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aamatheus about 4 hours ago 47 commentsRead Article on openlogi.org

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asdfsa32•about 2 hours ago

For Linux, there is https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar

But on another note, the genai content on the website is just so distracting and such a bummer. It sticks out like sore thumb.

_345•about 2 hours ago

Yeah even if the software is good there's just something sad about realizing you're reading AI generated text. Even if its proofread and factually correct it just comes across as cheap and low effort, moreso when the content gets duplicated in a pointless FAQ that just restates everything you just read

aleksandrm•about 1 hour ago

>Even if its proofread and factually correct it just comes across as cheap and low effort

How so?

Anoian•about 1 hour ago

It just feels hollow and cheap.

WD-42•about 2 hours ago

Solaar is fantastic software. Not worth replacing with slop even if the slop looks shiny.

asdfsa32•41 minutes ago

Yeah, I have been using Solaar for many years now, solid piece of software.

yuhao2dai•about 2 hours ago

Looks like someone stole LinearMouse's code and vibed it better . https://linearmouse.app/zh-CN/

asdfsa32•about 2 hours ago

You can't vibe things better. You vibe them shinny, but often make them worst.

genxy•about 1 hour ago

Even the screenshot in the readme has a button in Chinese in a sea of english.

westoque•about 2 hours ago

i can see the resemblence and that's what separates the more marketable app.

jsalama•about 2 hours ago

Good to see open source alternatives to the awful Logitech software. I only realized how bad the Logitech software is after switching from a G502 with on-board memory to an MX Master mouse that does not have on-board memory and needs to have the app constantly running in the background to use the gestures. Personally I've been using BetterMouse on macOS with my MX Master, although it's not open source.

seb1204•about 1 hour ago

https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar has been around for quite some time and works well.

armadyl•about 3 hours ago

In case it’s not known, Logitech does offer an offline version of Options+ meant for air gapped and more secured systems:

https://support.logi.com/hc/change_language/en-in?return_to=...

tech234a•about 3 hours ago

Logitech's offline installer is 1.2GB. This application's installer is 15.3MB.

aappleby•about 2 hours ago

You want "Onboard Memory Manager", which is 12 megs.

aobdev•about 2 hours ago

That only works with "G" brand gaming devices. Their entire MX line does not allow you to store customizations in onboard memory.

gohanlon•about 2 hours ago

I maintain a homebrew tap for the offline Options+: https://github.com/gohanlon/homebrew-tap

The tap includes a GH action to track upstream releases (as long as I notice the PR!). Also, the offline version only compensates for some of the issues with Options+.

bigmattystyles•about 2 hours ago

Seems nuts that you would go through the trouble of air gapping a system then use a Bluetooth keyboard.

Labo333•21 minutes ago

Nice!

I'm not sure this supports G502 as it's supposed to be controlled by Logitech G HUB.

Anyway, if you want a CLI replacement for G HUB, I played a bit with opengcontrol [1] to support my new G502 using Claude Code. I wrote a short blog post about it as well [2]. I even got a battery indicator for my menu bar.

[1]: https://github.com/kasik96/opengcontrol

[2]: https://louisabraham.github.io/articles/clawd-grip

matt_daemon•19 minutes ago

Very basic flow of adding a device connected via Bluetooth seems broken. Would love this to work but think it needs a few more months development.

wlesieutre•about 3 hours ago

It's not open source but I have to shout out Steermouse which has been replacing Logitech's awful Mac software for ~25 years

https://www.plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/download.php

dima55•about 2 hours ago

Not being open source is the thing that the program in the article fixes. You want the goal of the software-writer to be producing a good tool, not using the software as a means to turn a profit. That's how you get the turd being replaced by the tool in the article

kstrauser•about 2 hours ago

This is my favorite. It Just Works with every mouse I throw at it and supports a ludicrous amount of button customization.

demibabs•about 3 hours ago

Cool project, but I hate how every new site has this obviously LLM generated copy :( I feel like most people who use it for their copy don’t realize how obvious it is.

breznev•about 3 hours ago

Oh it’s not just the site—the app is obviously LLM generated too and feels like it. I gave up and went back to Mos within 20 minutes.

transitorykris•about 2 hours ago

At this point we should be sharing prompts not code for solutions like OpenLogi. Reverse engineering many things can typically be one-shotted (ignoring things like.. capturing a pcap or whatever to aid the effort). Let others add their own taste to the solution.

_345•about 2 hours ago

Isn't it wasteful to have everyone go off and remake the same software with slightly different bugs in it instead of one that fixes almost all of the bugs

ch4s3•about 3 hours ago

People realize, but writing good technical prose is hard and a separate skill.

demibabs•about 2 hours ago

I don’t think it’s that hard; it just takes effort. And the effort is well worth it.

Tallain•about 2 hours ago

It's not that hard if you put in the effort and practice.

But if you don't want to and still want to use an LLM, there are low-bar choices you can make (using a technical writing skill, using ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English, choosing your audience, proofreading at the end with human eyes to make sure it makes sense and doesn't repeat itself uselessly).

I think it shows either a) low respect or consideration for your audience or yourself, or b) laziness.

Trust yourself to write even if it's bad. At least it's human.

andsoitis•about 1 hour ago

> writing good technical prose is hard and a separate skill.

Hard things are hard. They’re not easy. But they’re worth it.

dawnerd•about 3 hours ago

There's good technical prose on the site? It's all just fluff marketing that adds nothing.

z3n0n•about 3 hours ago

it's pretty much "load bearing" at this point.

andsoitis•about 3 hours ago

Love my Logitech mouse, keyboard, and webcam. Their software not in the same league as their hardware.

catskull•about 2 hours ago

I once heard a story about an old Logitech webcam driver in windows. Once it was installed, it would always scan for the webcam and if it wasn’t detected it would write to an error log. So if you set up the webcam once and then got rid of it without uninstalling the driver it would always dump logs upon logs. Eventually a user had their entire disk space filled and when they dug into it they found a single tens or hundreds of GB log file. Uninstalling the driver fixed it.

pranav_tech26•9 minutes ago

Pretty clean concept. The real win for OpenLogi is keeping log shipping dead simple without forcing you to re-architect your existing stack.

geuis•32 minutes ago

Fast download for me. But immediately denied. Doesn't run on Mac intel hardware.

boguscoder•about 1 hour ago

Name leaves me optimistic it could support keyboards in future

vivzkestrel•about 2 hours ago

- stupid question: what exactly does this do and why do I need it?

aobdev•about 2 hours ago

Logitech mice and keyboards have extra features that the OS would consider non-standard; you can customize a lot of behaviors as well as map extra buttons to specific actions. For some reason, Logitech decided not to store customization settings on-device so there is a background daemon that must run on the host. Also inexplicably, it is an electron app with a 600MB install footprint requiring online connectivity (apparently there's also an offline version, weighing in at 1.2GB). Also not available on Linux.

andsoitis•about 1 hour ago

> Also inexplicably, it is an electron app

No need to be modest! You can explain it!

corv•about 2 hours ago

I've been using Mouser but it keeps crashing on MacOS 27 beta for me and at 500MB+ of memory use it appears to be approaching the official app's heaviness...

So this appeared at just the right moment for me, thanks!

sandeepkd•about 2 hours ago

In case author is here, Under resources tab at the footer, Introduction anchor is not in english

cmclaughlin•about 2 hours ago

Nice job on the app and the website. It looks really good.