MacOS?
3 projects | /r/macapps | 13 Feb 2023

There's also MouseCape for mouse cursors.
A small but important optional change to pc-cursors....
1 project | /r/lefthanded | 19 Dec 2022

If you are on Mac, download Mousecape. It allows you to reverse all the built-in cursors (or add third-party sets). It runs under Monterey (my current OS), and likely Ventura; runs on both Intel and Apple Silicon processors; and is free!
Is it possible to change the mouse cursor on osx?
1 project | /r/OSXTweaks | 2 Nov 2022

Yes it is with MouseCape https://github.com/alexzielenski/Mousecape
What are your favorite hidden gem Mac apps?
13 projects | /r/macapps | 9 Jun 2022

Mousescape - Change your mouse cursor
Can you change the cursor on a mac?
1 project | /r/applehelp | 25 May 2022

Mousecape - free/open source

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Boop and Mousecape you can also consider the following projects:

DevUtils-app - All-in-one Toolbox for Developers. Native macOS app.

MonitorControl - 🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

alfred-calculate-anything - Alfred Workflow to calculate anything with natural language

CotEditor - Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS

mousecape_breeze - A macOS mousecape port for KDE breeze cursor theme

DevToys - A Swiss Army knife for developers.

winget-cli - WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).

macmediakeyforwarder - Media Key Forwarder for iTunes and Spotify

MacGesture - Global mouse gestures for macOS

T-Clock - Highly configurable Windows taskbar clock