Simple Keylogger
Version: 2.7.1 Web: https://simplekeylogger.github.io
Simple Keylogger is a program that records your keystrokes, and saves them in a log file on your local computer.
You’ve probably heard of keyloggers for their use by threat actors for unethical purposes, such as stealing passwords and reading private data. However, there are many legitimate uses for a keylogger as well.
For instance, business users can use a keylogger to monitor their employees (what?!?–ED) in order to ensure that they don’t venture near sensitive files or copy or leak any confidential files. Similarly, schools and other institutions track keystrokes to deter students from using banned words, in a bid to deter hate speech and prevent online bullying.
Keylogging also has an important role as a parental control tool to help you track what your children are doing on the computer in your absence. In fact, if you have to leave your powered-on computer, a keylogger can tell you if someone accessed your computer in your absence and how. Finally, some people also use keyloggers for self-analysis to capture their own interactions with the computer.
Like all keyloggers, Simple Keylogger works in the background logging all your keystrokes in a timestamped log file under the current directory. It’s written in Python, takes up very little in the way of system resources, and works on Windows and MacOS in addition to Linux.
You can install Simple Keylogger in Linux using Python’s pip package installer. Once it’s installed, you can run it in the background with the nohup command to silently log all keystrokes. Once it’s up and running, the utility will log all the keystrokes inside a timestamped .log file. When you’re done recording, use the fg command to bring the keylogging command to the foreground, and then use Ctrl+C to kill it.