xkeyboard-config ☆

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Description:
Keyboard configuration database for the X Window System

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 2.46@0 | Tracked Since: Oct 11, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: x11 keyboard input xkb configuration

Install: brew install xkeyboard-config

About:
xkeyboard-config provides a comprehensive database of keyboard models, layouts, variants, and options for the X Window System. It serves as the authoritative source for XKB data, enabling consistent keyboard behavior across different hardware and locales. This package is essential for proper input device configuration in X11 environments.

Key Features:

Extensive keyboard layout database covering international standards
XKB compatibility for X11 and Wayland environments
Standardized model and variant definitions
Integration with system input configuration

Use Cases:

Configuring keyboard layouts for multilingual systems
Setting up custom key mappings and modifier keys
Troubleshooting X11 keyboard input issues
Developing applications with international keyboard support

Alternatives:

libxkbcommon – Lower-level library for keyboard state processing, works with xkeyboard-config data

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 11, 2025 8:04am		0	VERSION_BUMP	95a8b2bf
Oct 3, 2025 11:32pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	901a81f2