Listen for global shortcuts and quack run Javascript in response.
This software is currently pre-production and is incomplete.
Having bought the fantastic Duckypad macro keypad, I wanted a solution where I could send key commands to take equivalent and complex actions on Windows and Mac. The name is of course inspired by Duckypad: quacking actions in response to keyboard shortcuts.
quacker
noun
One who quacks
Via Wiktionary (unaltered, CC BY-SA 3.0)
TLDR: Use at your own risk.
Shortcuts can be set up to run any given Javascript in a NodeJS vm context. This means that that complex actions can be executed: it also means that a lot of damage can be done, including but not limited to the permanent removal of files and installation of malicious software.
Do not run any Javascript that you do not understand and trust.
Be wary when copying and pasting or otherwise importing Javascript to run in response to a shortcut.
This project including source and executables are distributed under the MIT license and the liability and warranty limitations of that license apply.
Please use the discussions section to ask questions and share usage notes. Please search existing discussions to see if anything matches your question before creating a new one.
If you have an example shortcut that you'd like to share, please feel free to make a pull request to add the JSON export to the examples directory. Please edit to export to ensure only the shortcut(s) relevant to the example are included.
Please use the issues section to file bug reports. Please search existing issues to see if anything matches your issue before creating a new one. Please fill in the relevant issue template.
Yarn (classic) is used as the package manager. There is an nvmrc to match the Node version used with the version used by Electron.
nvm install && nvm use && yarn && yarn run robotjs:rebuild
yarn start
yarn make
The duck icon used for Quacker is designed by OpenMoji – the open-source emoji and icon project. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. The original has been modified to be filled in white, and to be resized and converted to application icons. Modified versions are available in this repository at src/img/1F986_black_filled*.*. The original and modified versions are licensed separately to the rest of the project, under CC BY-SA 4.0.