wilix-team/iohook
Node.js global keyboard and mouse listener. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
26/100
- Activity 7
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3553
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 558
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1263 stars · 303 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
iohook is a Node.js native module providing global keyboard and mouse event listeners via OS-level hooks, built on libuiohook. It works inside and outside JavaScript/TypeScript applications and is fully compatible with Electron and NW.js.
Use cases
- capture global keyboard shortcuts in an electron app
- listen to mouse clicks outside my node.js window
- build a hotkey trigger for desktop automation
- track user input activity for a time tracker
- record global keypresses in javascript
- detect mouse events system-wide on macos windows and linux
When to choose
- you need system-wide input capture in a Node.js or Electron desktop app
- you want prebuilt binaries for macOS, Windows, and Linux without Java dependencies
When to avoid
- you only need keyboard events inside your own window's DOM
- you need a pure-JavaScript solution without native addons
- you target unsupported or very old Node/Electron versions
Facets
library · maturity active
sdk developer-tools gui desktop-applications developer-tools cross-platform cross-platform windows keyboard-hooks mouse-hooks global-input-listener native-addon electron libuiohook input-capture automation nodejs macos linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/wilix-team/iohook · fetched 2026-08-28 · 14029c44b1b8
- homepage: https://wilix-team.github.io/iohook · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9455f6e7f061
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| wilix-team/iohook | main | 26 |
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