Mousecape vs winget-cli

Mousecape

Cursor Manager for OSX (by alexzielenski)

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). (by microsoft)

Windows package-manager winget Command-line

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Mousecape		winget-cli
	Project
22	Mentions	283
1,261	Stars	22,072
-	Growth	1.5%
0.0	Activity	9.3
almost 2 years ago	Latest Commit	6 days ago
Objective-C	Language	C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

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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

winget-cli

Posts with mentions or reviews of winget-cli. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-19.

Overview over Microsoft's developer tools for Windows
4 projects | dev.to | 19 Jan 2024

GitHub
Fresh W11 Install - Winget acting weird
1 project | /r/sysadmin | 7 Dec 2023

Source: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/3832
MS and Windows gets a lot of (well deserved) hate, but winget is just fantastic!
3 projects | /r/Windows11 | 6 Dec 2023

You're correct here, and that's exactly the reason Winget is a package manager, as dependency management is part of teh stable release since version 1.6.3133:
Microsoft Intune Management Extensions update?
1 project | /r/Intune | 2 Dec 2023

Currently, I'm troubleshooting an annoying issue on my shared devices that it's a hell to delete. See this ticket: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/3365
Calibre – New in Calibre 7.0
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Nov 2023

It's also on the official microsoft package manager (winget).
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
How to update cURL
3 projects | dev.to | 11 Oct 2023

Winget install
Script to update apps automaticaly with Winget
1 project | /r/PowerShell | 22 Jun 2023
Mass-archiving Reddit comment threads from a list of URLs
3 projects | /r/DataHoarder | 10 Jun 2023
2 weird issue today
1 project | /r/Intune | 26 May 2023
Windows Terminal Preview 1.18 Release
6 projects | /r/programming | 25 May 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Mousecape and winget-cli you can also consider the following projects:

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.

Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

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

Scoop - A command-line installer for Windows.

mousecape_breeze - A macOS mousecape port for KDE breeze cursor theme

HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

macmediakeyforwarder - Media Key Forwarder for iTunes and Spotify

alt-tab-macos - Windows alt-tab on macOS

T-Clock - Highly configurable Windows taskbar clock

oneget - PackageManagement (aka OneGet) is a package manager for Windows

Fluor - A handy tool for macOS allowing you to switch Fn keys' mode based on active application.

qBittorrent - qBittorrent BitTorrent client