# Install daktilo with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman Plays typewriter sounds every time you press a key. Version 0.6.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#daktilo. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:daktilo ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install daktilo ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install daktilo ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: games/daktilo/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add daktilo ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: daktilo from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#daktilo ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/daktilo/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S daktilo ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: daktilo from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:daktilo - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.6.0 - **Source summary:** Plays typewriter sounds every time you press a key - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - daktilo (alias) - daktilo-completions (alias) - daktilo-mangen (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.6.0 ## Project history and usage daktilo is a playful cross-platform command-line utility that turns keyboard events into typewriter-style sounds. Its package-manager identity is closer to desktop toy and productivity ambiance than infrastructure: install it, run one binary, and your keyboard gets audio feedback. ### Project history The official repository was created in September 2023, and v0.1.0 was published in October 2023. The README explains the name as Turkish for typewriter and presents the project as a small CLI that plays typewriter sounds for key presses with configurable presets. ### Adoption history daktilo spread through channels that suit small Rust CLI utilities: GitHub releases, crates.io, Arch Linux, Alpine Edge, MacPorts, Homebrew metadata, and source builds. The official README highlights Linux, Windows, and macOS support, with macOS requiring terminal accessibility permissions. ### How it is used Users run daktilo directly for the default typewriter effect, choose sound presets, list output devices, select a playback device, vary tempo and volume, or point the CLI at a TOML config file. The config file can define custom sound presets, disabled keys, file lists, strategies, and variation settings. ### Why package nerds care daktilo is a neat package-manager specimen because it combines global keyboard hooks, audio playback, Rust distribution, and cross-platform config-dir conventions in a tiny novelty CLI. It is the kind of package that makes a system package index feel human rather than purely utilitarian. ### Timeline - 2023: Official GitHub repository is created. - 2023: v0.1.0 is published. - 2024: v0.6.0 is published. - 2024: Official README documents packaged installs via Cargo, Arch Linux, Alpine Edge, MacPorts, binary releases, and source builds. ### Related projects - The official README lists bucklespring and selectric-mode as similar projects. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/daktilo.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/daktilo/daktilo.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/daktilo/config, ~/.config/daktilo.toml, ~/.config/daktilo/daktilo.toml, ~/.config/daktilo/config - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/daktilo.toml, ~/Library/Application Support/daktilo/daktilo.toml, ~/Library/Application Support/daktilo/config - Windows: %APPDATA%\daktilo.toml, %APPDATA%\daktilo\daktilo.toml, %APPDATA%\daktilo\config ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - daktilo: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/daktilo/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - daktilo - 0.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: daktilo from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Turn your keyboard into a typewriter | https://github.com/orhun/daktilo - apk - daktilo-bash-completion - 0.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: daktilo-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for daktilo | https://github.com/orhun/daktilo - apk - daktilo-doc - 0.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: daktilo-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Turn your keyboard into a typewriter (documentation) | https://github.com/orhun/daktilo - apk - daktilo-fish-completion - 0.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: daktilo-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for daktilo | https://github.com/orhun/daktilo - apk - daktilo-zsh-completion - 0.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: daktilo-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for daktilo | https://github.com/orhun/daktilo - pacman - daktilo - 0.6.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: daktilo from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Turn your keyboard into a typewriter | https://github.com/orhun/daktilo - MacPorts - daktilo: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: games/daktilo/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/daktilo.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/daktilo.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph