keyd is described as 'Linux lacks a good key remapping solution. In order to achieve satisfactory results a medley of tools need to be employed (e.g xcape, xmodmap) with the end result often being tethered to a specified environment (X11)' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are three alternatives to keyd for Linux, Mac, Windows and Arch Linux. The best keyd alternative is Kanata, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like keyd are KMonad and xremap.
This is a cross-platform software keyboard remapper for Linux, macOS and Windows. A short summary of the features:
Kanata is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to keyd.
Kanata is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to keyd.
KMonad offers advanced customization features such as layers, multi-tap, tap-hold, and much more. These features are usually available at the hardware level on the QMK-firmware enabled keyboards. However, KMonad allows you to enjoy such features in virtually any keyboard by...
xremap is a key remapper for Linux. Unlike xmodmap, it supports app-specific remapping and Wayland.
