Karabiner-Elements
Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later. (by pqrs-org)
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. (by MonitorControl)
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| Karabiner-Elements | MonitorControl | |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | 191 | |
| 17,889 | 26,066 | |
| 1.4% | 2.7% | |
| 9.7 | 7.0 | |
| 4 days ago | 2 months ago | |
| C++ | Swift | |
| The Unlicense | MIT License |
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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.
Karabiner-Elements
Posts with mentions or reviews of Karabiner-Elements.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-13.
- The Downfall of Karabiner Elements, the Necessary macOS App
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Apple debuts iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
You probably know this but you can remap Eject to Delete using Karabiner.
https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements
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Karabiner 14.12.0 stops working after wake from sleep
EDIT2: Some claim this may be due to startup items being disabled, though I can't point at any specific one in my case, at least for now: https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/issues/3417
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i3 Linux -> macOS
What I've done is configure yabai and skhd in a way that somewhat mimics my i3 setup (dotfiles in case it helps) with the help of Karabiner-Elements since Apple wouldn't recognize my keyboard layout properly (or at all...).
- Moving from windows to MacOS, about the alternative programs
- Automator or AppleScript to swap Option & Command in macOS Ventura?
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Trackpad tap and drag delay
https://superuser.com/questions/741410/reduce-single-tap-delay-in-mac-os-after-enabling-tap-drag https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/issues/2993 https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/mke6p2/trackpad_drag_lock_too_long_reduce_lock/ https://community.folivora.ai/t/how-can-i-fix-tap-to-click-delay-with-dragging-enabled/22428
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Using Number Pad on Macbooks to bring Pro Tools to full functionality using FN key - Solved
Download this code: https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements/files/3633575/karabiner.json.zip (The source of this code was found at the bottom of this thread https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/issues/1287 )
- Simple modification to change scroll up or scroll down to another key?
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NuPhy Halo 75 Mac issues on fn keys
Try https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements to change what the key does.
MonitorControl
Posts with mentions or reviews of MonitorControl.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-27.
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18-year-old built a better computer monitor that doesn't strain your eyes
I use "Monitor Control" on my Mac Studio to control the brightness of my Dell monitor:
https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl
- Scrollbars Are Becoming a Problem
- Best MacOS Compatible Monitor
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Mac Studio M2 and 8k screen
Just wanted to put in a plug for the MonitorControl app. I just installed it, and it enables brightness control for the QN700B from Apple's keyboard. So great not to have to pull up any Samsung menus to adjust it.
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Is It “Safe” to Purchase a Studio Display Right Now?
Let me introduce you to Monitor Control:https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl
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[50% OFF] Lunar Pro summer discount
Good free alternative is MonitorControl. Pretty sure it does everything Lunar does but is open-sourced.
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Cannot connect 2 external monitors to my MacBook Air 15''?
You can with monitor control app
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My 2023 Desktop Setup ft. an overly complicated diagram
I'm glad you asked! I control the volume of them thru the monitor using the back/forward buttons on my mx master 3 mouse via the MonitorControl app, it's great!
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Adjust brightness and volume on a LG Ultrawide 38wp85c
Installed https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl and worked like a charm, big thanks!
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MacMini keeps adjusting Saturation / Brightness...
As a fellow Mac + OLED TV owner, I think you'll appreciate these too. MonitorControl to access brightness settings through your keyboard and Hazeover to darken background and prevent burn-in.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Karabiner-Elements and MonitorControl you can also consider the following projects:
Mos - 一个用于在 macOS 上平滑你的鼠标滚动效果或单独设置滚动方向的小工具, 让你的滚轮爽如触控板 | A lightweight tool used to smooth scrolling and set scroll direction independently for your mouse on macOS
Lunar - Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors
yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
BetterDisplay - Unlock your displays on your Mac! Flexible HiDPI scaling, XDR/HDR extra brightness, virtual screens, DDC control, extra dimming, PIP/streaming, EDID override and lots more!
stats - macOS system monitor in your menu bar
BetterDummy - Unlock your displays on your Mac! Smooth scaling, HiDPI unlock, XDR/HDR extra brightness upscale, DDC, brightness and dimming, dummy displays, PIP and lots more! [Moved to: https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay]
RDM - Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions
iTerm2 - iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.
Hackintool - The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing
eul - 🖥️ macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.
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