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title: Install Screencast Keystroke HUD on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Screencast Keystroke HUD for on elementary
  OS - Click-through X11 screencast keystroke display overlay with chord pills
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/screencast-key-hud/elementary
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# Install Screencast Keystroke HUD on **elementary OS**

# Screencast Keystroke HUD (screencast-key-hud)

[Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhnv128 "View all snaps from Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)")

* [Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhnv128 "View all snaps from Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)")
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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/screencast-key-hud/elementary#install)

#### Click-through X11 screencast keystroke display overlay with chord pills

Screencast Keystroke HUD is an independent open-source Linux alternative to
Carnac for real-time screencast keystroke display overlay on X11 desktops.
It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Code52 or Carnac.

FEATURES

* Animated Keystroke Chord Pills: Polls X11 keymap and pointer state using
  non-privileged XQueryKeymap to render crisp modifier and chord pills
  (Ctrl + Shift + S, Alt + Tab) on a translucent Always-on-Top overlay.
* Click-Through XShape Window: Transparent overlay passes pointer clicks
  through to underlying windows via XShape Input masks without interrupting
  presentations or live coding demos.
* Multi-Monitor and Corner Placement: Pick any display detected via RandR or
  Xinerama and anchor the HUD to any corner with configurable edge margins
  and fade timeout.
* Theme Presets and Grouping: Switch between Dark Slate, Frost Glass, and
  High Contrast presets, customize colors and opacity, or group sequential
  typed characters into clean tutorial banners.
* Tutorial Keystroke History Log: Inspect captured chords alongside active
  window titles, filter by category, and export UTF-8 CSV logs.

SUPPORT & DONATE

* Created by Thanh Nguyen — <https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b>

### Package name

* screencast-key-hud

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 14 November 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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### Contact

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/screencast-key-hud/elementary#report-snap-modal)

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[See more information about screencast-key-hud ›](https://snapcraft.io/screencast-key-hud)

## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Screencast Keystroke HUD

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Screencast Keystroke HUD

To install Screencast Keystroke HUD, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install screencast-key-hud
```

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