diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui/hotkeys.ts b/tgui/packages/tgui/hotkeys.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad34edec17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui/hotkeys.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+// This is REQUIRED until we have SSinput!
+import { globalEvents, type KeyEvent } from 'tgui-core/events';
+import * as keycodes from 'tgui-core/keycodes';
+
+// BYOND macros, in `key: command` format.
+const byondMacros: Record<string, string> = {};
+
+// Default set of acquired keys, which will not be sent to BYOND.
+const hotKeysAcquired = [
+  keycodes.KEY_ESCAPE,
+  keycodes.KEY_ENTER,
+  keycodes.KEY_SPACE,
+  keycodes.KEY_TAB,
+  keycodes.KEY_CTRL,
+  keycodes.KEY_SHIFT,
+  keycodes.KEY_UP,
+  keycodes.KEY_DOWN,
+  keycodes.KEY_LEFT,
+  keycodes.KEY_RIGHT,
+  keycodes.KEY_F5,
+];
+
+// State of passed-through keys.
+const keyState: Record<string, boolean> = {};
+
+// Custom listeners for key events
+const keyListeners: ((key: KeyEvent) => void)[] = [];
+
+/**
+ * Converts a browser keycode to BYOND keycode.
+ */
+function keyCodeToByond(keyCode: number) {
+  if (keyCode === 16) return 'Shift';
+  if (keyCode === 17) return 'Ctrl';
+  if (keyCode === 18) return 'Alt';
+  if (keyCode === 33) return 'Northeast';
+  if (keyCode === 34) return 'Southeast';
+  if (keyCode === 35) return 'Southwest';
+  if (keyCode === 36) return 'Northwest';
+  if (keyCode === 37) return 'West';
+  if (keyCode === 38) return 'North';
+  if (keyCode === 39) return 'East';
+  if (keyCode === 40) return 'South';
+  if (keyCode === 45) return 'Insert';
+  if (keyCode === 46) return 'Delete';
+
+  if ((keyCode >= 48 && keyCode <= 57) || (keyCode >= 65 && keyCode <= 90)) {
+    return String.fromCharCode(keyCode);
+  }
+  if (keyCode >= 96 && keyCode <= 105) {
+    return `Numpad${keyCode - 96}`;
+  }
+  if (keyCode >= 112 && keyCode <= 123) {
+    return `F${keyCode - 111}`;
+  }
+  if (keyCode === 188) return ',';
+  if (keyCode === 189) return '-';
+  if (keyCode === 190) return '.';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Keyboard passthrough logic. This allows you to keep doing things
+ * in game while the browser window is focused.
+ */
+function handlePassthrough(key: KeyEvent) {
+  const keyString = String(key);
+  // In addition to F5, support reloading with Ctrl+R and Ctrl+F5
+  if (keyString === 'Ctrl+F5' || keyString === 'Ctrl+R') {
+    location.reload();
+    return;
+  }
+  // Prevent passthrough on Ctrl+F
+  if (keyString === 'Ctrl+F') {
+    return;
+  }
+  // NOTE: Alt modifier is pretty bad and sticky in IE11.
+
+  if (
+    key.event.defaultPrevented ||
+    key.isModifierKey() ||
+    hotKeysAcquired.includes(key.code) ||
+    key.repeat // no repeating
+  ) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const byondKeyCode = keyCodeToByond(key.code);
+  if (!byondKeyCode) {
+    return;
+  }
+  let byondKeyCodeIdent = byondKeyCode;
+  if (key.isUp()) {
+    byondKeyCodeIdent += '+UP';
+  }
+  // Macro
+  const macro = byondMacros[byondKeyCodeIdent];
+  if (macro) {
+    return Byond.command(macro);
+  }
+  // KeyDown
+  if (key.isDown() && !keyState[byondKeyCode]) {
+    keyState[byondKeyCode] = true;
+    const command = keyPassthroughConfig.verbParamsFn(
+      keyPassthroughConfig.keyDownVerb,
+      byondKeyCode,
+    );
+    return Byond.command(command);
+  }
+  // KeyUp
+  if (key.isUp() && keyState[byondKeyCode]) {
+    keyState[byondKeyCode] = false;
+    const command = keyPassthroughConfig.verbParamsFn(
+      keyPassthroughConfig.keyUpVerb,
+      byondKeyCode,
+    );
+    return Byond.command(command);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Acquires a lock on the hotkey, which prevents it from being
+ * passed through to BYOND.
+ */
+export function acquireHotKey(keyCode: number) {
+  hotKeysAcquired.push(keyCode);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Makes the hotkey available to BYOND again.
+ */
+export function releaseHotKey(keyCode: number) {
+  const index = hotKeysAcquired.indexOf(keyCode);
+  if (index >= 0) {
+    hotKeysAcquired.splice(index, 1);
+  }
+}
+
+export function releaseHeldKeys() {
+  for (const byondKeyCode in keyState) {
+    if (keyState[byondKeyCode]) {
+      keyState[byondKeyCode] = false;
+      Byond.command(
+        keyPassthroughConfig.verbParamsFn(
+          keyPassthroughConfig.keyUpVerb,
+          byondKeyCode,
