Screenkey AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Screen Casting Tools

The best Screen Casting alternative to Screenkey is Keyviz, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Screenkey and eight of them are Screen Casting Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Screen Casting Tool alternatives to Screenkey are KeyCastr, YAKD, Show Me The Key and KeyPress OSD.

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Screenkey 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 Screenkey.
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  1. Keyviz icon
     56 likes

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

    21 Keyviz alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
    • Keyviz is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Screenkey.

    • Keyviz is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Screenkey.

    • Keyviz is Free and Open SourceScreenkey is also Free and Open Source
  2. YAKD icon
     6 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. KeyFX icon
     2 likes

    KeyFX is a screencast and presentation utility that allows you to highlight the mouse cursor and visualize your keystrokes.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4.  5 likes

    Utility to show live keyboard and mouse status for teaching and screencasts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
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    Comments about Key-mon as an Alternative to Screenkey
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Key-mon provides a small window that also shows mouse usage status.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Shows modifiers and mouse, instead of "normal" text

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Screenkey Icon
    • Key-mon is Free and Open SourceScreenkey is also Free and Open Source
  5. KeyPosé icon
     3 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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