Keyviz AlternativesKeystroke Visualizers & Screen Casting Tools like Keyviz

Keyviz is described as 'Free and open-source tool to visualize your keystrokes and mouse actions in real-time' and is a popular keystroke visualizer in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Keyviz for Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and SaaS. The best Keyviz alternative is Key'n'Stroke , which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Keyviz are Screenkey, YAKD, Carnac and KeyCastr.

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Keyviz alternatives are mainly Screen Casting Tools, but if you're looking for Keystroke Visualizers or Cursor Highligters you can filter on that. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Keyviz.
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  1. Key'n'Stroke  icon
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    Key'n'Stroke (previously named PxKeystrokesForScreencasts) displays keystrokes and mouse clicks in an overlay window.

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    • Windows
     
  2. YAKD icon
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    YAKD (Yet Another Key Displayer) is a lightweight, open-source Windows tool for displaying keyboard and mouse button presses on-screen, typically for use with screen recording and screen-casting. RTSS Rivatuner Statistics Server is supported.

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    • Windows
     
  3. Carnac icon
     28 likes

    A utility to give some insight into how you use your keyboard/.

    18 Carnac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. “Keystroke Pro” visualizes single and combined keypresses in an unique and elegant way. It’s the perfect companion for capturing tutorials, ?recording screencasts and performing presentations.

    19 Keystroke Pro alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  5. Keystrokes on screen, keyboard, mouse, draw on screen. Designed specifically for creating screencasts and tutorials. CSS Based keystroke on screen. Lots of predefined keystroke CSS themes. It's easy to create a theme yourself.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  6. KeyPosé icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  7. KeyDrawer draws keypresses on the screen of your Mac with a style that matches your Mac's look and feel. It will make your tutorial videos, video streams and presentations look elegant and professional.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  8. KeyPress OSD icon
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    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.

    17 KeyPress OSD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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