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Install hyperkey with Homebrew Cask

Convert your caps lock key or any of your modifier keys to the hyper key. Version 1.56 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

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brew install --cask hyperkey

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overview

Package summary

Convert your caps lock key or any of your modifier keys to the hyper key

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history

Project history and usage

Hyperkey is Ryan Hanson's lightweight macOS utility for turning Caps Lock or another modifier into the combined Control-Option-Command-Shift 'hyper key', providing an extra shortcut namespace.

Project history

macOS developer Ryan Hanson created Hyperkey as a single-purpose implementation of the established 'hyper key' convention. Hanson explicitly designed it for lightweight configuration and minimal operating-system impact rather than comprehensive keyboard remapping.

The product later became the focused free tier alongside Superkey, which incorporates Hyperkey's remapping capability into a broader keyboard-productivity application.

Adoption history

Hyperkey occupies a focused niche among macOS users who need additional conflict-free shortcuts, particularly users of window managers and automation tools. The official site presents it as a lightweight companion to Rectangle and documents interoperability with Keyboard Maestro.

How it is used

Choose Caps Lock or another modifier as the hyper key, then bind the resulting four-modifier chord in other applications. Users can alternatively remap Caps Lock to another useful key. Password fields may ignore remappings because macOS secure input prevents third-party applications from observing their keystrokes.

Why package nerds care

The application packages the long-standing power-user convention of mapping Caps Lock to the combined Control-Option-Command-Shift modifier into a small graphical utility. It offers a simpler, higher-level alternative to configuring the broader Karabiner-Elements remapping system.

Timeline

  • Product evolution: Hyperkey became a free, focused utility while its functionality was also incorporated into the broader Superkey application.

Related projects

  • Rectangle: Ryan Hanson's open-source macOS window manager and an intended companion for Hyperkey shortcuts.
  • Superkey: A broader productivity application containing Hyperkey's remapping features.
  • Karabiner-Elements: A more comprehensive open-source keyboard-customization tool that can also implement a hyper key.
  • Keyboard Maestro: A macOS automation tool whose shortcuts can be triggered through Hyperkey with the documented recording procedure.

Sources

  • Creator's Hyperkey design article: https://ryanhanson.dev/posts/hyperkey
  • Creator's application catalog: https://ryanhanson.dev/
  • Hyperkey official site and FAQ: https://hyperkey.app/

security posture

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page generated2026-11-04
manager version1.56
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://hyperkey.app/

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install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:hyperkey
Version1.56
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/hyperkey
Homepagehttps://hyperkey.app/
Upstream docshttps://hyperkey.app/
Source archivehttps://hyperkey.app/downloads/Hyperkey1.56.dmg
SHA-2565be4f3abb629688795aa87ac6490c1a693b140847bbf36d38362fac97dfb7f1e
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokenhyperkey
Names
  • Hyperkey
Artifacts
App
1
Target
1
Uninstall
1
Zap
1
Auto Updatesyes
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

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