rdev-node

A high-performance Node.js native addon for listening to system-wide keyboard and mouse events. Built with Rust.

Install

npm install rdev-node

Quick Start

const { startListener } = require('rdev-node');

startListener((event) => {
  console.log(event);
});

Requirements

• Node.js >= 10
• Rust (required to build from source) - Install from rustup.rs
• Linux: libgtk-3-dev libxtst-dev

Build

npm install
npm run build

API

startListener(callback)

Listen to keyboard and mouse events.

startListener((event) => {
  console.log('Type:', event.eventType);
  if (event.keyPress) console.log('Key:', event.keyPress.key);
  if (event.mouseMove) console.log('Position:', event.mouseMove.x, event.mouseMove.y);
});

simulateEvent(event)

Simulate keyboard/mouse events.

simulateEvent({
  eventType: 'KeyPress',
  keyPress: { key: 'KeyA' },
  time: Date.now()
});

getDisplaySize()

Get main display dimensions.

const { width, height } = getDisplaySize();

Supported Platforms

• macOS (x64, arm64)
• Windows (x64, ia32, arm64)
• Linux (x64, arm64, armv7)
• Android (arm64, armv7)

License

MIT