Small Go library for limited interaction with the X Input Device Extension Library (<X11/extensions/XInput.h>).
This allows listing input devices and listening for events, e.g., pressing keys.
Reimplementation of xinput list.
$ go run examples/xinput-list/main.go
Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer]
Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard]
Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer]
Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard]
Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard]
Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard]
Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard]
Integrated Camera: Integrated C id=10 [slave keyboard]
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard]
TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint id=13 [slave pointer]
ThinkPad Extra Buttons id=14 [slave keyboard]
FiiO DigiHug USB Audio id=9 [slave keyboard]
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=12 [slave pointer]
Show key, button, or motion events from an input device. Compared to other Go-based Linux keyloggers this does not require extended permissions.
# Keyboard from the list above
$ go run examples/keylogger/main.go 11
{key press 37 map[]}
{key release 37 map[]}
{key press 37 map[]}
{key press 56 map[]}
{key release 37 map[]}
{key release 56 map[]}
{key press 45 map[]}
# Mouse from the list above
$ go run examples/keylogger/main.go 13
{motion 0 map[0:2299 1:866]}
{motion 0 map[0:2300 1:865]}
{motion 0 map[0:2300 1:864]}
{motion 0 map[0:2304 1:861]}
{motion 0 map[0:2305 1:859]}
{motion 0 map[1:857]}
{motion 0 map[1:856]}
{button press 1 map[]}
{button release 1 map[]}
{motion 0 map[1:856]}