rbreaves/kinto
Kinto
Kinto is an application-specific keymap engine and contextual keyboard remapper. It functions as a configuration-driven utility that automatically switches keyboard mappings and modifier keys based on the active application window.
The project acts as a cross-platform input manager and desktop shortcut emulator, specifically designed to replicate macOS keyboard shortcuts and layout behaviors on Linux and Windows. This enables a Mac-style workflow on Linux by matching keyboard shortcut behaviors across different operating systems.
The system provides capabilities for custom input remapping and the ability to define application-specific shortcuts. It manages contextual keyboard mapping to maintain consistency in keyboard layouts and modifier key patterns across various desktop environments.
Features
- Contextual Keyboard Remappers - Automatically changing keyboard shortcuts based on which application is currently active or in focus.
- Application-Aware Keymaps - Implements key mappings that dynamically activate based on the currently focused application window.
- Input Remapping - Provides a configuration-driven system for substituting one physical input key for another across the system.
- Cross-Platform Input Consistency - Matches keyboard shortcut behaviors across different operating systems to maintain consistent muscle memory.
- Cross-Platform Input Simulation - Provides a system to capture keyboard events and simulate key presses to replicate macOS layouts on Linux and Windows.
- Application-Specific Keyboard Shortcuts - Allows defining specific key rebindings and commands for individual applications via configuration files.
- Input Event Interception - Uses system-level hooks to capture raw hardware input signals for redirection based on mapping rules.
- Keyboard Layout Managers - Acts as a system-level tool for defining custom key mappings and modifier behaviors to maintain consistency.
- MacOS Workflow Emulation - Brings macOS style modifier key patterns and system shortcuts to a Linux desktop environment.
- Keyboard Shortcut Remapping - Enables the assignment of custom key combinations to application actions for a consistent cross-platform workflow.
- OS-Level Input Emulators - Simulates hardware-level keyboard events to trigger native system shortcuts and actions.
- System Shortcut Emulators - Translates system-level keybindings to match specific operating system patterns across different platforms.
- Foreground Window Detection - Periodically identifies the currently focused application window to trigger transitions between contextual keymaps.
- Keybinding Modifier Configurators - Provides utilities to reconfigure modifier keys to align system behavior with specific operating system patterns.
- System Utilities - Keyboard layout mapping for cross-platform consistency.
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