# brookhong/KeyCastOW

keystroke visualizer for Windows, lets you easily display your keystrokes while recording screencasts.

Repository: https://github.com/brookhong/KeyCastOW
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/keycastow
Language: C++
License Family: other
Last push: 2019-10-25T17:24:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3303, "days_push": 2504, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1397, forks 216 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.730099+00:00)

## What it is
KeyCastOW is a small, portable Windows utility that displays keystrokes on screen as you type. It is designed for screencast recording so viewers can see which keys are pressed.

## Use cases
- show keyboard shortcuts while recording a tutorial video
- display keystrokes during a live demo or screencast
- overlay pressed keys on screen for teaching material
- toggle keystroke display with a hotkey while presenting

## When to avoid
- you need keystroke visualization on macOS or Linux
- you need active development, updates, or official support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: windows
- tags: keystroke-visualizer, screencast, portable, screen-recording

## Member repositories
- brookhong/KeyCastOW (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.730099+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 2026-08-30T04:39:16.084035+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brookhong/KeyCastOW (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.730099+00:00, sha c298ffac0193)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.