CLUSTER KEYBOARD-MACOS-SHORTCUTS · 35 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-13
macOS Windows-style remapping tools
This cluster consists of macOS menu-bar utilities that remap keyboard shortcuts, mouse buttons, scrolling, and occasionally window management to mimic the Windows experience for Mac users. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from — it predates the index or its members are undated. Among tracked members, WinMice holds the highest activity signal with 116 stars, followed by FingerChord.app at 7 and wandful at 3.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 1 ai-built · 1 hand-coded · 18 unlabelled
Operator · 14 hobby · 1 open source · 5 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01WinMice116★1 molivemacOS menu-bar utility providing Windows-style mouse scrolling and side button functionality.
- 02deadeye10★1 moliveMac utility that fixes game-related issues like double cursor, lost clicks, and menu bar interruptions when using compatibility layers.
- 03wandful3★26 dayslivehobbyDesktop app that recognizes drawn mouse gestures and triggers custom keyboard shortcuts or app launches on macOS and Windows.
- 04windsify-free2★27 daysliveApp that gives macOS users Windows-style keyboard shortcuts and window management functionality.
- 05FingerChord.app10★25 days—ai-builthobbymacOS utility that maps custom trackpad gestures to shortcuts for clicking, closing windows, and quitting apps.
- 06SmartSelect2★21 dayslivemacOS menu-bar utility that expands double-click selection to whole emails, numbers, URLs, dates, or paths instead of word fragments.
- 07mxcontrol9★1 mo—hobbymacOS menu bar utility that controls Logitech mice directly, replaces vendor software, and adds button-combination macros for any mouse.
- 08winkeys2★22 days—A macOS app that remaps keyboard shortcuts to behave like Windows for easy transition.
- 09sweeter1★5 dayslivehobbyMac app and Safari extension that turns X Pro into keyboard-navigable columns with unread markers, filters, and a command palette for X Pro subscribers.
- 10Magic-Mouse-For-Windows1★5 days—hobbyWindows utility that lets Apple Magic Mouse users configure gestures, scrolling, and per-app profiles with a polished interface.
- 11Magic-Mouse-Flow1★8 days—hobbymacOS menu bar utility that adds tap-to-click, right-click, drag, pinch-to-zoom, and live touch visualization to the Apple Magic Mouse.
- 12tiltnav1★21 days—hobbymacOS app that turns horizontal mouse-wheel tilts into per-application keyboard shortcuts, working even inside remote-desktop sessions.
- 13ahk-layout-switch1★22 days—hand-codedhobbyWindows utility that shows the current keyboard layout near the text caret and cycles languages with a hotkey, mimicking macOS behavior.
- 14wheel-flip1★15 days—hobbyWindows utility that reverses mouse wheel scroll direction per connected mouse to mimic macOS natural scrolling, with per-application exclusions.
- 15cutx1★19 dayslivehobbymacOS menu-bar utility that adds Windows-style cut-and-paste for files in Finder using keyboard shortcuts.
- 16tapestry0★6 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that turns trackpad taps, holds, and diagonal swipes into keyboard shortcuts, app launches, and Shortcuts.
- 17WinShun0★6 days—open sourcemacOS menu bar utility that makes Mac feel like Windows by remapping shortcuts, mouse behavior, and clipboard history for newcomers.
- 18aula-f75-macos-remap0★9 days—hobbyKeyboard remapping utility that swaps Command and Option modifiers on an AULA F75 keyboard for macOS over Bluetooth and USB.
- 19blekey-studio0★24 days—hobbyNative macOS utility that remaps keys and adjusts settings on XKey-compatible Bluetooth macro keypads.
- 20winkeys0★16 days—hobbymacOS utility that remaps Windows keyboard shortcuts to Mac equivalents with zero configuration.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.