An open-source keystroke visualizer for screencasts, presentations and collaboration
KeyCastr is an open-source keystroke visualizer for macOS. It enables you to share your keystrokes when creating screencasts, presenting or collaborating with others.
You can choose to display command keys, all modified keys or all keystrokes, and there is an option to include mouse clicks. The on-screen display can be dragged to a different position, and developers can build their own visualizer on top of KeyCastr. It needs permission from macOS to receive input events.
Description adapted from the project README.
Community project. Help and bug reports go to the maintainers on GitHub; AppsXi does not provide support for this app.
BSD 3-Clause License
Use, change and share it freely, including in closed source apps, as long as the copyright notice stays.
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Signed by Andrew Kitchen (68TUCLNAPS)
Apple Developer ID team 68TUCLNAPS
Notarized by Apple
Hardened Runtime on
File matches the hash GitHub published
SHA-256 71fb7dd90a9bb96de2990499da280ce03e13cbd559a77477515191864977a65c
No malware found
ClamAV 1.5.4 on Oct 13, 2026
Install and behavior test in a virtual machine: not run yet
Coming soon for all listings.
Updates itself from the maintainer's own feed
sparkle: https://keycastr.github.io/appcast.xml. AppsXi checks each new version too.
Checked Oct 13, 2026 · Mac
ZIP · 2.6 MB
Yes. KeyCastr is free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause License. AppsXi lists the maintainers' official release and does not charge for it.
AppsXi downloads every version of KeyCastr from the maintainers' official GitHub release and checks it before it is listed. For version 0.11.1 (checked Oct 13, 2026), the Mac download is signed by its developer and notarized by Apple, each file matches the checksum GitHub publishes for the release, byte for byte and a malware scan found nothing.
Yes. KeyCastr has a native Apple silicon build, and it runs on Intel Macs too.
KeyCastr needs macOS 10.13 or later.
KeyCastr is an open source project by KeyCastr on GitHub (keycastr/keycastr). Help and bug reports go to its maintainers there.
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