macOS
brew install wtypeprovider-native install command
brew / Rang 11012
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für wtype in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install wtypeprovider-native install command
Überblick
Xdotool type for wayland
Verlauf
wtype is a small Wayland command-line utility that fills the role historically occupied by `xdotool type` on X11: programmatically injecting keyboard input into a desktop session. Its upstream README describes it tersely as "xdotool type for wayland", and the Arch manual clarifies that it works through the Wayland virtual-keyboard protocol.
The project was started by Josef Gajdusek, with a manual page written by Michael Vetter. The public project is intentionally compact: the GitHub repository shows a C/Meson codebase, a small number of releases, and version 0.4 as the latest GitHub release dated January 27, 2022.
wtype became useful during the desktop transition from X11 automation tools to Wayland compositors. Debian describes it as the Wayland counterpart to xdotool and packages it in the utilities section, while the Arch manual ships the upstream man page for version 0.4. That places wtype in the practical layer of Wayland migration: not a compositor itself, but a tiny tool scripts can call when a compositor supports the relevant protocol.
Typical usage is direct text injection, typing from standard input, adding delays between keystrokes, and pressing or releasing modifiers or named keys. The upstream examples cover typing arbitrary text, holding Ctrl while sending `c`, reading from stdin, and inserting sleeps for more complicated key sequences.
Package maintainers care about wtype because it is one of the minimal Wayland-native answers to a familiar X11 automation problem. It is small, MIT-licensed, and sits near related desktop plumbing such as libxkbcommon, virtual keyboard protocols, and compositor policy decisions about whether simulated input should be allowed.
Sicherheitslage
Für wtype wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
wtype | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
Aktualität
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Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:wtype |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.4 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/atx/wtype |
| Repository | https://github.com/atx/wtype |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-06-07T14:51:57Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | nicht erfasst |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Quellspur
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View the package source record on GitHub.