KeySound

Mechanical keyboard sounds for your Mac. Because your MacBook keyboard deserves to clack.

KeySound sits in your menu bar and plays realistic mechanical switch sounds every time you press a key — key-down and key-up, just like the real thing.

https://keysound.filippopa.com

Features

• 3 sound profiles — Cherry MX Brown, Tactile, and Clicky
• ~3ms latency — sounds arrive with your keystrokes, not after
• Key-down & key-up — separate sounds for authentic mechanical feel
• Pitch variation — randomized per keystroke, no two presses sound the same
• Volume control — from subtle background texture to full mechanical clatter
• Menu bar app — no dock icon, no windows, no distractions

Install

Grab the .dmg from the website or build from source:

make run

Requires macOS 13+ and Accessibility permission (so KeySound can hear your keystrokes).

Build

make build    # debug build
make ship     # release build
make dmg      # package as .dmg
make clean    # clean build artifacts

License

MIT