This tool is for educational and entertainment purposes only. The author is not responsible for misuse or malicious repackaging.
This C++ program remaps your keyboard keys randomly every 5 seconds, making typing a chaotic experience. It's intended as a harmless prank, educational project, or a demonstration of using global low-level keyboard hooks in Windows.
- A global keyboard hook (
WH_KEYBOARD_LL) intercepts all key presses. - Every 5 seconds, the program randomly reshuffles common keys (A–Z, 0–9, space, enter, etc.).
- When a key is pressed, it's replaced with another based on the current random mapping.
- Pressing
ESCcleanly exits the program.
- Remaps common keys (letters, numbers, and a few control keys).
- Runs with a visible console window (no stealth or hidden behavior).
- ESC key gracefully shuts down the program.
- Outputs messages to the console for visibility and debugging.
- Fully documented and open-source.
Due to the nature of this program (keyboard hooking and input simulation), some antivirus software, browsers, or VirusTotal may flag the executable as potentially malicious.
This is expected behavior for programs that:
- Interact with global keyboard input
- Use Windows API functions like
SetWindowsHookEx,SendInput, etc.
You can and should review the Keyboardshuffler.cpp file yourself. The full source code is included in this repository and is short, readable, and fully commented.
Never download or run any executable you do not trust.
If you want to be completely safe, compile the code yourself using Visual Studio.
- Enter the Releases page in the repository.
- Click the Keyboardshuffler.exe link.
- The browser will give you a warning, sadly, but you can simply click the three dots, click keep, click show more, then click keep again.
- Run the
.exefile.
- Windows
- Visual Studio (Community edition is fine)
- Basic knowledge of compiling C++ console applications
- Clone or download this repository.
- Open the
.slnor.cppfile in Visual Studio. - Build the project (preferably in Release mode).
- Run the
.exefile.
Make sure to run the executable as Administrator if the hook doesn't activate properly.
After a few seconds, typing "HELLO" might result in "4WZTI". Five seconds later, it might become "P90LA". Every 5 seconds, the mapping changes again.
To stop the madness, just press ESC. The program will unhook itself and exit cleanly.
Keyboardshuffler.cpp– The full source code.README.md– You're reading it.
Made by RxniR Feel free to fork, modify, and experiment, however malicious intent will not be tolerated!