A simple terminal utility that allows sending key presses to a remote Kodi media center. For example, you could run kodikeys on your laptop as a simple remote control keyboard.

• Send key presses to Kodi's EventServer
• Search and input request prompts using JSON-RPC api

npm install -g kodikeys

Note: In order to connect remotely to your Kodi host, first go to Settings > Services > Remote Control in your Kodi installation and make sure Allow remote control by programs on other systems is enabled.

To run:

kodikeys kodi-host

Replace kodi-host with the host name or IP address of your Kodi box.

To view options:

kodikeys -h

Keyboard combinations using ctrl key do not work, as Kodi's EventServer does not seem to recognize them.

Kodi keyboard reference
Kodi EventServer
Kodi JSON-RPC API