keyb is a terminal-based custom hotkey cheatsheet.
It lets you organize shortcuts into sections and quickly find them without leaving the terminal. Hotkey collections can be stored in YAML or JSON files.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Create and view custom hotkey cheatsheets.
- Organize hotkeys into named sections.
- Apply optional prefixes to groups of related shortcuts.
- Perform fuzzy searches across all entries.
- Filter searches by section heading.
- Navigate using Vim-style key bindings.
- Add new hotkeys directly from the command line.
- Print entries to standard output for use with tools such as fzf and rofi.
- Export cheatsheets in YAML or JSON format.
- Customize colours, borders, spacing, prompts and key bindings.
- Supports Linux, macOS and Windows.
Website: github.com/kencx/keyb
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Developer: kencx
License: MIT License
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