janus-key VS xplugd

Compare janus-key vs xplugd and see what are their differences.

janus-key

Low-level GNU/Linux dual function key remapper (X and Wayland) (by pietroiusti)

xplugd

Monitor, keyboard, and mouse plug/unplug helper for X (by troglobit)
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janus-key xplugd
4 2
9 64
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4.4 2.7
10 months ago over 1 year ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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janus-key

Posts with mentions or reviews of janus-key. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-18.

xplugd

Posts with mentions or reviews of xplugd. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-02.
  • Detect the number of monitors when xrandr doesn't detect when the monitor is off
    2 projects | /r/qtile | 2 Oct 2022
    I'm not sure about turning on or off, but there is a very nice project, https://github.com/troglobit/xplugd, that keeps a daemon running and reacting to when a display is connected or disconnected, or a keyboard or a mouse, and then runs a shell script which you can then run xrandr commands, for example. It won't be triggered on turning a monitor on or off, but it will work on disconnecting or connecting. It is also does not depend on your window manager, doesn't matter if it is Qtile or something else. It is a nice project, I use and really like it, but I'm not sure it is 100% what you want here. ):
  • Swap keys globally for all keyboards
    2 projects | /r/archlinux | 18 Sep 2022
    Have a look at xplugd, or xinputd that allow you to run commands on X server events.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing janus-key and xplugd you can also consider the following projects:

kmonad - An advanced keyboard manager

xfocusnotify - X11-tool which exits when a window is focused and prints the respective window-id.

zet - Zettelkasten Repo. This is where I dump my knowledge as it happens, all my zettels ("slips" or notes) about almost anything and everything. The idea is rather simple really and very powerful. Be warned, however, just because something is here doesn't mean it is accurate or even that I still believe it.

xinputd - Simple Xorg input watching daemon which executes command on attach or detach of input devices

dual-key-remap - Remap any key to any other two keys on Windows 🔥. Remap CapsLock to both Ctrl and Escape! (It's like xcape for windows!)

mos - A hobby operating system developed from scratch

xcape - Linux utility to configure modifier keys to act as other keys when pressed and released on their own.

ddcutil - Control monitor settings using DDC/CI and USB

keyd - A key remapping daemon for linux.

wdisplays - Mirror of cyclopsian/wdisplays

ikkekernel - IkkeKernel - because we need a Linux fork

dragon - Drag and drop source/target for X