kbt ☆

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Description:
Keyboard tester in terminal

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: keyboard tester terminal debugging cli

Install: brew install kbt

About:
Kbt is a lightweight, terminal-based utility designed for testing and debugging keyboard inputs. It provides real-time feedback by displaying key presses, key codes, and event details, helping users diagnose hardware or software input issues. The tool is particularly useful for developers and power users needing to verify keyboard functionality without a graphical interface.

Key Features:

Real-time key press visualization
Displays key codes (scancodes, keycodes)
Terminal-based and lightweight
Supports multiple keyboard layouts

Use Cases:

Debugging keyboard hardware issues
Testing terminal application key bindings
Verifying input in headless or remote environments

Alternatives:

showkey – Standard Linux utility for key code inspection, but less feature-rich.
xev – X11 utility for detailed input events, but requires a graphical environment.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 12, 2025 7:48am		0	VERSION_BUMP	63074954