spacek33z/iohook

Node.js global keyboard and mouse listener.

iohook

Fork of wilix-team/iohook that supports Electron 17 and Node 16.

About

Node.js global native keyboard and mouse listener.

This module can handle keyboard and mouse events via native hooks inside and outside your JavaScript/TypeScript application.

Found a bug? Have an idea? Feel free to post an issue or submit a PR.

Check out the documentation.

Platform support

• Versions >= 0.6.0 support only officially supported platforms versions.
• Versions 0.5.X are the last to support Electron < 4.0.0
• Versions 0.4.X are the last to support for Node < 8.0 and Electron < 2.0.0

Installation

iohook provides prebuilt version for a bunch of OSes and platforms.

Linux (including WSL)

# On Linux (including WSL) platform, you will need libxkbcommon-x11 installed
sudo apt-get install -y libxkbcommon-x11-0

All platforms

npm install iohook --save # or yarn add iohook

FAQ

Q. Does this module require Java ?

A. No, this module doesn't require Java (like jnativehook) or any other runtimes.

Q. Is iohook compatible with Node/Electron version X.Y.Z ?

A. We try to match the currently supported version of both Node and Electron.

Apps

Are you using iohook in your project ? Please tell us in a PR so we an add it to the list !

• Cortex
• Tracklify
• CrewLink
• Runtime

Contributors

Thanks to kwhat for the libuiohook project and ayoubserti for the first iohook prototype.

• vespakoen (prebuild system implementation)
• matthewshirley (Windows prebuild fix)
• djiit (project & community help)
• ezain (add feature enable/disable mouse click propagation)
• anoadragon453 (electron 4+ support)
• ykhwong (node-gyp usage, electron 9+ support)
• All the other contributors. Feel free to extend this list !