Install bettermouse with Homebrew Cask

Project links

• Homepage
• Package manager page

Commands and aliases

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Project history

BetterMouse was developed as a macOS utility for improving third-party mouse behavior and adding configurable input bindings. It combines smooth and discrete scrolling, cursor acceleration and speed controls, gestures, per-application exceptions, keyboard mapping, and selected Logitech hardware controls.

The official site documents continuing 1.6-series maintenance through 2026, including macOS compatibility work, crash fixes, mapping enhancements, and troubleshooting for interactions with other mouse utilities.

Adoption history

BetterMouse is distributed as a directly runnable, notarized macOS application and through Homebrew Cask. The developer positions it as a lightweight replacement for larger vendor utilities such as Logitech Options, particularly for users who want one tool for third-party mice and keyboards.

The product uses a seven-day trial followed by a one-time license purchase. The official site states that registration or login is not required to run it.

How it is used

Users install BetterMouse in `/Applications`, grant macOS Accessibility permission, and configure scrolling, acceleration, buttons, gestures, hotkeys, hardware options, and per-app exceptions from its menu-bar interface. Settings can be exported to and loaded from a user-selected file, but the official site does not document a fixed configuration path. No login is required, so no credentials file applies.

Why package nerds care

BetterMouse represents the macOS ecosystem of small, focused input-device utilities that replace hardware-vendor control suites. Package users value its universal Intel and Apple-silicon build, simple application-bundle installation, lack of kernel extensions or persistent agents, and coverage of devices whose advanced controls are otherwise tied to proprietary software.

Timeline

• Initial development: BetterMouse was created as a lightweight macOS alternative to bulky vendor mouse drivers.
• Ongoing development: The application accumulated scrolling, gesture, keyboard, per-app, and Logitech hardware controls.
• 2026: The official site documented continued 1.6-series compatibility and maintenance releases.

Related projects

• The product is positioned as an alternative to Logitech Options and overlaps with macOS scrolling, remapping, gesture, and mouse-acceleration utilities.

Sources

• https://better-mouse.com/