A simple and lightweight tool to log key presses and WPM (Words Per Minute) in real-time.
The name Kabsa (pun intended) is inspired by the Saudi dish Kabsa. It also means "click" in Arabic, which is what Kabsa does, it logs your key presses.
You have 2 options to use Kabsa:
- Use it locally with go installed on your machine, by running the following command:
make run- If you don't have make installed, you can run the following commands:
go build -o bin/kabsa cmd/main.go
bin/kabsa- Use Docker to run the containerized version of Kabsa:
sudo docker build -t kabsa .
sudo docker run --rm --privileged -v /dev/input:/dev/input -e DB_PATH=/app/data/kabsa.db -v $(pwd)/data:/app/data kabsaI discovered MoneyType a few monthes ago, and I liked the idea and how smooth it is. I wanted to create a similar tool but with a different approach. I wanted to create a tool that logs key presses and calculates the WPM in real-time (not just in a controlled environment). I also wanted to know my way around Go, so I decided to create Kabsa
I wanted to have a reference for my numbers so I used the same formula that MoneyType uses to calculate the WPM. You can find the formula on their about page:
wpm - total number of characters in the correctly typed words (including spaces), divided by 5 and normalised to 60 seconds.
raw wpm - calculated just like wpm, but also includes incorrect words.
I only can calculate the raw WPM, as I don't have a way to know if the word is correct or not. I also don't have a way to know the total number of characters in the correctly typed words. So I just calculate the raw WPM
The goal of Kabsa is to be a simple and lightweight tool to log key presses and calculate the WPM in real-time. Here are some of the features that Kabsa is intended to have:
- Log key presses
- Calculate the WPM in real-time
- Display the WPM in real-time
- Do some input validation (e.g.: don't allow the same key to be pressed more than (n) in a row)
- Save the WPM and cumulative characters count to a database (sqlite)
- Do some analysis on the WPM
- Display the analysis in a dashboard (Somehow XD)
I will try to do some benchmarks to see how Kabsa performs compared to monkeyType and update this section with the results