Event Tracker is a desktop application built in Rust that monitors mouse and keyboard events and logs them into a CSV file. The project leverages Rust libraries such as rdev for capturing input events, csv for handling CSV file operations, and eframe/egui for the graphical user interface.
- Event Tracking: Captures keyboard and mouse events in real-time.
- CSV Logging: Writes event data along with timestamps to a CSV file (
events.csv). - Desktop UI: A simple UI displaying a status message ("Tracking active") using eframe/egui.
- Background Processing: Uses a background thread to ensure UI responsiveness while tracking events.
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Event Capturing: The application spawns a background thread that listens to keyboard and mouse events using the rdev crate. Depending on the event type (e.g., key press, mouse move), the event is logged with a timestamp.
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CSV File Logging: If the events.csv file does not exist, it is created and initialized with appropriate headers. Otherwise, new event data is appended to the file.
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User Interface: A minimal GUI built with eframe and egui displays a simple message indicating that the event tracking is active.
Before building the project, ensure that you have the following installed:
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Rust Toolchain: You can install it via rustup.
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Linux Dependencies: On Debian-based distributions (like Kali Linux), install the XCB development libraries:
sudo apt-get install libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev