Made a free macOS menu bar app that fixes typing in the wrong keyboard layout

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FlicKey · Stop typing in the wrong keyboard

01 - See it, try it<br>It follows you between apps - try it yourself.

FlicKey arms the right input language for each app - watch the menu-bar badge as it switches. Open the FlicKey app from the dock to fix some gibberish yourself.

Terminal<br>FileEditViewWindow

EN

Wed 3 Jun 19:01

Terminal

tal@mac ~/code/flickey % git commit -m "ship it"

[main 9f3c2a1] ship it

1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

tal@mac ~/code/flickey %

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MessageRU➤

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EN &harr; HEDE &harr; RUFR &harr; AR

Double-tap ⇧⇧Fix

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A playground to show the idea, not the actual app.

02 - Inside your apps<br>Right language, per tab and per chat.

Most tools remember one language per app. In browsers and team chats FlicKey goes a level deeper - arming the correct script for each tab and each conversation .

Safari<br>Chrome<br>Firefox<br>Edge<br>Arc<br>Teams<br>Slack<br>Discord<br>Telegram<br>WhatsApp

Per-tab in browsers · per-conversation in team chats

03 - FeaturesIt just keeps the language right.<br>macOS has a per-app input setting. It forgets, lags, and resets. FlicKey is what it should have been.

CORE<br>Per-app language memory<br>Remembers the right input language for every app and switches the moment you focus it. Terminal stays Latin, chat stays Hebrew.

Per-site memory<br>Your browser remembers the language for each website, so the right script is armed before you press a single key.

Fix wrong-layout text<br>Slipped anyway? Double-tap ⇧ and the gibberish becomes what you meant - any two layouts, any app.

EN<br>Menu-bar indicator<br>A live language badge sits in your menu bar, so you always know the active layout at a glance.

04 - How it worksUp and running in 30 seconds.

Download<br>Grab the 4.8 MB app and drag it to Applications. No account, no installer wizard.

Grant Accessibility<br>Turn on one toggle in System Settings so FlicKey can read and rewrite the text you type.

It just works<br>Type away. Double-tap ⇧ whenever you slip, and let auto-switching handle the rest.

05 - Privacy & securityPrivate by design.<br>It's a tiny local utility. Nothing about you ever leaves your Mac.

Stays on your Mac<br>It only stores tiny preferences - which layout you like per app, website, and chat. No documents, no messages, no keystrokes.

No account, no tracking<br>No sign-in, no analytics, no telemetry. It never reports what you do - there's no server to report to.

One network call<br>The only connection it makes is a version check to GitHub - and it sends nothing about you.

Permissions, explained

Two macOS permissions, each for one clear job. Tap a row to see exactly what it does - and doesn't.

Accessibility - to switch & fix+Reads the active window's title (to know which app/site/chat you're in) and rewrites the text you just typed for the "fix layout" shortcut. It does not read your screen or log what you type.<br>Automation - to read the tab you're on+Asks your browser for the current tab's address so it can remember your language per website. It keeps only the bare domain (e.g. ynet.co.il) - never the full URL or page contents.

06 - Pricing

Free. Forever.

100% free<br>Download it, use it, keep it. Every feature works for everyone - no account, no cost, no catch.

The "7-day trial"<br>Almost nothing. After a week, FlicKey may gently ask whether you'd like to chip in. It never stops working and nothing is taken away.

Support is optional<br>If FlicKey saves you time, you can support the project. Entirely optional - the app is fully yours either way. 💙

Never retype a sentence again.

Free, tiny, and native. Built for everyone who lives across two keyboards - or five.

Download for macOS

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