# zevv/bucklespring

Nostalgia bucklespring keyboard sound

Repository: https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bucklespring
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2025-08-24T05:38:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 40/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 38, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3864, "days_push": 374, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1551, forks 89 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:02.214915+00:00)

## What it is
A small background application written in C that plays sampled IBM Model-M bucklespring keyboard sounds as you type, with 3D positional audio. It listens to global keyboard events on Linux (X11 or libinput), macOS, and Windows.

## Use cases
- play mechanical keyboard sounds while typing on a laptop
- emulate IBM Model-M bucklespring audio
- annoy coworkers with retro typing sounds
- add nostalgic key click sounds to a modern keyboard
- mute typing sounds temporarily when entering secrets

## When to choose
- you miss the sound of an IBM Model-M keyboard
- you want a lightweight, native C utility with packaged installs on Linux/BSD
- you need per-key sampled sounds with 3D positioning

## When to avoid
- you need silence in shared or office environments
- you are on Wayland without permission to read raw /dev/input devices
- you want configurable sound packs or modern keyboard profiles

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: audio-processing, gui
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, entertainment
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: keyboard-sound, mechanical-keyboard, ibm-model-m, nostalgia, sound-emulation, openal, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- zevv/bucklespring (main) score 40

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:02.214915+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:30:18.187305+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:02.214915+00:00, sha d033255cf7a7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.