About v16.1.0 Update

• 📅 Release date
  • Jul 5, 2026
• ✨ New Features
  • Added filtering functionality to the log viewer.
• 🐛 Bug Fixes
  • Fixed the ac_zoom_in and ac_zoom_out key codes being swapped.
  • Fixed an issue where the settings window could open at login when the system default configuration used an old format.
• ⚡️ Improvements
  • Improved internal communication between Karabiner-Elements processes by replacing the IPC backend with pqrs::unix_domain_stream.
  • Changed update checks to run periodically, not only at startup.
  • Supported the following keys:
    • consumer_key_code::ac_keyboard_layout_select (Thanks to @PedroSebastiao)
    • consumer_key_code::ac_desktop_show_all_windows (Thanks to @omor1)
    • consumer_key_code::ac_soft_key_left
    • consumer_key_code::ac_desktop_show_all_applications
  • Fix typo in ComplexModificationsView (Thanks to @kiangkuang)
  • The karabiner_session_monitor process has been removed.

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About v14.13.0 Update

• 📅 Release date
  • Dec 9, 2023
• 🔔 Important Notes
  • A reboot is required when upgrading from version 14.12.0 or earlier, to update the virtual keyboard driver.
• ✨ New Features
  • Palm detection is supported in MultitouchExtension. (Thanks to @quarkw)
  • Use Bluetooth address (Bluetooth MAC address) is used to identify the device when the Bluetooth device does not have Vendor ID and Product ID. (Thanks to @stackia)
  • Add the following settings into Devices tab.
    • Flip mouse X
    • Flip mouse Y
    • Flip mouse vertical wheel
    • Flip mouse horizontal wheel
    • Swap mouse X and Y
    • Swap mouse wheels
  • Gamepad support (DirectInput devices are supported. Xinput is not supported at all)
  • Added “Add your own rule” button into Complex Modifications settings.
  • The json content of Complex Modifications can now be changed via the Edit button.
  • Added “Move item to top” and “Move item to bottom” into the context menu of the Complex Modifications list.
  • Add the following options to karabiner_cli
    • --format-json
    • --eval-js
    • --silent
  • Changes for users who write their own json.
    • The device_address condition has been added into device_if and device_unless. (Thanks to @stackia)
    • Added key_up_value to set_variable.
    • Added mouse_basic manipulator.
• ⚡️ Improvements
  • Added the ability to filter by keywords when adding Complex Modifications rules.
  • Adjusted the position of the Add rule button in Complex Modifications. (Thanks to @GanZhiXiong)
  • MultitouchExtension has been rewritten in Swift.

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About v13.7.0 Update

• 🐛 Bug Fixes
  • Fix an issue that shell_command does not set environment variables (HOME, USER, etc.).

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About Legacy System Extension alert

This release still uses the kernel extension (aka legacy system extension), so the following alert will be shown.

We are working to migrate to a newer mechanism, DriverKit, from kernel extension and we plan to support it at Karabiner-Elements 13.0.0. It will take a little more time. Please wait.

Changes

• ✨ New Features
  • event_changed_if and event_changed_unless has been added to conditions.
• ⚡️ Improvements
  • Improved sending f1-f12 keys in complex modification (e.g., “change command+e to f2”) by ignoring media key mappings for these keys.
  • Improved caps lock LED handling.
  • Improved uninstaller adding the kernel extension staging area clean up.
  • Improved complex modifications json checker.
  • “Check for updates” has been improved.
    • Updated Sparkle signing to EdDSA (ed25519) from DSA.
    • URL of appcast.xml has been updated.

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