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A key remapping daemon for linux.

20 mentions on Hacker News by 19 people: 2 stories, 18 comments · first 2021-09-11 · latest 2026-09-27

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  1. I have been able to reclaim my Copilot key with keyd. https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd [ids] * [main] leftmeta+leftshift+f23 = rightcontrol
    comment by jmou · 2026-09-27 · in The Copilot+ PC brand is dead
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    A key remapping daemon for Linux
    story by joooscha · 2026-06-10 · 33 comments
  3. …Lock to Ctrl when held and to Esc when pressed - the best of both worlds when you live in Neovim. https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd works really well for me on Linux, but there is a similar software on MacOS.
    comment by kombine · 2026-05-04 · in Why TUIs are back
  4. …implements this. However if you really really really wanna side step this you can look at keyd - https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd A project that has a daemon run in the background as a root service and that can provide an appropriate shim to…
    comment by hparadiz · 2026-03-15 · in Separating the Wayland compositor and window manager
  5. I used https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd with ``` [ids] * [main] f23 = oneshot(control) [control] toggle(control) ``` To turn it back into a ctrl key
    comment by hacker_homie · 2026-01-08 · in Dell admits consumers don't care about AI PCs
  6. …environments such as Cosmic, Gnome, and KDE. But I've been using keyd on Linux distros for a while: https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd#quickstart Using the config in the above example results in Caps Lock acting as Esc if used on its own or as…
    comment by avtar · 2025-11-02 · in Ask HN: Where to begin with "modern" Emacs?
  7. …keyboard instead. I've settled on keyd[1], after using XKB and interception-tools for a while. [1]: https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd
    comment by sudahtigabulan · 2025-09-27 · in Thoughts on Mechanical Keyboards and the ZSA Moonlander
  8. …config, and was on my way to wrapping Kubernetes in nice, friendly Ruby before I got canned. 1. https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd 2. https://gist.github.com/VinceGuidry/e85fa37e3e60f2dcb63c051c...
    comment by vinceguidry · 2025-04-25 · in Write an Interpreter in Ruby
  9. …along with macros for frequent series of letters (think “tion” and such) as well as chords using https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd/ . And I use the Optimot layout because I’m French, for English speakers, Dvorak is probably enough, but…
    comment by jytou · 2024-11-27 · in Ask HN: Has anyone tried adapting a court reporter keyboard for writing code?
  10. I had a simillar take until I found keyd: https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd
    comment by urlwolf · 2024-10-08 · in XFCE 4.20 aims to bring preliminary Wayland support
  11. I wanted this exact thing (Caps Lock -> End), and https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd works. It runs in the background as a systemd service, and the config is just: $ cat /etc/keyd/default.conf [ids] * [main] capslock = end (I got excited that…
    comment by FragenAntworten · 2024-09-07 · in Godot founders had desperately hoped Unity wouldn't 'blow up'
  12. This is great. Is it possible to somehow use it with keyd, as I don't use autohotkey? https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd/
    comment by botanical · 2023-08-31 · in Show HN: I automated half of my typing
  13. …love something that could take my keyd conf and make it work (even approximately) on the Mac. [1]: https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd
    comment by veidr · 2023-06-14 · in Toward a more useful keyboard
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    Keyd: Linux Key Remapper
    story by gigatexal · 2023-06-02 · 85 comments
  15. …my Linux VM. I also use keyd in order to remap keyboard shortcuts. https://github.com/rvaiya/warpd https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd Why in the world are those links side by side?
    comment by vinceguidry · 2023-02-28 · in Vimium – A browser extension that provides Vim-style keyboard controls
  16. …figure out how to emulate something, at least bind it to noop so it doesn't mess you up any more. https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd
    comment by yepguy · 2022-11-29 · in Keyboard shortcuts for GNU Readline
  17. Here is the link to keyd: https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd
    comment by herrsimon · 2022-10-18 · in Warpd: A modal keyboard-driven virtual pointer
  18. …and Keyd for getting these advanced features on any keyboard. https://github.com/kmonad/kmonad https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd
    comment by yewenjie · 2022-04-24 · in Tell HN: Have just discovered that I can use any key as Ctrl on my keyboard\
  19. Check out https://medium.com/@canadaduane/key-remapping-in-linux-2021-... for ideas. I plan on trying https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd on my new setup.
    comment by mercnet · 2022-03-01 · in Make Linux look like Mac OS 9
  20. I haven't tried it yet, but I recently learned about this tool and have it on my list to test drive: https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd
    comment by fanatic2pope · 2021-09-11 · in Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI