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Programs to display pressed keys and mouse moves on screeen in Linux

Here few programs which can be used to display pressed keys and mouse moves on screen in Linux. It can be usefull during presentation or screen recording in video.

screenkey

  • home: screenkey
  • repo: screenkey
  • only keyboard
  • only Linux
  • code: Python (uses module pygtk and own code for xlib)

Install:

$ pip install screenkey

Run:

$ screenkey

Help:

$ screenkey --help

key-mon

  • home: key-mon (old)
  • repo: key-mon
  • keyboard and mouse buttons
  • code: Python (uses modules pygtk and xlib)

Install:

There can be still old version which needs Python 2

$ pip install key-mon

The newest version which works with Python 3

pip install git+https://github.com/scottkirkwood/key-mon

Run:

$ key-mon

Help:

$ key-mon --help

QKeysOnScreen

kmcaster

  • repo: kmcaster
  • keyboard and mouse
  • Windows, Linux, MacOS
  • code: Java
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