Keyviz is a free and open-source tool to visualize your keystrokes and mouse actions in real-time.




Carnac is described as 'A utility to give some insight into how you use your keyboard/' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Carnac for Mac, Windows, Linux and Xfce. The best Carnac alternative is Keyviz, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Carnac are Key'n'Stroke , Screenkey, KeyCastr and KeyLimePie.
Keyviz is a free and open-source tool to visualize your keystrokes and mouse actions in real-time.




Key'n'Stroke (previously named PxKeystrokesForScreencasts) displays keystrokes and mouse clicks in an overlay window.

Screenkey is a screencast tool to display your keys inspired by Screenflick for Mac OS and based initially on Key-mon project.




KeyCastr lets you easily display your keystrokes while recording screencasts.


KeyPress OSD is a full-featured screencasting tool for displaying key-presses on Windows. Beyond on-screen keypress display, it features text-expansion, mouse-highlighting and a multi-clipboard manager.



Floating widget shows each key pressed in real time and highlights the cursor with fully adjustable design. Choose from 10+ styles, unlimited color themes, and over 10 sound options. Works across multiple screens for screen recording on Windows and macOS.



Mouseposé is the indispensible mouse pointer highlighting tool (aka "virtual laserpointer") for everyone doing demos at tradeshows, presentations and trainings, or those individuals with huge and high resolution displays.



A Little utility that implements a global key logger which displays all shortcuts & keystrokes as you type on screen and with a semi-transparent overlay. This makes it very easy to show any shortcuts you use if you for example record a software demo.


QiPress is a portable Windows program that displays key presses on the screen. The keyboard input display takes minimal space, and highly customizable.
