Show HN: KeyGhost – Keyboard app launcher for macOS

33stacks about 12 hours ago 5 commentsRead Article on keyghost.dev

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I got tired of MacOS failing to index applications (it consistently seems to prefer apps installed on my phone instead of the computer) so I've bound them to keys and have started building muscle memory for opening and switching apps. Reduces mental fatigue from constantly cmd + tabbing between apps all day

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ch-bas•about 8 hours ago

This needs full keystroke access (accessibility + input monitoring). fine for karabiner which everyone's audited, but a brand new solo project? how are people thinking about that?

3stacks•about 2 hours ago

I’ll play around and see if it works with reduced permissions. I understand your concern.

FWIW there’s no outgoing network requests or telemetry, nor logging. Thanks for checking it out anyway

swah•about 8 hours ago

Gave the repo to Claude and asked for an audit. Seems ok.

swah•about 9 hours ago

Quite cool, I had to run locally for it to work. Problem is I already use Raycast to set-up virtually the same thing, and use "Caps as Control" in the terminal commands (C-a, C-c...)

3stacks•about 2 hours ago

I originally intended for it to bind to the Hyperkey bind but had trouble getting it to play nice with existing binds. Any ideas of other key binds that might work? It occupies a lot of fingers