Chechen Latin Keyboard Layout for Linux

System-wide Chechen Latin keyboard layout for Linux desktops.
This repo provides an installer that registers the layout with the standard xkeyboard-config database so it’s available to all desktop environments.

Full project documentation & design notes live here: chechen-keyboard

Supported environments

X11 (uses /usr/share/X11/xkb via xkeyboard-config):

• GNOME on Xorg
• KDE Plasma (X11)
• Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE/LXQt
• Tiling WMs on Xorg (i3, Awesome, bspwm, Openbox, etc.)

Wayland (reads the same keymap data via libxkbcommon):

• GNOME (Wayland / Mutter)
• KDE Plasma (Wayland / KWin)
• Sway, Weston, and wlroots-based compositors

What the installer does

• Installs/updates layout files under /usr/share/X11/xkb
• Refreshes XKB metadata/cache where applicable
• Does not automatically switch your active layout — you’ll add/select it in your desktop settings

Requirements

• bash, git, sudo
• A standard XKB stack (package often named xkb-data)

Quick start

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/chechen-language/chechen-latin-keyboard-linux.git

2. Install (requires sudo)

   cd chechen-latin-keyboard-linux
   sudo ./install.sh

3. Re-login (or reboot) so your DE reloads layouts