# Toshy

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/toshy/

5 people recommended Toshy in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 11 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Remaps keyboard shortcuts on Linux to match macOS, so Mac users keep their muscle memory, though it is not a perfect fix.

Summary written by Claude from 16 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Mac keyboard shortcuts on Linux (7 comments in the sample): "toshy made it easier to keep my muscle memory of mac keybindings which i love and it works really well out of the box" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50147038)) "it's a game changer for linux. you get almost all of the mac keyboard shortcuts working out of the box" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50024211)) "toshy gives you all the familiar mac keyboard shortcuts and lets you do per application configs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46116503))
- Game changer for Mac users (2 comments in the sample): "this is an absolute game changer for Mac users moving to Linux" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49440116)) "getting macos keybinding in linux land is a game changer to me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47546186))
- Works out of the box (1 comment in the sample): "it's really plug and play and works well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49500996))

## Other keyboard remappers people recommend

- [Karabiner-Elements](https://hackerapproved.com/p/karabiner-elements/): 51 recommend, 4 mixed, 4 criticize
- [BetterTouchTool](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bettertouchtool/): 23 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize
- [keyd](https://hackerapproved.com/p/keyd/): 19 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize
- [Kanata](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kanata/): 5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Toshy", https://hackerapproved.com/p/toshy/ (5 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.