ZMouse

Mac

Freedom report

One barScore 5.3

ZMouse is ranked #88 of 107 in keyboard and mouse customization software on Freedom251. It runs on macOS.

Compared on keyboard and mouse customization software

Purpose: ZMouse remaps mouse buttons and MMO-style thumb-button keystrokes separately for each physical mouse on macOS.
Device mappings: Mappings use USB vendor and product IDs and are designed to survive reconnects, reboots, and switching between a wireless mouse’s dongle and Bluetooth.
Device grouping: The app can group multiple identities presented by one physical mouse so they share mappings.
Button actions: A button can send a keystroke with modifiers, map to another mouse button, or be disabled.
Scroll controls: Scroll options include filtering spurious reverse ticks and boosting weak ticks; the README says trackpads are never touched.
Interface: ZMouse runs as a native menu-bar app with a GUI mapping editor, and edits apply live.
Safety: The built-in Apple trackpad and keyboard are excluded from device discovery.
Permissions: First launch requires Accessibility and Input Monitoring permissions in macOS Privacy & Security settings.
CLI: The CLI can launch the app or editor, apply mappings headlessly, list mice, and probe HID, event-tap, and scroll data.
Configuration: Configuration is stored at ~/Library/Application Support/zmouse/config.toml.
Availability: The README describes ZMouse as a personal, macOS-only project that works on the author’s hardware and may have rough edges.
Build and install: The README documents building from source with Rust or bundling a self-signed .app for installation in /Applications.

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