keyd

🎹 KEYD (System Wide Key Remapping Daemon)

Linux lacks a good key remapping solution. In order to achieve satisfactory results a medley of tools need to be employed (e.g xcape, xmodmap) with the end result often being tethered to a specified environment (X11). keyd attempts to solve this problem by providing a flexible system wide daemon which remaps keys using kernel level input primitives (evdev, uinput).

🏠 Home Row Mods (GCAS)

Homerow modifiers are activated by overloading the specific key assigned to it.

Left Hand	Right Hand
a s d f Meta Ctrl Alt Shift	j k l ; Shift Alt Ctrl Meta

• Shift is assigned to Index finger as it's the most used key & finger.
• Alt is assigned to Middle finger because it's the least used key assigned to the most dangerous key 'D'.
• Ctrl is assigned to Ring finger as it's the next strongest finger other than Middle finger. Not only that, Ring finger is the most used finger in combination with Ctrl.
• Meta is assigned to Pinkie due to familiarity (because the same finger is used to activate that key otherwise).

🚀 Space Layer

Space layer is activated by overloading space key. Then press the keys below to activate space layer remaps.

Key	Output Key
i	Enter
h	Left
j	Down
k	Up
l	Right
e	Move to End of Word
b	Move One Word Backward
u	Move to Front of Line
d	Move to End of Line
;	Backspace

Note: Backspace also works in homerow Ctrl layer as well

🎹 KeyD Keybindings

Remap	Output Key
f j	Esc
CapsLock (Click)	Esc
CapsLock (Press)	Ctrl

🍇 Meta Keymap Toggle

Meta + Space

graph LR
lr0[QWERTY]
lr1[NUMPAD]
lr2[DVORAK]

lr0 --> lr1
lr1 --> lr2
lr2 --> lr0

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Homerow Meta + Space

graph LR
lr0[QWERTY]
lr1[NUMPAD]

lr0 --> lr1
lr1 --> lr0

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QWERTY Layer

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
 q w e r t y u i o p [ ] \
  a s d f g h j k l ; '
   z x c v b n m , . /

! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ +
 Q W E R T Y U I O P { } |
  A S D F G H J K L : "
   Z X C V B N M < > ?

NUMPAD Layer

Function Keys (F1-F9)
 q w e r t y 7 8 9 p [ ] \
  a s d f g h 4 5 6 ; '
   z x c v b 0 1 2 3 /

Function Keys (F1-F9)
 Q W E R T Y & * ( P { } |
  A S D F G H $ % ^ : "
   Z X C V B ) ! @ # ?

DVORAK Layer

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 [ ]
 ' , . p y f g c r l / = \
  a o e u i d h t n s -
   ; q j k x b m w v z

! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) { }
 " < > P Y F G C R L ? + |
  A O E U I D H T N S _
   : Q J K X B M W V Z