madrobby/keymaster
A simple micro-library for defining and dispatching keyboard shortcuts. It has no dependencies. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- 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: 5485
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 765
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
6510 stars · 466 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Keymaster is a tiny, dependency-free JavaScript micro-library for defining and dispatching keyboard shortcuts in web applications. It supports modifier keys, special keys, shortcut scopes, and querying current key-press state.
Use cases
- add keyboard shortcuts to a web app
- bind ctrl+r or cmd+r style hotkeys in JavaScript
- reuse the same shortcut in different scopes of a single page app
- detect which keys are currently pressed for a browser game loop
- implement shift+click style modifier-key interactions
When to choose
- you need a lightweight, dependency-free hotkey library for the browser
- you want scoped shortcuts in a single page application
- you need to query real-time key state for games or interactions
When to avoid
- you need shortcuts in a non-browser environment like Node.js
- you want an actively developed library with modern ESM support
- you need rich features like key sequences or per-element binding
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
developer-tools web-development frontend developer-tools browser keyboard-shortcuts micro-library hotkeys no-dependencies vanilla-js javascript
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/madrobby/keymaster · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4904b16d9385
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/keymaster · fetched 2026-08-29 · 408832a8a16d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| madrobby/keymaster | main | 23 |
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