Alternatives to SteerMouse

A Mac utility for customizing mouse buttons, scroll wheels and cursor speed. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • SteerMouse

    A Mac utility for customizing mouse buttons, scroll wheels and cursor speed.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as SteerMouse.

  • Mac Mouse Fix

    A macOS app that improves third-party mice with smooth scrolling and gestures on extra buttons.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

    Mac Mouse Fix focuses on smooth scrolling and click-and-drag gestures on extra buttons, and its website notes it is still a work in progress.

  • LinearMouse

    Customises mouse and trackpad behaviour per device on macOS.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOS

    LinearMouse is free and open source under MIT, with per-device scroll, acceleration and button settings, while SteerMouse is a paid closed-source app.

  • Logi Options+

    Logitech's desktop app for customizing its mice, keyboards, webcams and other supported devices.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    Logi Options+ is free and also runs on Windows, but it only customizes supported Logitech hardware rather than mice from any maker.

  • Mos

    A lightweight macOS utility that smooths mouse wheel scrolling and sets scroll direction separately for mice.

    FreeProprietarymacOS

    Mos is a free lightweight app that only handles smooth scrolling and scroll direction, without the button remapping SteerMouse provides.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.