# LinearMouse

7 Hacker News commenters recommended LinearMouse and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free Mac app that fixes mouse problems macOS causes, like acceleration and button actions. Critics say it is only a temporary fix and cannot match Windows.

## Why people recommend it

- Fixes macOS mouse problems broadly (3 comments): "It lets you fix pretty much every problem that MacOS inflicts on mouse users" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48477210)) "I cant use mice without https://linearmouse.app to adjust acceleration." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46587438)) "The only way my Logitech MX Master mouse is remotely usable on macOS is with both linearmouse and mos" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47378332))
- Well regarded Mac mouse app (3 comments): "They should take mos and linearmouse as examples" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47410730)) "FLOSS is amazing. LinearMouse is the Mac app." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48957405)) "LinearMouse on macos is also good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47369430))

## What people warn about

- Temporary fix for basic buttons (1 comments): "seems like a good temporary alternative for basic button actions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46525783))
- Can't match Windows mouse behavior (2 comments): "no 3rd party program could get it working the way it does on Windows" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46570330)) "Even LinearMouse can't fix that shit." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49401667))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [SteerMouse](https://hackerapproved.com/p/steermouse.md): 14 recommend
- [Mac Mouse Fix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mac-mouse-fix.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "LinearMouse", https://hackerapproved.com/p/linearmouse/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).