Screencast Keystroke HUD (screencast-key-hud)
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Package name
- screencast-key-hud
License
- MIT
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- Yesterday - latest/stable
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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
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