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baskerville/sxhkd

Simple X hotkey daemon observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/baskerville/sxhkd · C · BSD-2-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

52/100

  • Activity 44
  • 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 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4993
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 340
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2951 stars · 145 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

sxhkd is a simple X11 hotkey daemon that listens for input events and executes configured shell commands in response. Bindings are defined in a plain-text configuration file with a concise notation for mapping multiple shortcuts to multiple commands.

Use cases

  • bind global keyboard shortcuts on Linux
  • launch applications with custom key combos
  • control window manager via hotkeys
  • map media keys to volume or music commands
  • run shell scripts from key presses

When to choose

  • you use an X11-based window manager like bspwm and want flexible keybindings
  • you want a lightweight, scriptable hotkey daemon with a simple config format

When to avoid

  • you are on Wayland, where X11 input grabbing does not work
  • you need GUI-based shortcut configuration

Facets

application · maturity stable

configuration-management developer-tools desktop-applications cli x11 hotkeys keyboard-shortcuts window-manager daemon bspwm automation command-line linux

1 source

Member repositories

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