Your Mouse, No Account Required

The thing nobody warned you about

When you plug in a Logitech mouse and want to customise the buttons, Logitech sends you to install a program called Options+. It's slow, it wants you to create an account, and it quietly sends data about your habits back to Logitech's servers. For what? You just wanted a button to open your calendar.

OpenLogi is a free, open-source alternative that does the same job — remap buttons, adjust sensitivity, create profiles for different apps — but it runs entirely on your computer. No account. No data leaving your desk. No cloud.

It was built by developers who were tired of software that treats your hardware like a subscription service. The settings live in a plain text file you can copy between computers or share with a colleague.

Why does this matter if you run a business? Peripheral software is one of those invisible drains — it installs itself into your startup routine, slows your machine, and collects data you never agreed to share. Tools like OpenLogi are a quiet reminder that you don't have to accept that as the default.

If you or your team use Logitech gear, it's worth knowing this exists. The project is free and you can find it at https://github.com/AprilNEA/OpenLogi

Words worth knowing

Open-source — Software where the instructions for how it works are public. Anyone can read them, check for problems, or improve them.

Telemetry — Data a program sends back to its maker about how you use it. Often turned on by default, rarely explained clearly.

Local-first — The software runs on your machine and stores your data there, not on someone else's server.