KBT(1)

NAME

kbtKeyboard tester in terminal

SYNOPSIS

$brew install kbt

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DESCRIPTION

Keyboard tester in terminal

README

kbt

(kbt board tester)

GitHub release (latest SemVer) crates.io GitHub Workflow Status

kbt-1240

Motivation

I got tired with semi-broken online keyboard testers, so here we are – one on a solid platform – terminal.

Features

  • Multiple keyboard layouts
  • Interactive menu
  • Linux, MacOS, Windows support

Limitations

  • Wayland is not supported

Installation

Arch Linux

pacman -S kbt

nix

nix-shell -p kbt

Cargo

cargo install kbt

note: Default location of the installed binary is $HOME/.cargo/bin

Homebrew

brew install kbt

note: During the first run you might need to grant Accessibility access.

Prebuilt binaries

Grab a binary from the latest release

Building from source

  1. make build
  2. cp target/release/kbt /usr/local/bin/

Prerequisites

  • rust

Acknowledgments

Built with ratatui

SEE ALSO

clihub3/4/2026KBT(1)