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QuickAccent
A cross-platform accent character picker for Linux and macOS, inspired by PowerAccent from Windows PowerToys.
Hold a letter key, press space to open a selection overlay with accent variants, press space to cycle through them, and release the letter to insert the selected character.
How It Works
Hold a letter key (e.g. e)
Press Space — an overlay appears with accent variants (e.g. é è ê ë)
Press Space again to cycle through options
Release the letter key to insert the selected accent
Press Escape to cancel
Installation
Prerequisites
Rust toolchain (install via rustup)
macOS or Linux
macOS
On macOS, the app uses CoreGraphics event taps for keyboard interception. You must grant Accessibility permissions to the terminal or app running QuickAccent (System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility).
Linux
On Linux, the app uses rdev with the unstable_grab feature. You may need to run with elevated privileges or add your user to the input group.
Build
cargo build --release
The binary will be at target/release/quickaccent.
Configuration
On first run, a default config file is created at: ~/.config/quickaccent/config.toml
Example config
# Select which languages to include for accent variants.<br># Variants from all selected languages are merged together.<br>languages = ["French", "German", "Spanish"]
Available Languages
Catalan, CrimeanTatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, IPA, Iceland, Irish, Italian, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Maltese, Maori, Norwegian, Pinyin, Polish, Portuguese, ProtoIndoEuropean, Romanian, Romanization, ScottishGaelic, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Welsh
Usage
# Run with default config<br>./target/release/quickaccent
# Run with debug logging<br>RUST_LOG=debug ./target/release/quickaccent
The app runs as a background daemon with no visible window until an accent selection is triggered.
Tech Stack
iced — UI overlay (daemon mode, dynamic window)
CoreGraphics (macOS) / rdev (Linux) — global keyboard interception
enigo — cross-platform character injection
tokio — async channel communication between grab thread and UI
License
MIT
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