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Ask HN: Useful Keylogger for Recall
Greetings fellow humans.
I'm looking for a way to quickly recall text snippets I typed few minutes earlier that I DIDN'T add to clipboard.
Clipboard recall tools are abundant, and they are all, more or less, working great.
But now, I am looking for the same thing on a keystroke level. In other words, I am looking for a non-malicious keylogger that could auto-split the stream of keystrokes on ENTER keycode, and/or user-adjustable timeout, and would present a list of snippets by pressing a special shortcut. From there, a simple double-click on the item would copy it to clipboard.
So, a typed text history tool of sorts.
A keyboard recall tool.
A hybrid between clipboard recall and a keylogger.
Was searching on Github, couldn't find any.
Any hints would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
- angelhealu504 1y ago[dead]
- angelhealu504 1y ago[flagged]
- Bender 1y agoAn OS agnostic solution would be a keyboard hardware keylogger [1]. I have no idea who sells a modern version but I'm sure they must still exist. I used them extensively in the past to see if anyone was screwing with my computer. Some of them can transmit over bluetooth or wifi to download stored keystrokes. Example [2] never tried this one [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_keylogger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_keylogger [2] - https://www.keydemon.com/en/keydemon/66-usb-hardware-keylogger-keygrabber-forensic.html https://www.keydemon.com/en/keydemon/66-usb-hardware-keylogg...
- BobbyTables2 1y agoI suspect any such thing would be a bit messy unless it comprehended mouse actions as well. One might type into a box, click another, and continue typing. Even harder is to deal with “typing replaces selection” scenarios.
- atmanactive 1y agoGreat insight, thank you. Yes, so, the splitting engine would have to be really flexible and sophisticated, listening to not just the keystrokes but also to mouse clicks.