winget install --id=AngeloConvento.OverKeys -e
Learn and practice alternative layouts, personalize appearance, and improve your typing. An open-source, customizable on-screen keyboard for Windows.
OverKeys is a customizable on-screen keyboard tool designed to help users learn, practice, and adapt to alternative keyboard layouts such as Dvorak or Colemak. It provides an interactive platform for visualizing key positions, personalizing the appearance of the keyboard interface, and improving typing accuracy and speed.
Key Features:
Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for users interested in exploring alternative keyboard layouts to improve efficiency, comfort, or typing speed. OverKeys is particularly beneficial for those looking to transition from a QWERTY layout to more ergonomic options while maintaining full control over the learning process.
Available as an open-source application, OverKeys can be installed on Windows via winget, making it accessible and easy to set up for developers and casual users alike.
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Table of Contents
<a href="#about-the-project">About The Project</a>
<a href="#features">Features</a>
<a href="#getting-started">Getting Started</a>
<a href="#documentation">Documentation</a>
<a href="#contributing">Contributing</a>
<a href="#building-from-source">Building from Source</a>
<a href="#license">License</a>
<a href="#contact">Contact</a>
<a href="#acknowledgments">Acknowledgments</a>
OverKeys is a free and open-source keyboard layout visualizer designed for users to practice alternative keyboard layouts, such as Colemak, Dvorak, Graphite, Focal, and many more. Learn and practice your layouts system-wide, personalize keyboard appearance, and improve your typing.
This project was initially developed to help with the creator's system-wide practice of the Canary layout, but has since evolved to support user-defined layouts, layer switching integration, and customization options.
<img src="assets/images/aurora1.png" />
<p align="center">Aurora (On Dark Background)</p>
<img src="assets/images/aurora2.png" />
<p align="center">Aurora (On Light Background)</p>
<img src="assets/images/eyco1.png" />
<p align="center">Custom (On Dark Background)</p>
<img src="assets/images/eyco2.png" />
<p align="center">Custom (On Light Background)</p>
<img src="assets/images/catpuccin.png" />
<p align="center">Catppuccin</p>
<img src="assets/images/redsamurai.png" />
<p align="center">Red Samurai</p>
<img src="assets/images/splitmatrix.png" />
<p align="center">Split Matrix Style</p>
<img src="assets/images/matrix.png" />
<p align="center">Matrix Style</p>
Note: The themes are not provided by default and were instead manually configured. Colors were based on the MonkeyType themes of the same name.
Multi-layout support: The following layouts are currently natively supported.
Layouts
QWERTY
Colemak
Dvorak
Canaria
Canary
Canary Matrix
Colemak DH
Colemak DH Matrix
Engram
Focal
Gallium (Col-Stag)
Gallium V2 (Row-Stag)
Graphite
Halmak
Hands Down
NERPS
Norman
Sturdy
Sturdy Angle (Staggered)
Workman
Customizable styles: Change colors, fonts, sizes, offsets, and key styles
Auto-hide: The keyboard hides automatically when not in use
Keymap styles: Supports staggered, matrix, and split matrix (5-col and 6-col) styles
User configurations: Add and use custom keyboard layouts through configuration files
Side-by-side layouts: Display alternative layouts alongside the default layout
Top row/Number row: Optional row above the main keyboard for numbers or user-configured keys
Layer switching: Switch between multiple custom keyboard layers for QMK, ZMK, or other programmable keyboard firmware using configurable triggers and toggle modes
Layer switching (Kanata): Connect to Kanata through TCP to dynamically display the active layer
Learning Mode: Color-code keys based on proper finger positions for touch typing
Reactive Shift Mapping: Display alternate key symbols when Shift key is pressed
For complete feature details, see the documentation.
OverKeys can be installed through several methods:
Using Winget (Recommended)
winget install AngeloConvento.OverKeys
Note: Please check if winget
version is updated to the latest version as in the repo. Otherwise, use the installer to have the latest version.
Using the Installer
Portable Version
For detailed installation instructions, see the Installation Guide.
Complete documentation for OverKeys is available in the docs folder:
Contributions are what make the open-source community such an amazing place to learn and collaborate. Any contributions to OverKeys are greatly appreciated.
git checkout -b feat/amazing-feature
).git commit -m 'feat: add some amazing feature'
).git push origin feat/amazing-feature
).Distributed under the GPL-3.0 License. See LICENSE
file for more information.
GitHub: conventoangelo
Email:
Project Link: https://github.com/conventoangelo/OverKeys