# baskerville/sxhkd

Simple X hotkey daemon

Repository: https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sxhkd
Language: C
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-09-27T14:47:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 52/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 44, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4993, "days_push": 340, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2951, forks 145 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:32.022926+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: configuration-management, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications
- platform: cli
- tags: x11, hotkeys, keyboard-shortcuts, window-manager, daemon, bspwm, automation, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- baskerville/sxhkd (main) score 52

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.022926+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 2026-08-30T07:32:39.369528+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.022926+00:00, sha 8db15c303669)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.