# 使用 Homebrew 安装 kanata-tray

查看 kanata-tray 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:kanata-tray
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kanata-tray
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:kanata-tray
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 0.8.0
- **来源摘要:** System tray for kanata keyboard remapper
- **主页:** <https://github.com/rszyma/kanata-tray>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/rszyma/kanata-tray>
- **最后更新:** 2026-07-27T21:58:36+02:00
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- kanata-tray (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 0.8.0
## 项目历史与用法

Kanata Tray is a desktop tray wrapper for the Kanata keyboard remapper. It gives Kanata users start, stop, pause, preset switching, layer icons, hooks, and multi-instance control from a tray icon instead of a terminal process.

### 项目历史

The repository was created on 2024-02-07 and v0.1.0 was published on 2024-02-09. The README describes it as a simple wrapper for Kanata that works on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

The project exists because Kanata itself is primarily a keyboard-remapping engine and CLI. Kanata Tray fills the desktop-control gap, while its README notes that Kanata later gained Windows-only native tray-app support and links to a comparison issue.

### 采用历史

Adoption is tied directly to Kanata users who want visible runtime state, quick profile switching, or a friendlier way to start and stop remapping. Homebrew packaging makes the wrapper installable on macOS alongside the `kanata` package.

### 使用方式

Kanata Tray can run without initial configuration and can generate a TOML configuration file on first run. Users define presets that point at Kanata executables and configuration files, then switch or autorun those presets from the tray.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Kanata Tray is a small example of a companion GUI-ish package around a lower-level CLI daemon. The package is not historically broad, but it matters to desktop package catalogs because it turns a powerful keyboard remapper into something a normal workstation session can supervise.

### 时间线

- 2024: rszyma/kanata-tray repository created and v0.1.0 released.
- 2025: v0.8.0 release added hook-related changes and shutdown fixes.
- 2025: README documented Kanata v1.6.0 as the minimum supported Kanata version.

### Related projects

- Kanata is the keyboard remapper that Kanata Tray controls.
- Kanata's Windows-only tray support is adjacent but does not replace Kanata Tray's cross-platform wrapper role.

### 来源

- <https://api.github.com/repos/rszyma/kanata-tray>
- <https://github.com/jtroo/kanata>
- <https://github.com/rszyma/kanata-tray>
- <https://github.com/rszyma/kanata-tray/issues/24>
- <https://github.com/rszyma/kanata-tray/releases>


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kanata-tray.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/kanata-tray.yml)


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph