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Install kbt with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

Keyboard tester in terminal. Version 2.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#kbt.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install kbt

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#kbt

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/kb/kbt/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S kbt

Arch Linux sync databases · kbt · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Keyboard tester in terminal

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Homepage

Commands and aliases

history

Project history and usage

kbt is a Rust terminal keyboard tester whose upstream README expands the name as keyboard tester and frames it as a terminal alternative to online keyboard-test pages.

Project history

The repository was created in March 2023 and published release builds during 2023, with 1.0.0 appearing on July 23, 2023 and 2.1.0 on January 6, 2024. The README presents the project as a deliberately small terminal utility motivated by frustration with semi-broken web-based keyboard testers.

Adoption history

The package reached CLI users through several package-manager channels recorded in the batch input, including Homebrew, Nix, Arch Linux, and Cargo installation.

How it is used

kbt is run as an interactive terminal UI for checking keyboard input and layouts. The README notes Linux, macOS, and Windows support, a Wayland limitation, and a macOS first-run Accessibility permission requirement.

Why package nerds care

For package collectors, kbt is a tidy example of the post-ratatui Rust TUI wave: a small hardware-adjacent diagnostic tool that moved from Cargo-style distribution into mainstream Unix package managers.

Timeline

2023: Repository created for a terminal keyboard tester.
2023-07-23: kbt 1.0.0 release published.
2024-01-06: kbt 2.1.0 release published.

Related projects

The README credits ratatui as the TUI library used to build the interface.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`kbt`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version2.1.0

manager updated

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:kbt
Version	2.1.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/bloznelis/kbt
Repository	https://github.com/bloznelis/kbt
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

kbt

nix profile install nixpkgs#kbt

normalized package name match
Matched by: Kbt

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/kb/kbt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

pacman95%

kbt 2.1.0-1