Keyboard File Types

This post attempts to list various kinds of keyboard layout files, and specifications.

Formats

As a text file

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As a table

List of file types

• .keylayout # OSX XML file for keyboard definition. See: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/technotes/tn2056/_index.html
• .bundle # OSX set of files containing various parts of the keyboard information including Language Metadata. https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/BundleTypes/BundleTypes.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000123i-CH101-SW13
• .kmn # Raw Keyman file See: http://help.keyman.com/developer/7.0/filetype_kmn.php
• .kmx # Compiled Keyman file See: http://help.keyman.com/developer/7.0/filetype_kmn.php
• .kxx # Compiled Keyman file See: http://help.keyman.com/developer/7.0/filetype_kmn.php
• .xkb # Linux keyboard file See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X_KeyBoard_extension ; http://www.x.org/wiki/XKB/
• .klc # Raw keyboardlayout file for MSKLC; Consider MSKLC See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964665.aspx
• .msi # Compiled installer for keyboard layout file for MSKLC. See: http://www.languagegeek.com/keyboard_general/msklc_installation.html
• .ahk # AutoHotKey script file. See: http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Scripts.htm
• .kcm # Native Keyboard Layout Files for Android. See: https://source.android.com/devices/input/key-character-map-files.html
• .kl # A the keyboard layout format for kAndroid. See: http://www.kandroid.org/online-pdk/guide/keymaps_keyboard_input.html
• .apk # A packaged version of anysoftkeyboard for Android. See: https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard
• .json # This is technically a data format. Several JavaScript keyboard applications have use some sort of data serialization. This is used by JACKeyboards. See: https://github.com/JaredCrawford/KeyboardLayouts
• .xml # CLDR data uses an XML Markup format. See: http://cldr.unicode.org/index/charts/keyboards ; http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-keyboards.html#Contents