xkeylogger

Rootless keylogger for X.

Features

No root access required.
Keep track of the focused window and print its name too.
Translate raw keystrokes according to the current keyboard layout.
Allow to generate a statically linked executable.
Also log some useful non-printable keystrokes (backspace, tab, etc.).
Use the modifiers to write the proper glyph.

Dependencies

apt-get install libxi-dev

Build

To build a dynamically linked executable:

make

To build a statically linked executable:

make static

Usage

Dump keystrokes to a file (exit by killing the process):

xkeylogger > key.log

Sample output

[+] 06/09/2012 @ 16:44:17 : urxvt
cd /tm⇥⏎
ls⏎
mkdit⌫r test⏎

[+] 06/09/2012 @ 16:44:56 : cyrus-and/xkeylogger - Google Chrome
foo⏎

[+] 06/09/2012 @ 16:45:06 : Search · foo - Google Chrome
⌫⌫⌫bar←⌫⌦az⏎

[+] 06/09/2012 @ 16:45:28 : Search · baz - Google Chrome
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[+] 06/09/2012 @ 16:45:33 : Google - Google Chrome
xkeylogger⏎