evdevil
| Crates.io | evdevil |
| lib.rs | evdevil |
| version | 0.3.3 |
| created_at | 2025-06-18 14:56:01.2008+00 |
| updated_at | 2025-07-25 00:53:43.627308+00 |
| description | Bindings to Linux' input device APIs: evdev and uinput |
| homepage | |
| repository | https://github.com/SludgePhD/evdevil |
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Sludge (SludgePhD)
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evdevil: Rust bindings to evdev and uinput
This library provides an interface to the Linux and FreeBSD input device subsystem.
Features
- Ergonomic Rusty API designed for stability.
- Exposes almost every
evdevanduinputfeature, including force-feedback and multitouch. - Device Hotplug support.
- Light on dependencies.
- FreeBSD compatibility.
asyncsupport via Tokio orasync-io.
Cargo Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
serde |
Implements Serialize and Deserialize for many event code wrappers like Key, Rel, etc. |
tokio |
Uses tokio to enable async event reading using EventReader. |
async-io |
Uses async-io to enable async event reading using EventReader. |
Rust Support
This library targets the latest Rust version.
Older Rust versions are supported by equally older versions of this crate. For example, to use a version of Rust that was succeeded 6 months ago, you'd also use an at least 6 month old version of this library.
Compatibility with older Rust versions may be provided on a best-effort basis.
Development
Testing
The crate is tested using end-to-end tests that create a virtual uinput device and then open it.
This means the user running the tests needs to have permission to write to /dev/uinput and the input devices in /dev/input/event*.