Decision Workspace
typechar vs karabiner-driverkit vs carbonhotkey
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
typechar
experimentalv1.1.0
Type any Unicode string on macOS, regardless of keyboard layout
53
karabiner-driverkit
growingv0.4.0
Minimal Karabiner-DriverKit-VirtualHIDDevice wrapper for kanata
47
carbonhotkey
experimentalv0.5.2
Safe Rust bindings for Carbon's RegisterEventHotKey — register global keyboard shortcuts on macOS
Core Metrics
| typechar | karabiner-driverkit | carbonhotkey | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 53 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 29 | 16.4K | 138 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 15 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 2d ago | 1d ago | 37d ago |
| Age | 2d | 2y 7m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
typechar
Maintenance
14
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
karabiner-driverkit
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
carbonhotkey
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| typechar | karabiner-driverkit | carbonhotkey | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.0 | 0.4.0 | 0.5.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | LGPL-3.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 14KB | 8.7MB | 33KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.76 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •karabiner-driverkit leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •karabiner-driverkit, carbonhotkey are pre-1.0 — API may change.