Karabiner-Elements
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Karabiner-Elements, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Karabiner-Elements's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Use without purchase · open source |
The facts
Each one read from Karabiner-Elements's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Community rules
- Predefined rules can be imported from the Internet, including community rules.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Custom rules
- Users can write rules to modify existing rules or create new ones from scratch.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integration
- Karabiner-MultitouchExtension can make key changes depend on whether fingers are on the trackpad.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Keyboard and mouse features
- Features include changing function keys to media controls, mouse keys, and support for extra keys on some PC keyboards.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Limitations
- The app cannot modify the eject key on some keyboards or the Fn key on non-Apple keyboards such as Logitech keyboards.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Permissions
- Installation requires macOS permissions for background services, Accessibility, Input Monitoring, and the virtual keyboard and mouse driver extension.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The app says it does not collect keystrokes, configuration data, usage statistics, or other personal data.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Karabiner-Elements is a keyboard customizer for macOS.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker directs bug reports and feature requests to GitHub issues and says they may not have time to reply to all email.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported operating systems
- macoschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Update data
- When checking for updates, the server receives the app version, source IP address, and access time; the maker says this data is used to operate updates and is not shared with third parties.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Key remapping
- Simple Modifications change normal keys to other keys, while Complex Modifications apply more complex rules.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Per-app profiles
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Profiles and devices
- It supports multiple profiles and can apply modifications only to specified keyboards.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported Macs
- The site says both Intel-based Macs and Apple Silicon Macs are supported.checked 11 Oct 2026
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