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bloznelis/kbt has 391 GitHub stars and 12 forks. Star changes are not measured yet. Last checked 2026-11-11 02:28 UTC. Last push 2025-11-26.

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Keyboard tester in terminal

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What you can do

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

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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

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