# Code52/carnac

A utility to give some insight into how you use your keyboard

Repository: https://github.com/Code52/carnac
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/carnac
Homepage: http://carnackeys.com/
Language: C#
License: MS-PL
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-02-17T21:03:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5315, "days_push": 1293, "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 4543, forks 523 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:53.164256+00:00)

## What it is
Carnac is a Windows keyboard utility that displays keystrokes on screen, useful for presentations, screencasts, and learning keyboard shortcuts. It is a C#/.NET desktop application with automatic updates via Squirrel.Windows.

## Use cases
- show keystrokes on screen during a screencast
- display keyboard shortcuts while presenting
- track how I use my keyboard
- overlay pressed keys for tutorial videos
- pause keystroke capture with silent mode

## When to choose
- you record screencasts or give live presentations on Windows and want viewers to see your keystrokes
- you want a lightweight, installable Windows utility for on-screen key display

## When to avoid
- you are on macOS or Linux
- you need full keylogging analytics rather than on-screen display
- you need a maintained, actively developed tool

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, gui
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: windows
- tags: keyboard-utility, keystroke-display, screencasting, presentations, dotnet, desktop

## Member repositories
- Code52/carnac (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.164256+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 2026-08-29T18:20:08.378787+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Code52/carnac (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.164256+00:00, sha 6a827786c561)
  - homepage: http://carnackeys.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:05:46.728416+00:00, sha 654bc2ef21c8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.