Tikker
Tikker is Dutch for typer.
This is an application for monitoring your key presses.
It will store all your keypresses in a database called 'tikker.db' in current work directory.
Usage
Execute as root is important!
sudo ./tikker
It can be annoying to have the terminal open the whole day. I advise to use tmux or install it as systemd service. If you install it as systemd service, you're sure you'll never miss a key press! Make sure that you define the work directory where the database should be stored in systemd service.
Compilation
Compilation requires sqlite3 development header files.
sudo apt install libsqlite3-dev
Building:
make build
Building and running:
make
Output explained
Keyboard: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard, Event: RELEASED, Key Code: 15 Pr: 24 Rel: 25 Rep: 14
Description is quite clear I assume in exception of last three. These are explained below:
- Pr = key presses this session (so not the total in database).
- Rel = key releases this session (so not the total in database). Release is one more than presses due startup of application that only registers the release of a key.
- Rep = when you hold you key down thus repeats. Also for only session, not database totals.