# Install showkey with Homebrew, MacPorts

Simple keystroke visualizer. Version 1.10 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with macports: sudo port install showkey.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:showkey
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install showkey
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install showkey
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/showkey/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:showkey
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.10
- **Source summary:** Simple keystroke visualizer
- **Homepage:** <http://www.catb.org/~esr/showkey/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- showkey (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.10

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - showkey: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/showkey/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/showkey.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/showkey.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph