warpd VS Amethyst

Compare warpd vs Amethyst and see what are their differences.

warpd

A modal keyboard-driven virtual pointer (by rvaiya)

Amethyst

Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad. (by ianyh)
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warpd Amethyst
26 148
2,767 14,149
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2.3 6.8
18 days ago 13 days ago
C Swift
MIT License MIT License
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warpd

Posts with mentions or reviews of warpd. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-07.
  • Turning a Keyboard into a Mouse with Libevdev
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Sep 2023
    I also enjoyed using https://github.com/rvaiya/warpd on my mac. But was hit with few bugs, where the pointer used to get stuck. Had to keep restarting. But still a nice program to ditch mouse.
  • using keyboard
    2 projects | /r/hyprland | 3 Jul 2023
    for something similar that works with anything even beyond your browser there's warpd. I haven't used it I just know it exists. If you're into custom keyboards QMK can send mouse movements from keypresses too.
  • Compiling Problem
    1 project | /r/openSUSE | 26 Mar 2023
    So I am trying to compile warpd, i followed and installed the dependencies, but when I make, it outputs wayland-client.h not found. Fair enough, I installed geckolinux TW Plasma, NVIDIA working fine, X11 session. I used "zypper se", it showed wayland is installed but nevermind; in the docs they have said that you can 'Set options' to only compile X11 binary. I want only that but I am just racking my brain where to insert 'DISABLE_WAYLAND' option. I know its a most basic and obvious setting but i come from arch where i fully relied on AUR for building so i zero compiling knowledge. I tried RTFM but idk what I have to find. I would be helpful if someone helps me here
  • How to avoid mouse in macos?
    6 projects | /r/neovim | 22 Mar 2023
    Hey there! You should definitely check out warpd. It's a modal keyboard-driven pointer manipulation program that can help you control the pointer on your screen using just your keyboard.
  • Navigating with a keyboard Ubuntu.
    1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 14 Mar 2023
    I think you're maybe thinking of warpd? https://github.com/rvaiya/warpd
  • Vimium – The Hacker's Browser
    21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Feb 2023
  • Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
    69 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Dec 2022
    warpd avoided me spending a lot of time going from the keyboard to the mouse,for simple point and clicks. Honestly it is super useful.

    https://github.com/rvaiya/warpd

  • What features is Gnome missing according to you
    4 projects | /r/gnome | 17 Nov 2022
    Maybe you'd find warpd intersting.
  • Ask HN: What's the best way to control a cursor from the keyboard on macOS?
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Nov 2022
    I'd like to minimize my need for a mouse but there are some tasks which are just so much simpler with a cursor. I do have some mouse keys setup with Karabiner so that holding "k" and pressing esdf moves the cursor, but I've found this difficult to get used to. I have a few different keys to modify the speed, but it just feels way too convoluted and effortful to to control the cursor this way.

    I've also tried warpd [1] but had some issues with it that turned me off to it.

    Curious to know if anyone here has had success with something else

    [1] https://github.com/rvaiya/warpd

  • TPMouse: control the cursor with the homerow, even if you don't have a ThinkPad
    4 projects | /r/thinkpad | 19 Oct 2022
    I actually wrote this after seeing https://github.com/rvaiya/warpd on HackerNews and saw multiple people lament that they'd like to be able to use that for Windows. You should definitely check that out!

Amethyst

Posts with mentions or reviews of Amethyst. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-30.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing warpd and Amethyst you can also consider the following projects:

xkeysnail - Yet another keyboard remapping tool for X environment

Rectangle - Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

keyd - A key remapping daemon for linux.

yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

awesome-wayland - A curated list of Wayland code and resources.

i3-gaps - i3-gaps – i3 with more features (forked from https://github.com/i3/i3)

xsnip - a minimal and convenient screenshot utility for X11

exwm - Emacs X Window Manager

xbanish - Hide the mouse cursor when typing and show it again when the mouse moves

i3-multimonitor-workspace - i3wm Multi-Monitor workspace

dragon - Drag and drop source/target for X

skhd - Simple hotkey daemon for macOS