+        ),
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+type ByondSkinMacro = {
+  command: string;
+  name: string;
+};
+
+let keyPassthroughConfig: KeyPassthroughConfig = {
+  keyDownVerb: 'KeyDown',
+  keyUpVerb: 'KeyUp',
+  verbParamsFn: (verb, keyCode) => `${verb} "${keyCode}"`,
+};
+
+export type KeyPassthroughConfig = {
+  keyUpVerb: string;
+  keyDownVerb: string;
+  verbParamsFn: (verb: string, keyCode: string) => string;
+};
+
+export function setupHotKeys(config?: KeyPassthroughConfig) {
+  if (config) {
+    keyPassthroughConfig = config;
+  }
+  // Read macros
+  Byond.winget(null, 'macros').then((data: string) => {
+    const separated = data.split(';');
+
+    const promises: Promise<any>[] = [];
+    for (const set of separated) {
+      promises.push(Byond.winget(`${set}.*`));
+    }
+
+    Promise.all(promises).then((sets: Record<string, string>[]) => {
+      // Group each macro by ref
+      const groupedByRef: Record<string, ByondSkinMacro> = {};
+      for (const set of sets) {
+        for (const key of Object.keys(set)) {
+          const keyPath = key.split('.');
+          const ref = keyPath[1];
+          const prop = keyPath[2];
+
+          if (ref && prop) {
+            // This piece of code imperatively adds each property to a
+            // ByondSkinMacro object in the order we meet it, which is hard
+            // to express safely in typescript.
+            if (!groupedByRef[ref]) {
+              groupedByRef[ref] = {} as any;
+            }
+            groupedByRef[ref][prop] = set[key];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Insert macros
+      const escapedQuotRegex = /\\"/g;
+
+      function unEscape(str: string) {
+        return str.substring(1, str.length - 1).replace(escapedQuotRegex, '"');
+      }
+
+      for (const ref of Object.keys(groupedByRef)) {
+        const macro = groupedByRef[ref];
+        const byondKeyName = unEscape(macro.name);
+        byondMacros[byondKeyName] = unEscape(macro.command);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Setup event handlers
+  globalEvents.on('window-blur', () => {
+    releaseHeldKeys();
+  });
+  globalEvents.on('input-focus', () => {
+    releaseHeldKeys();
+  });
+  startKeyPassthrough();
+}
+
+export function startKeyPassthrough() {
+  globalEvents.on('key', keyEvent);
+}
+
+export function stopKeyPassthrough() {
+  globalEvents.off('key', keyEvent);
+}
+
+function keyEvent(key: KeyEvent) {
+  for (const keyListener of keyListeners) {
+    keyListener(key);
+  }
+  handlePassthrough(key);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Registers for any key events, such as key down or key up.
+ * This should be preferred over directly connecting to keydown/keyup
+ * as it lets tgui prevent the key from reaching BYOND.
+ *
+ * If using in a component, prefer KeyListener, which automatically handles
+ * stopping listening when unmounting.
+ *
+ * @param callback The function to call whenever a key event occurs
+ * @returns A callback to stop listening
+ */
+export function listenForKeyEvents(callback: (key: KeyEvent) => void) {
+  keyListeners.push(callback);
+
+  let removed = false;
+
+  return () => {
+    if (removed) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    removed = true;
+    keyListeners.splice(keyListeners.indexOf(callback), 1);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui/index.tsx b/tgui/packages/tgui/index.tsx
index 0e1c1829bc..9db46cbb55 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui/index.tsx
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui/index.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { setupHotReloading } from 'tgui-dev-server/link/client';
 import { App } from './App';
 import { setDebugHotKeys } from './debug/use-debug';
 import { bus } from './events/listeners';
+import { setupHotKeys } from './hotkeys';
 import { render } from './renderer';
 import { createStackAugmentor } from './stack';
 
@@ -52,6 +53,12 @@ function setupApp() {
   window.__augmentStack__ = createStackAugmentor();
 
   setupGlobalEvents();
+  setupHotKeys({
+    keyUpVerb: 'KeyUp',
+    keyDownVerb: 'KeyDown',
+    // In the future you could send a winget here to get mousepos/size from the map here if it's necessary
+    verbParamsFn: (verb, key) => `${verb} "${key}" 0 0 0 0`,
+  });
   captureExternalLinks();
 
   Byond.subscribe((type, payload) => bus.dispatch({ type, payload }));