keyboard

Take full control of your keyboard with this small Python library. Hook global events, register hotkeys, simulate key presses and much more.

• Global event hook (captures keys regardless of focus).
• Simulates key presses.
• Complex hotkey support (e.g. Ctrl+Shift+A followed by Alt+Space) with controllable timeout.
• Maps keys as they actually are in your layout, with full internationalization support ('Ctrl+ç').
• Events automatically captured in separate thread, doesn't block main program.
• Pure Python, no C modules to be compiled.
• Zero dependencies. Trivial to install and deploy.
• Works with Windows and Linux (if you have a Mac, pull requests are welcome).
• Python 2 and Python 3.
• Tested and documented.
• Doesn't break accented dead keys (I'm looking at you, pyHook)
• Mouse support coming soon.

Example:

import keyboard

# Press PAGE UP then PAGE DOWN to type "foobar".
keyboard.add_hotkey('page up, page down', lambda: keyboard.write('foobar'))

# Blocks until you press esc.
keyboard.wait('esc')

This program makes no attempt to hide itself, so don't use it for keyloggers.