Top 23 Hotkey Open-Source Projects

• hotkeys-js

  4 6,455 7.8 JavaScript

  ➷ A robust Javascript library for capturing keyboard input. It has no dependencies.

• keyboard

  28 3,683 0.0 Python

  Hook and simulate global keyboard events on Windows and Linux.

Project mention: Logging every action a user makes? | /r/learnpython | 2023-06-18

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• react-hotkeys-hook

  3 2,432 8.5 TypeScript

  React hook for using keyboard shortcuts in components.

• KeyboardShortcuts

  1 1,740 6.4 Swift

  ⌨️ Add user-customizable global keyboard shortcuts (hotkeys) to your macOS app in minutes

• win-vind

  20 1,646 9.1 C++

  You can operate Windows with key bindings like Vim.

Project mention: Win-Vind: Vim powers with speed of thought throughout Windows 11 | /r/patient_hackernews | 2023-11-14

• ninja-keys

  6 1,568 0.0 TypeScript

  Keyboard shortcuts interface for your website. Working with static HTML, Vanilla JS, Vue, React, Svelte.

• Repeat

  11 1,004 3.0 Java

  Cross-platform mouse/keyboard record/replay and automation hotkeys/macros creation, and more advanced automation features.

  

• WorkOS

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• rbtray

  7 970 0.0 C++

  A fork of RBTray from http://sourceforge.net/p/rbtray/code/.

• v-hotkey

  1 723 0.0 JavaScript

  Vue 2.x directive for binding hotkeys to components.

• swhkd

  14 644 6.7 Rust

  Sxhkd clone for Wayland (works on TTY and X11 too)

  

Project mention: X.org Hit by New Security Vulnerabilities – Two Date Back to 1988 with X11R2 | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-04

There's https://github.com/waycrate/swhkd now. Didn't test it, but sxhkd is also an important part of my workflow.

Still missing bspwm, lemonbar and dmenu (bmenu/fuzzel, maybe). For those who care, Steam is also a pain point, from what I've heard.

• Bforartists

  16 528 10.0 C++

  Bforartists is a fork of the popular 3D software Blender, with the goal to improve the UI.

  

Project mention: Bforartists Flatpak, coming soon to Flathub | /r/Bforartists | 2023-06-29

Here's the discussion on the Bforartists repo: https://github.com/Bforartists/Bforartists/issues/3614

• hotkey

  1 171 0.0 Go

  ⌨️ cross-platform hotkey package

  

• AHK_MicMute

  2 151 7.5 AutoHotkey

  Control your microphone using keyboard and mouse hotkeys.

• HitCounterManager

  2 73 6.3 C#

  Free Hit Counter / Death Counter that is running in the background, so you can focus on your stream. No need to keep any windows open for a window capture any more. Initially designed for Dark Souls and similar games but supports any game.

• keyboard-mouse-kt

  2 50 2.5 Kotlin

  A lightweight multiplatform library for interacting with global keyboard and mouse events and states from Kotlin, Java and NodeJS.

• lucky

  4 46 3.8 Zig

  Lua-configured input daemon for X (by BanchouBoo)

• shotkey

  2 42 0.0 C

  A simple and lightweight hotkey daemon for X with configurable custom modes and key chords (in ~200 LOC)

• KWin-window-geometry-scripts

  2 17 1.1 JavaScript

  KWin scripts to control window geometry via keyboard shortcuts

• DiscordAltF4

  1 9 0.0 AutoHotkey

  Press Alt+F4 to close the Discord window instead of exiting the program.

• OneTouchSearch

  2 4 10.0 C++

  A Windows tray icon program that emulates the One Touch Search feature of old Logitech mice with SetPoint.

• shell-scripts

  12 4 3.4 Shell

  Collection of shell scripts and instructions for window opening and file updating (by nclarius)

• LyricsGoogler

  1 2 5.5 C#

  Google lyrics for currently playing song using a global hotkey (no matter which app plays it)

• FocusGroupHotkeys

  1 1 4.6 C#

  A library for managing multi-stage key and mouse shortcuts (primary, secondary, etc, input strokes), and also implementing "focus groups"

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