# Logi Options+ 11 Hacker News commenters recommended Logi Options+ and 68 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Official Logitech app for remapping mouse and keyboard buttons, but critics say it is bloated and memory-hungry. ## Why people recommend it - Offline version drops telemetry, AI, bloat (3 comments): "so it does not eat resources and don't run a useless service in the bg" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47400687)) "cuts out a lot of the slop and telemetry in the normal version" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47370337)) "it removes AI and auto updating and has done the job for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47370358)) ## What people warn about - Heavy memory use, runs constantly (6 comments): "It wants to stay running constantly as a menu bar app, but I don't think there's any reason why that helps me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381131)) "I had so much bad experience with their dedicated app, consuming 1GB of memory being just one of them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49362892)) "a very overcomplicated shitshow of a program what should be run constantly to rewrite the keypresses" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576099)) - Phones home and installs unwanted apps (5 comments): "When it does break it's disruptive, or they add some feature I don't want." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47369819)) "Always hated Logitech Options bloatware, why should the software drain my battery, phone home, and require screen recording permission" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46548967)) "They also installed their AI apps to users' computers through their mouse driver without asking anyone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49362206)) - Breaks after updates or certificate expiry (4 comments): "it would frequently just stop working and my mouse settings would revert to default behavior" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365540)) "made it so the combination of mouse and dongle I was using no longer worked together" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47371006)) "Traced it to the options+ auto-update service polling a dead CDN endpoint every 5s." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47377287)) - Needs online connection, clunky setup (5 comments): "needs a separate different bloated app to configure and they even then don't have all of the settings" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47376502)) "It still doesnt support changing input of the mouse when you change input of the keyboard." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47374513)) "It's a sad state of affairs that a mouse settings program isn't 'offline' by default." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49358291)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [OpenLogi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openlogi.md): 39 recommend - [Solaar](https://hackerapproved.com/p/solaar.md): 13 recommend - [Mos](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mos.md): 6 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Logi Options+", https://hackerapproved.com/p/logi-options-plus/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).