A free, open-source macOS menu bar app that scans every registered keyboard shortcut across your apps, Karabiner-Elements, skhd, and macOS system shortcuts, then shows exactly where they collide. No accounts, no telemetry, no dependencies.
Hi everyone. I make small Mac utilities, and several of them depend on global keyboard shortcuts. Every time I wanted to assign a new one, I had to guess whether it was already claimed by another app, a system shortcut, or an automation tool. There was no simple way to check, so I built HotkeyClash.
It scans every registered shortcut on your Mac in a single pass and shows you exactly where they conflict, with app icons and source badges. It also separates real conflicts (two global hotkeys on the same combo) from harmless overlaps (two apps reusing a shortcut in their own menus).
It is completely free and open source under GPL-2.0. No accounts, no telemetry, no network access, zero third-party dependencies. Signed and notarized by Apple. macOS 14 and up.
This is the first release, so I would love your feedback, bug reports, and feature requests. Next up: parsers for Keyboard Maestro, BetterTouchTool, Hammerspoon, Alfred, and Raycast, plus a live mode that shows which app actually catches a combo when you press it.
GitHub: https://github.com/Wunderlandmed...
Shortcut collisions across apps, Karabiner and skhd are impossible to debug by hand, so a tool that just shows the clashes is great. Open-source with no telemetry is the cherry on top. Congrats on the launch Kemal!
I’ve definitely had moments where a shortcut didn’t work and I had no idea if macOS, another app, Raycast, or some automation tool had already claimed it. Debugging that manually is not fun. I like that HotkeyClash separates real global conflicts from harmless overlaps. That detail matters, because otherwise the tool would probably just create more noise instead of actually helping.
Also really appreciate the no telemetry, no account, open-source approach here. For a menu bar utility that scans local app/system behavior, that feels like the right default.
Curious how hard it is to support tools like Raycast, Alfred, BetterTouchTool, and Keyboard Maestro. Do they expose shortcut data cleanly, or do you need custom parsers for each one?
About HotkeyClash on Product Hunt
“Find where your Mac keyboard shortcuts clash”
HotkeyClash launched on Product Hunt on June 23rd, 2026 and earned 83 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #25 on the daily leaderboard. A free, open-source macOS menu bar app that scans every registered keyboard shortcut across your apps, Karabiner-Elements, skhd, and macOS system shortcuts, then shows exactly where they collide. No accounts, no telemetry, no dependencies.
HotkeyClash was featured in Productivity (654.5k followers), Developer Tools (514.5k followers), GitHub (41.3k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 240.7k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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