asmvik/skhd
Simple hotkey daemon for macOS observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
57/100
- Activity 56
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 3313
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 267
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
8080 stars · 240 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
skhd is a simple hotkey daemon for macOS that lets users define global keyboard shortcuts in a text config file using a simple DSL. It supports hot-reloading the config, modal hotkeys, application-specific bindings, and running as a launchd service.
Use cases
- bind global keyboard shortcuts on macOS
- launch apps and commands with hotkeys
- define modal keybinding systems like vim-style prefixes
- set application-specific hotkeys
- reload hotkey config without restarting the daemon
- run hotkey daemon as a launchd service
When to choose
- you want a lightweight, fast, native macOS hotkey daemon
- you prefer defining shortcuts in a plain text config file
- you want live config hot-reloading
- you pair it with a tiling window manager like yabai
When to avoid
- you need active development or new features (repo is in maintenance mode)
- you need a cross-platform hotkey tool
- you want a GUI for configuring shortcuts
- you cannot disable Secure Keyboard Entry or grant accessibility permissions
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
cli developer-tools workflow-automation operating-systems developer-tools cli hotkeys keyboard-shortcuts hotkey-daemon keybindings launchd window-management-companion automation command-line macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/asmvik/skhd · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9f990b8ff9fb
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| asmvik/skhd | main | 57 |
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