skhd

Simple hotkey daemon for macOS commonly paired with the yabai tiling manager.

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About skhd

skhd is a lightweight hotkey daemon for macOS that lets users bind keyboard shortcuts to shell commands, commonly used alongside the yabai tiling window manager for keyboard-driven window control. It is an open source project on GitHub.

Strengths

  • Pairs directly with yabai for keyboard-driven tiling workflows
  • Simple, focused scope rather than a bloated utility

Limitations

  • Project is in maintenance mode with limited new development
  • Requires editing a config file, no GUI

Details

Pricing
FreeFree and open source.
License
Open source, license not stated
Developer
asmvik
Platforms
macOS
How it runs
Downloadable app
Best suited for
Simple hotkey daemon for macOS commonly paired with the yabai tiling manager
Categories
Window tools
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Desktop Customization); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.

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