Karabiner-Elements
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Apr 12, 2026first mention
Sep 16, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Karabiner: MacOS's keyboard mapping is incredibly underpowered.”
uses macOS at work, prefers KDE/Gnomeon “macOS 27 Golden Gate – Review”
“Karabiner Elements (to turn Caps Lock into a hyper key”
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“I've always setup my macbooks with a custom json config using https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ to avoid the dock”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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All comments 3
“Karabiner: MacOS's keyboard mapping is incredibly underpowered.”
“Karabiner Elements (to turn Caps Lock into a hyper key”
“I've always setup my macbooks with a custom json config using https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ to avoid the dock”