jtroo/kanata
Improve keyboard comfort and usability with advanced customization
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Where it stands
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1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 30 days ago, with 125 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a cross-platform keyboard remapper with advanced customization for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
- Enables complex key layering and behavior customization on any keyboard without requiring specialized hardware firmware.
- Use for creating ergonomic keyboard layouts to reduce strain and improve typing comfort on standard office keyboards.
- Use for implementing macros, unicode input, and tap-hold key actions to enhance productivity workflows.
- Use for integrating keyboard layer changes with other programs via a TCP server for dynamic input control.
Should you depend on it?
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License
LGPL 3.0
Weak copyleft: changes to the licensed code itself must be shared when you distribute it, but code that merely uses it can stay under your own license.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
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From the README
Improve your keyboard comfort
This is a cross-platform software keyboard remapper for Linux, macOS and Windows. A short summary of the features:
To see all of the features, see the configuration guide.
You can find pre-built binaries in the releases page or read on for build instructions.
You can see a list of known issues here.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+333 stars over 89 days across 8 snapshot days; best day +4 on Aug 12.
Forks
309+27
Open issues
138-3
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| jtroo/kanata | 8.1K | — | 53 | 30 days ago |
| Category median | 38.3K | +1.0K | 75 | — |
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