sxhkd

simple X hotkey daemon, by the developer of bspwm, that reacts to input events by executing commands

Automatic install/update:

bash -c "$(curl -LSs https://github.com/dfmgr/sxhkd/raw/main/install.sh)"

Manual install:

requires:

Debian based:

apt install sxhkd

Fedora Based:

yum install sxhkd

Arch Based:

pacman -S sxhkd

MacOS:

brew install 

mv -fv "$HOME/.config/sxhkd" "$HOME/.config/sxhkd.bak"
git clone https://github.com/dfmgr/sxhkd "$HOME/.config/sxhkd"

Key Bindings

See etc/KeyBindings.md for the full reference.

Combo	Action
super + Return	Open terminal
super + d	Open dmenu
super + Escape	Reload sxhkd config
super + alt + b	Open browser
super + alt + e	Open editor
super + alt + m	Open email
super + alt + t	Open torrents
super + alt + r	Random wallpaper
super + alt + h	Open htop
super + alt + F1	Help (Arch wiki)
alt + ctrl + x	Shutdown
alt + ctrl + r	Reboot
alt + ctrl + Escape	Exit Xorg

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