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Dev tools · October 19, 2017

Keylogger for MacOS to run without permissions

Keylogger for mac written in Swift using HID. Contribute to SkrewEverything/Swift-Keylogger development by creating an account on GitHub.

Keylogger for MacOS to run without permissions launched on October 19, 2017 with 10 votes, #1,027 of 3,169 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

In plain words

This is a keylogger application designed for macOS that operates without requiring user permissions. Launched in 2017, it is hosted on GitHub as an open-source project. The tool captures keyboard input on Mac systems and runs in the background without authorization prompts. It is intended for users interested in system monitoring or security testing on their own devices.

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