Command-line tool

libxkbcommon

brew/libxkbcommon

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Keyboard handling library

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install libxkbcommon

Linux

brew install libxkbcommon

Display how to type a key and if it needs modifiers (Note: Does not support compose sequences)

xkbcli how-to-type A

Bring up an interactive window that captures keypresses

xkbcli interactive

Compile a list of available compose sequences

xkbcli compile-compose

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