exabind

August 12, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

A TUI for viewing KDE shortcuts with an interactive keyboard layout and animated visualizations.

This can be seen as a "tech demo" for tachyonfx.

Feel free to open issues for any features requests or bugs you find!

exabind

๐ŸŒ Try it online

Features

  • Interactive keyboard layout visualization with LED effects and key highlighting
  • Parse and display shortcuts from:
    • KDE global shortcuts
    • JetBrains IDE keymap files
  • Filter shortcuts by modifier keys (Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Meta)
  • Categorized shortcut display with animated transitions
  • Beautiful TUI powered by ratatui
  • Catppuccin color scheme

Running

cargo run --release

Usage

# View KDE global shortcuts (~/.config/kglobalshortcutsrc")
exabind 

# or specify a custom path
exabind path/to/kglobalshortcutsrc

Controls

KeyAction
qQuit
โ†‘/โ†“Navigate categories
EscDeselect category
Ctrl/Alt/Shift/MetaToggle modifier key filters