Toshy
Ranked 4 of 5 keyboard remappers by recommenders
Remaps keyboard shortcuts on Linux to match macOS, so Mac users keep their muscle memory, though it is not a perfect fix.
Remaps keyboard shortcuts on Linux to match macOS, so Mac users keep their muscle memory, though it is not a perfect fix.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Mac keyboard shortcuts on Linux
“toshy made it easier to keep my muscle memory of mac keybindings which i love and it works really well out of the box”
Comment from 19 Oct 2026 in “What the heck is /pkg?” “it's a game changer for linux. you get almost all of the mac keyboard shortcuts working out of the box”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs” “toshy gives you all the familiar mac keyboard shortcuts and lets you do per application configs”
Comment from 2 Dec 2025 in “Last Week on My Mac: Losing confidence” - Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Welcome (back) to Macintosh”
- Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Welcome (back) to Macintosh”
- Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive?”
- Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “"This Is Not the Computer for You"”
Game changer for Mac users
“it's a game changer for linux. you get almost all of the mac keyboard shortcuts working out of the box”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs” “this is an absolute game changer for Mac users moving to Linux”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra” “getting macos keybinding in linux land is a game changer to me”
Comment from 27 Mar 2026 in “People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop mandatory Microsoft Account” Works out of the box
“toshy made it easier to keep my muscle memory of mac keybindings which i love and it works really well out of the box”
Comment from 19 Oct 2026 in “What the heck is /pkg?” “it's a game changer for linux. you get almost all of the mac keyboard shortcuts working out of the box”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs” “it's really plug and play and works well”
Comment from 30 Aug 2026 in “Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root”
Other keyboard remappers people recommend
The four most recommended other keyboard remappers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karabiner-Elements | 55 | 4 | 93% | 11 | — | Approved |
| BetterTouchTool | 25 | 1 | 96% | 9 | — | Approved |
| keyd | 19 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| ToshyThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 7 | — | — |
| Kanata | 5 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
16 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“toshy made it easier to keep my muscle memory of mac keybindings which i love and it works really well out of the box”
“it's a game changer for linux. you get almost all of the mac keyboard shortcuts working out of the box”
“Toshy can help but it's still not a perfect fix.”
“it's really plug and play and works well”
“Nice. I've also found, through that, kinto.sh”
“this is an absolute game changer for Mac users moving to Linux”
“I find this is a really comprehensive translation of Mac shortcuts”
“Toshy didn't seem to work well with Wayland and felt heavy.”
“getting macos keybinding in linux land is a game changer to me”
“it's good stuff and if python breaks something after a package update reinstalling toshy is quick and easy”
“get the best of both worlds wrt keybindings”
“it's great to keep the keyboard shortcuts that I'm so used to from the mac almost seamlessly”
“Toshy still works to give me Mac keyboard shortcuts I might never let go of”
“They both appear to be surprisingly invasive.”
“toshy gives you all the familiar mac keyboard shortcuts and lets you do per application configs”
“This is the closest thing I know, not ideal but decent”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.