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Free macOS menu bar app that automatically fixes words typed in the wrong keyboard layout and switches the input source. 34 languages, no hotkey, typed text never leaves your Mac.

Rekey

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  • Typed in the wrong layout, fixed automatically //
    2026-11-01
  • Menu bar popover: auto-switch, sensitivity, pause //
    2026-11-01
  • Settings: triggers, hotkey, excluded apps and words //
    2026-11-01

Features & Specs

  1. Autocorrection

    Fixes a word typed in the wrong layout and switches the input source, no hotkey needed

  2. Multilingual Support

    34, in Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, Korean and Thai scripts

  3. Privacy-Focused

    Typed text is analysed on the Mac and never sent anywhere; no account

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Questions & Answers

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  1. What makes Rekey unique?

    Rekey corrects a word as soon as it is finished, with no hotkey and no selection, and it is not tied to English and Russian. It works with any set of installed layouts across 34 languages, including Ukrainian, Polish, German, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic and Korean. Short ambiguous words wait for the next word before Rekey decides, and Cmd+Z both undoes a correction and teaches Rekey to leave that word alone. Everything runs on the Mac: typed text is never sent anywhere.

  2. Why should a person choose Rekey over its competitors?

    • Free, with no account and no ads
    • Automatic: no hotkey and no text selection
    • Works with any installed layouts, not only English and Russian
    • Native Swift menu bar app for macOS 13 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel
    • Password fields, terminals and code editors are excluded by default, and URLs, file paths and code are skipped
    • Typed text is analysed on the Mac and never leaves it
  3. How would you describe the primary audience of Rekey?

    People who type in two or more languages on a Mac and switch keyboard layouts many times a day: writers, translators, developers, support teams and students. It is especially useful for language pairs that older layout switchers handled poorly or not at all, such as English with Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Greek, Hebrew or Korean.

  4. Which are the primary technologies used for building Rekey?

    • Swift, with SwiftUI and AppKit for the interface
    • A CGEvent tap and the Accessibility API to follow typed words and replace them in place
    • The Text Input Sources API to read and switch keyboard layouts
    • On-device dictionaries and letter-sequence (n-gram) statistics for language detection
    • Sparkle for updates

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