bonky.app · → mechanical keyboard emulator
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Bonky — Bonk your keys.

Mechanical keyboard sounds for your Mac, with a brain.

Bonky turns every keystroke on your Mac into a satisfying mechanical keyboard sound — with near-zero latency and 12 hand-tuned sound packs. Unlike other click apps, Bonky is context-aware: it knows which app you're in and automatically shuts up on video calls, screen-shares, and when your mic is live. Lives quietly in your menu bar. Your keystrokes are never logged or sent anywhere.

Download Bonky → Interactive Simulator
Bonky.app — Control Panel

Select a pack and type on your physical keyboard to hear the sound, or click the virtual keys below.

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[SYSTEM] Bonky core listening. Press any key to bonk.
// auditory craft

Twelve original sound packs.

Loudness-normalized and hand-tuned — the ten below, plus two more. Switch profiles seamlessly without volume spikes.

Blue Bonk Brown Clicky Creamy Marble Snappy Soft Tactile Typewriter
// the context engine

How Bonky does it better.

Unlike primitive key clickers, Bonky runs a smart desktop context pipeline.

Per-App Profiles

Configure different sound packs and custom volume values per application. Enjoy thocky clacks in your terminal and soft silences in browsers.

Auto-Mute Contexts

Automatic silencing triggers dynamically the moment you join video calls, screen-shares, or when your microphone input goes live.

10-Min Snooze Timer

One-tap snoozing from your menu bar shuts the app up immediately with a live countdown display, perfect for quick unscheduled chats.

Loudness Normalization

Every single sound file is precision loudness-matched. Switching profiles will never blast your speakers or drop to whispers.

Privacy As A Feature

Zero logging, zero networking permissions, and zero tracking code. Operates strictly via local passive key input monitoring.

// universal installers

Bonk your keys. Not your meetings.

Download our installers below for macOS or Windows.

Windows Download

Windows Desktop App

Version: v1.0.6 Compatibility: Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) File Size: 85.9 MB
Buy Bonky — ₹699 / $6.99

One licence key works on both Windows and macOS.

verified privacy policy

Bonky listens passively (Input Monitoring, never Accessibility), plays a sound, and forgets. No keystrokes are logged, saved, or sent anywhere — ever. The Microsoft Store and Mac App Store builds make no network connections at all; the direct-download build's only network use is optional license activation and update checks, detailed in the privacy policy.

// queries

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does Bonky ask for Input Monitoring instead of Accessibility? +
Accessibility permissions allow software to inject keystrokes, manipulate windows, and read UI text. Bonky does none of that. It only listens to keystroke timings passively using standard macOS Input Monitoring APIs, which is safer, more private, and has lower latency.
How does the Smart Context engine detect mic usage? +
Bonky queries the native CoreAudio framework to check if the default input device (microphone) is currently receiving a live record stream. This operates locally on your machine without querying any external cloud services.
Can I upload my own custom key sound packs? +
Yes! In addition to the 12 hand-tuned stock sound packs, you can drop any directory of WAV or MP3 files into `~/Library/Application Support/Bonky/Packs/` to load your custom sound profiles automatically.