About keymapper
A cross-platform context-aware key remapper
keymapper 5.8.0
How to Use KeyMapper to Map the Windows Keyboard
- By Albert Kalchmair
- Open Source
- Updated Oct 22, 2026
What's new in 5.8.0
Added
- Added the @icon directive for setting custom active and inactive tray icons.
- Dimmed the tray icon when keymapper is inactive.
- Added keymapperctl --focused "window" for injecting window focus changes.
Fixed
- Updated the GNOME Shell extension to connect signals only while it is enabled.
- Fixed Windows installer task registration by resolving [UserSID] to an account name (#324).
Technical details
| Publisher | Albert Kalchmair |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.8.0 |
| Release date | 2026-10-22 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| Installer type | wix |
| Architecture | x64, arm64 |
| Package ID | houmain.keymapper |
Links & install command
Install keymapper from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):
winget install --id=houmain.keymapper -eOlder versions
- 5.7.2
- 5.7.1
- 5.7.0
- 5.6.0
- 5.5.1
- 5.5.0
- 5.4.2
- 5.4.1
- 5.4.0
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