A next-generation hotkey daemon for Wayland/X11 written in Rust.
SWHKD
Simple Wayland HotKey Daemon
swhkd is a display protocol-independent hotkey daemon made in Rust. swhkd uses an easy-to-use configuration system inspired by sxhkd so you can easily add or remove hotkeys.
It also attempts to be a drop-in replacement for sxhkd, meaning, your sxhkd config file is also compatible with swhkd.
Because swhkd can be used anywhere, the same swhkd config can be used across Xorg or Wayland desktops, and you can even use swhkd in a tty.
Installation
See INSTALL.md for installing swhkd.
Note: swhks is not a typo, it is the server process of the program.
Running:
swhks &
pkexec swhkdRuntime signals
After opening swhkd, you can control the program through signals:
sudo pkill -USR1 swhkd- Pause key checkingsudo pkill -USR2 swhkd- Resume key checkingsudo pkill -HUP swhkd- Reload config filesudo pkill -INT swhkd- Pause key checking temporarily (resume by pressingsuper+shift+escape)
Configuration
Swhkd closely follows sxhkd syntax, so most existing sxhkd configs should be functional with swhkd.
The default configuration directory is /etc/swhkd/swhkdrc. If you don't like having to edit the file as root every single time, you can create a symlink from ~/.config/swhkd/swhkdrc to /etc/swhkd/swhkdrc.