I discovered this project because all-of-a-sudden Logi Options Plus software updater started taking 40-60% of my Intel Macbook Pro until I killed the process (of course it restarts). In my searches I ended up at a reddit discussion where I found other people with same issues.

I'm a minor contributor to this project but it aims to reduce/eliminate the need to use Logitech proprietary software and telemetry. We could use help if other people are interested.

Please check out the github link for more detailed motivations (eliminating telemetry) as a part of this project. Here is link: https://github.com/TomBadash/MouseControl

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kstrauser•1h ago

Very cool, thanks!

In a similar vein, I've been using SteerMouse (https://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/) in the same way for many years, for the same reasons. Logi's hardware is nice, but their software just freaking sucks the electrons out of a battery. It's awful. I refuse to run their driver aka mini-OS just to do the right thing when I click a button with my thumb.

Groxx•55m ago

I haven't had a Mac in about a year, but SteerMouse had been installed on all of them for well over a decade prior to that. Excellent software.

dvdplm•1h ago

Thank you. I’m constantly baffled by the terrible quality of Logitech’s software. Such great hardware and such horrible software. Very much needed an oss alternative.

Retr0id•1h ago

I'm also baffled by the quality of their hardware, their mice are all coated in a type of rubber that turns to goop after a few years.

SparkyMcUnicorn•52m ago

I use the g305, and have to replace it roughly once a year because the scroll button eventually stops working. I've been through 5-6 of them. Regularly on sale for around $25.

Wish I could find a better mouse I like as much as this one that I didn't need to pay a yearly subscription for. It's just the right size, lightweight, wireless, and being able to store the customizations to on board memory is nice.

w0m•29m ago

humans are naturally slimy. Anything you touch for 8h/day will be slimy in turn. Some of us are slimier than others.

Sindisil•30m ago

Huh. Haven't experienced that myself, having used a Master MX for several years (now in use by my wife), a VX Revolution for a few years before that (now my son's backpack mouse), and a Master MX Vertical most recently. My son has gone through several other Logi mice as his primary mice, too, but they've died of either worn out switches or feet (he's an avid gamer).

Not trying to invalidate your experience -- I've see with my own eyes a similar thing happen with rubberized coatings on laptops & keyboard wrist rests (other's not my own).

Just putting it out there that it's by no means the universal experience.

Gigachad•10m ago

I wish products would just give up on these rubberised materials. They always turn to goop over time. Unless it’s a part designed to be easily user replaced, just stick to hard plastic.

flexagoon•1h ago

For Linux users, there is Piper[1] based on their libratbag library[2], which supports the majority of mice

[1]: https://github.com/libratbag/piper/

[2]: https://github.com/libratbag/libratbag

ASalazarMX•1h ago

And Solaar! https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar

whalesalad•1h ago

I use this to manage my unifying receiver. I don't think I have touched it once in years, just works.

SV_BubbleTime•51m ago

Another vote here. MX keys and mouse and Linux Mint. Love it, set up once and have never touched it since.

car•1h ago

For posterity, I can very much recommend MacMousefix. It's $2.99 to own, totally worth it to me. Open source.

https://macmousefix.com/en/

Also available via brew:

  brew install mac-mouse-fix

And on Github too:

https://github.com/noah-nuebling/mac-mouse-fix

gumby271•44m ago

That's pretty cool, I've been wanting something like this so I don't have to reach for the touchpad on my Mac all the time. But I gotta say, I did NOT expect to be scrolling in the Z axis all of a sudden on that site!

touwer•1h ago

LinearMouse on macos is also good. With Mos

wolrah•1h ago

Currently only for MX Master 3S, for anyone with other Options-controlled mice getting their hopes up.

joshu•58m ago

how is it that logitech software is such awful trash

bigjay517•52m ago

I find that Logi Options+ mostly just stays hidden and works. It does use more RAM than I'd like (125.8MB right now). When it does break it's disruptive, or they add some feature I don't want.

- AI Prompting (enabled by default)

- Auto update stuck wasting CPU cycles

- The recent certificate issue

I'd like to find a replacement because I am annoyed by it, but I have not found a replacement that matches ALL of the features I use from Options+.

I keep the default settings in Options+ but in my testing I can't match all the same behavior with the 3rd party solutions:

- Pointer acceleration

- Workspace switching speed

- Smooth scrolling speed / acceleration

Scrolling is usually my main problem where scrolling in one direction jumps in the wrong direction first before correcting. This is most noticeable when scrolling line by line.

I've tested all the 3rd party options mentioned here(with the exception of Mouser). Does anyone else have these problems with the 3rd party alternatives?

jordwest•8m ago

I’ve been using the offline version of Options+ that somebody recommended me a while back, it removes AI and auto updating and has done the job for me.

It’s kind of hidden on their website but you can grab it here:

https://hub.sync.logitech.com/options/post/logi-options-offl...

That said I think this will be my last Logitech device. They’re just not very durable products and die too quickly

pprotas•41m ago

Another alternative (apparently the Logi software is so bad that it spawned many of these): BetterMouse. It supports my MX Master 4 https://better-mouse.com/

rcarmo•41m ago

This is pretty awesome - I have another Logitech mouse (the smaller, more pragmatic M720) and was looking for a way to ditch Logi Options+, which is insanely bloated for what it does. I suspect adapting this will take an hour or so with an LLM...

Razengan•21m ago

Missed opportunity to call it Jerry

Gigachad•12m ago

I wonder if this or anything else can pair devices to the unifying receiver. That’s the only reason I ever use the Logitech app.

armadyl•10m ago

FYI Logitech also offers an air gapped version of Options+ which cuts out a lot of the slop and telemetry in the normal version: https://prosupport.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/10991109278871...

If you have to use Options that's probably the way to go (if none of the third party options work for you).

fp.

Mouser: An open source alternative to Logi-Plus mouse software

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