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Remap Caps Lock to a hyperkey, just hold it + any key
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Jacob H

HyperCap - Remap Caps Lock to a hyperkey, just hold it + any key

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Every new app claims another shortcut, forces another awkward combo. Your best keys are taken. You're left remembering things instead of doing them. HyperCap reclaims your keyboard. Caps Lock + any key is yours, conflict-free. Fully customisable, with Apple Shortcuts for unlimited actions — including AI workflows. Forgot what you mapped? Double-tap Caps Lock for a live overlay. Never lose a thought — the research notebook saves selected text with source app and URL, without switching apps.

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Jacob H
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Hey Product Hunt! Jacob here — solo founder of Nexius Lab and the developer behind HyperCap. I built this around one obsession: staying in the flow. Every time you open a menu, switch apps, or retype something you've typed a hundred times — you break it. HyperCap fixes that. Remap Caps Lock to a hyperkey, hold it + any key, and the action fires instantly — right where you are. The feature I'm most proud of is the research notebook. See something worth saving? One keypress captures the text, the app you were in, and the browser URL — without ever leaving what you're doing. That's the whole philosophy. Act on a thought now. Don't go anywhere. As your workflow evolves, let HyperCap evolve with you — fully customisable shortcuts, Apple Shortcuts integration, and as many actions as your day demands. And take back your time — every phrase you retype, every menu you dig through, every awkward combo you half-remember can become a single keypress. Map it once. Stay in the flow. As a thank-you to the Product Hunt community — use code PHHYPER for 30% off on launch day. That's $13, one-time, forever. 14-day free trial, no credit card. What would YOU put on your hyperkey?
Joseph Walker

@jabohabo Really like the 'stay in flow 'angle her , That's a real pain point most tools ignore . The research notebook feature sounds especially practical .

How does HyperCap compare in speed and flexibility to tools like Raycast or Alfred when workflows get more complex?

Jacob H
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@joseph_walker2 
Thanks — the "stay in flow" thing is really the core thesis. Every time you invoke a launcher, you've already broken context: you pressed a hotkey, waited for a UI, typed a query, scanned results, picked one. That's fine for discovery. For things you do 30 times a day it's just friction.

Where HyperCap wins is pure repetition speed — zero UI, zero search, just hold a key and the action fires. For the notebook especially, ⇪+S captures text + source URL in under a second without leaving whatever you're reading.

For genuinely complex, variable workflows — "do different things depending on context" — Raycast is excellent and I'd still use it. HyperCap's answer there is the Apple Shortcuts integration: you can chain any automation behind a single keypress, and optionally pass selected text to it. So for complex stuff, HyperCap becomes the trigger layer and Shortcuts does the heavy lifting.

Honestly they're complementary. Raycast for exploration and complex logic, HyperCap for the 20 things you do on autopilot every day.

Christophe Dupont

The research notebook is the killer feature here. Capturing text + source app + URL without switching context is exactly the kind of thing that sounds small but saves you 20 minutes a day. I built a focus timer and the hardest part was figuring out how to keep people in the zone. You nailed the philosophy. Does the overlay work well with full-screen apps?

Jacob H
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@thenomadcode thank you for the comment! Very appreciated. And good synergy with your focus app. Will try it. Happy that you like the notebook. It's the feature that I'm adding the most features to in the next releases. A notebook widget is almost there among other features..
Subash Mohan

The overlay solves a real problem. People forget shortcuts quickly. This makes it easier to stick with.

Jacob H
Maker

@subash_mohan Thank you for the feedback!!