US keyboards don't have enough keys, so I switched to Japanese
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HN · launched Apr 15, 2026 · 7 upvotes (top 61%) · 0 views
Niche: typing tutors and keyboard tools · 131 launches, 14 in the last 7 days ▲ +75% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Hardware & robotics
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 131 launches in typing tutors and keyboard tools →
Could you build this?
Yes This is a configuration file and write-up for Karabiner-Elements, an existing macOS keyboard remapping tool, which can easily be authored and formatted with LLM assistance.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 246 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #116 of 247 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 141 days after the earliest competitor.
- KeypadKing · ph · 2026-11-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- UaSwitch · github · 2026-11-08 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- Rekey · ph · 2026-11-02 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- LayoutFixer · github · 2026-10-26 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Keysake · ph · 2026-09-18 · 253 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Keycap Atelier · ph · 2026-11-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- A Truly Modular Keyboard · hn · 2026-10-25 · 318 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- A 2-row, 16-key keyboard designed for smartphones · hn · 2025-12-10 · 84 upvotes · similarity 0.45
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