Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation
Vimac is a macOS application that enables keyboard-driven navigation across the operating system and its applications. Launched in 2020, it allows users to control their Mac primarily through the keyboard rather than… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1
Lacona▲645Fast, simple, powerful keyboard-driven commands for Mac
2016 · lacona.io · its alternatives →
- 2
Switch for macOS▲174Keyboard-driven commands to navigate your mac apps faster.
2021 · get-switch.app · its alternatives →
- 3
Switch▲135Keyboard-driven commands to navigate your apps faster
2019 · get-switch.app · its alternatives →
- 4

- 5
CheatSheet▲982View Mac keyboard shortcuts in the current application
2015 · mediaatelier.com · its alternatives →
- 6

Context-aware voice keyboard for any app
2024 · talktastic.com · its alternatives →
- 7

- 8

Hi everyone! I'm Marius Hauken, an indie developer, and I'm excited to share my app: Pie Menu. It offers a fresh way to access your favorite menu bar commands and keyboard shortcuts on macOS. By simply pressing a hotkey you choose during setup, a radial menu appears around your cursor, customized to the current active application. This allows you to quickly select commands without having to remember complex shortcuts across different applications. Pie Menu comes with a library of preprogrammed commands for popular apps, but you can easily add any app on your computer. We've also created an…
2024 · pie-menu.com · its alternatives →
- 9

- 10

- 11
Use The Keyboard▲111Keyboard shortcuts for Mac, Windows, and web apps
2019 · usethekeyboard.com · its alternatives →
- 12VL
Create a layer of shortcuts with xkb for Xorg and Wayland
2020 · cedaei.com · its alternatives →
- 13

- 14

- 15

- 16

Hi HN, Francesco from Cua here. I hacked this project together last weekend, inspired by the Codex Computer-Use release and lessons learned from deploying GUI-operating agents for our customers. The main problem: when a UI automation process controls a desktop app today, it usually takes over the human’s session. Your cursor moves, keyboard focus gets stolen, windows jump to the front, and you have to stop working until the agent is done. That is why we have historically avoided encouraging users to run these processes directly on their host machine, instead relying on VMs or GUI containers…
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 17
Cursor Crane▲84Control your Mac at the pace of your keyboard
Jul 2026 · cursorcrane.expressionloss.com · its alternatives →
- 18

2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 19
Key Click Pro▲108Track mouse clicks & keystrokes in your macOS status bar
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 20

Control window layout using Ctrl + Numeric Keypad on macOS - janten/keypad-layout
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 21

- 22

- 23
CursorFlow▲122Visualize your cursor tracks and keystrokes on macOS
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 24

Also compare
Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →