v16.1.0

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• 📅 Release date
  • Jul 5, 2026
• ✨ New Features
  • Added filtering functionality to the log viewer.
• 🐛 Bug Fixes
  • Fixed the ac_zoom_in and ac_zoom_out key codes being swapped.
  • Fixed an issue where the settings window could open at login when the system default configuration used an old format.
• ⚡️ Improvements
  • Improved internal communication between Karabiner-Elements processes by replacing the IPC backend with pqrs::unix_domain_stream.
  • Changed update checks to run periodically, not only at startup.
  • Supported the following keys:
    • consumer_key_code::ac_keyboard_layout_select (Thanks to @PedroSebastiao)
    • consumer_key_code::ac_desktop_show_all_windows (Thanks to @omor1)
    • consumer_key_code::ac_soft_key_left
    • consumer_key_code::ac_desktop_show_all_applications
  • Fix typo in ComplexModificationsView (Thanks to @kiangkuang)
  • The karabiner_session_monitor process has been removed.