Keystroke: Modern Wayland Key Visualizer

Keystroke is a modern, highly customizable keystroke visualizer built in Rust, designed specifically for Wayland compositors. It provides a clean, aesthetic overlay for screencasts, presentations, or just for the love of mechanical keyboard sounds.

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Key Features

• Wayland Native: Built with GTK4 and Layer Shell, ensuring it works natively on modern compositors like Niri, Hyprland, and Sway without X11 workarounds.
• Two Visual Modes:
  • Keystroke: A classic, precise visualizer that shows every key press.
  • Bubble: A sleek, minimal, aesthetic mode inspired by devaslife, perfect for clean setups.
• Mechanical Audio Engine: Experience satisfying typing sounds with built-in support for Mechvibes sound packs. Includes zero-latency playback on a dedicated thread.
• Deep Customization:
  • Granular control over typography (Font Family, Weight, Size).
  • Theming that respects your system's GTK theme.
  • Draggable overlays to position the visualizer exactly where you want it.

Supported Compositors

Keystroke automatically detects your environment:

• Niri: 🟢 Fully Verified
• Hyprland: 🟡 Experimental (Needs testing)
• Sway: 🟡 Experimental (Needs testing)

Installation

Cargo:

cargo install --git https://github.com/linuxmobile/keystroke

Nix:

nix run github:linuxmobile/keystroke

> This is an early release (v0.1.5). We are actively looking for feedback, especially from Hyprland and Sway users!