jiggy

"If I wanted the government in my house I'd buy an Alexa."

-- Rick Sanchez

Jiggy is a minimalistic (but effective) cross-platform mouse jiggler written in Rust. It might be useful for a number of "reasons".

Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for any problems that might arise due to using this program to pretend you're "working from home".

Features

• Minimalistic (but effective) mouse jiggler, with no setup needed.
• As implemented, mouse jiggling won't interfere with your regular activities.
• Thanks to non-invasive mouse wheel scrolling, the new Microsoft Teams should not display you as away.
• Cross-platform support for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

See also

• https://github.com/arkane-systems/mousejiggler
• https://lib.rs/crates/jiggle
• https://lib.rs/crates/stayawake
• https://lib.rs/crates/meth

Installing

The easiest way to get the latest release is via crates.io:

$ cargo install jiggy

Note: if run into problems building on Linux, you need to install libxdo-dev or equivalent package.

Compiling

Alternatively, you can build from source:

$ git clone https://github.com/0xdea/jiggy
$ cd jiggy
$ cargo build --release

Note: if run into problems building on Linux, you need to install libxdo-dev or equivalent package.

Usage

Run jiggy as follows:

$ jiggy [check_interval_in_secs]

Note: on macOS, you might need to grant Accessibility privileges to your terminal application.

Tested on

• Apple macOS Sequoia 15.2
• Ubuntu Linux 24.04.1 LTS
• Microsoft Windows 11 23H2

Changelog

• CHANGELOG.md