Open Source Keyboards

KeyboardKit helps you build custom keyboard extensions with Swift and SwiftUI. KeyboardKit is a Swift-based SDK that helps you build custom keyboard extensions with Swift and SwiftUI. It extends the native keyboard APIs and provides you with a lot of functionality. The KeyboardKit project is open-source and completely free. It's hosted at GitHub, which is where you find information, documentation, sample code, demo apps etc. KeyboardKit Pro is a license-based extension to KeyboardKit. It unlocks a bunch of pro features, like more locales, localized system keyboards, local and remote autocomplete etc. KeyboardKit comes with support for 50+ locales, with more being added over time. KeyboardKit has tools for customizing everything from keys, key behavior, layout, callout actions, audio & haptic feedback, colors and styling, autocomplete etc. The KeyboardKit app let you create keyboards directly on your iPhone and iPad.

Mousetrap is a standalone library with no external dependencies. It weighs in at around 2kb minified and gzipped and 4.5kb minified. Mousetrap has been tested and should work in Internet Explorer 6+, Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. The bind method is the main call you will be making. This will bind a specified keyboard command to a callback method. If you want to bind multiple key commands to the same callback you can pass in an array for the first argument. Mousetrap 1.4 introduced a generic mod helper which lets you set cross platform shortcuts. The sequence of keys feature was inspired by Gmail. Any keys separated by a space will be considered a sequence. If you type each key in order the final one in the sequence will trigger the callback. If you type a key not in the sequence or wait too long the sequence will reset. You can also make a sequence that includes key combinations within it.