keyboard2deck

Turn your old keyboards into customizable decks. Assign shortcuts or command to various keys and improve your productivity.

Project was created after I became fatiqued by repetitive actions. Dedicated streaming decks however seemed a bit expensive solution, especially considering that I already have functioning keyboards I don't use. Application si written in Rust.

Build dependencies

Linux

• pkg-config
• libx11-dev
• libxtst-dev

Features

• List HID USB Devices
• Setup different macros on multiple devices
• Shortcuts (emits simultanously pressed keys)
• Sequential output (emits gradually pressed keys)
• Shell commands
• Currently mainly for Linux (Windows support will be added later)

Planned features

• Better error handling and general code improvements
• Proper thread handling and termination
• Clipboard copy/paste with multiple memory buffers
• Clipboard paste with transformation rules
• Sequential key output (different from Shortcuts)
• Add modifier keys support
• Consolidate two different sets of keys

How to run:

cargo build
#list all devices
./keyboard2deck -l 
#find out which device you are interested in and set it in configuration file
#run as sudo to obtain device
sudo ./keyboard2deck -c config.yaml

Example configuration

---
devices:
  - vid: 6127
    pid: 24647
    macros:
      - key: "B"
        description: "Will run Ctrl+Alt+Delete"
        shortcut: 
          keys:
            - "ControlLeft"
            - "Alt"
            - "Delete"
      - key: "F"
        description: "Runs format code in VSCode"
        shortcut:
          keys:
            - "ControlLeft"
            - "ShiftLeft"
            - "I"
      - key: "W"
        description: "Opens chromium as my home user"
        shell:
          uid: 1000 # Only available in Unix/Linux
          command: "chromium"
          args: []

Supported keys

Configuration file is currently case-sensitive.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Num1, Num2, Num3, Num4, Num5, Num6, Num7, Num8, Num9, Num0, Enter, Esc, Backspace, Tab, Space, Minus, Equal, LeftBrace, Rightbrace, Backslash, Hashtilde, Semicolon, Apostrophe, Grave, Comma, Dot, Slash, Capslock, F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12, ShiftLeft, ShiftRight, ControlLeft, ControlRight, Alt, AltLeft, AltRight, Intlbackslash, Home, Insert, Delete, End, PrintScreen,