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title: Install Show Me The Key on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Show Me The Key for Linux - Show the keys you
  type on screen (Wayland and X11)
url: https://snapcraft.io/showmethekey
---

# Show Me The Key (showmethekey)

[Alex Murray (alexmurray)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/alexmurray "View all snaps from Alex Murray (alexmurray)")

* [Alex Murray (alexmurray)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/alexmurray "View all snaps from Alex Murray (alexmurray)")

latest/stable 1.21.0

Install latest/stable of Show Me The Key

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install showmethekey
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* showmethekey

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 21 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 21 August 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [showmethekey.alynx.one](https://showmethekey.alynx.one/ "https://showmethekey.alynx.one/")

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### Contact

* [github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap/issues](https://github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap/issues "https://github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap/issues")

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### Source code

* [github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap](https://github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap "https://github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap")
* [github.com/AlynxZhou/showmethekey](https://github.com/AlynxZhou/showmethekey "https://github.com/AlynxZhou/showmethekey")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap/issues](https://github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap/issues "https://github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/showmethekey#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/showmethekey#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/showmethekey#tab-security)

#### Show the keys you type on screen (Wayland and X11)

Show Me The Key displays your keystrokes on screen for screencasts,
presentations and tutorials. It reads events through libinput, so it
works on both Wayland and X11 (unlike screenkey, which is X11-only).

Because reading /dev/input requires privilege, this snap uses polkit for
authorisation. Users already in the "input" group are granted immediately;
others are shown a password prompt on first use, matching the behaviour of
the non-snap version. Two interfaces must be connected after install:

```
 sudo snap connect showmethekey:raw-input
 sudo snap connect showmethekey:hardware-observe
```

If the user is not already in the "input" group, also connect the polkit
interface to enable the password-prompt authorisation flow:

```
 sudo snap connect showmethekey:polkit
```

On a Wayland session the floating key window can't place itself, so
right-click its title bar and enable "Always on Top" and "Always on
Visible Workspace".

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## Install Show Me The Key on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/raspbian)