KeyType for Mac
Open-source, local LLM-powered tab autocomplete that offers inline ghost-text suggestions in any focused text field.
By johnbean393. Free and open source, MIT licence.
KeyType at a glance
- Version
- 1.8.0
- Released
- 29 August 2026
- Download size
- 14 MB
- Works on
- Apple silicon and Intel
- Licence
- MIT
- Category
- Artificial Intelligence
- Developer
- johnbean393
- GitHub stars
- 572
About KeyType
An open-source Cotypist with macOS system wide AI autocomplete
Screenshots

How to install KeyType on a Mac
- Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
- Search for KeyType and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.8.0 from johnbean393's own GitHub release.
- Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.
Updates to KeyType show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.
Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: KeyType.1.8.dmg (14 MB).
What is new in KeyType 1.8.0
# Update ## New Features No new features in this release. ## Bug Fixes - Safely drain model tasks before shutdown - Android Studio ghost text font and vertical alignment - Pages ghost text baseline and find alignment - Visual Studio Code ghost text editor placement - MarkEdit ghost text multiline alignment - Safari ghost text ChatGPT paragraph alignment - ChatWise ghost text multiline and soft wrap alignment - Xcode ghost text find and replace alignment - Microsoft Word ghost text font and find alignment - Microsoft Outlook ghost text field and body alignment - Mail ghost text search and subject alignment - Chrome ghost text address bar suppression - ChatGPT ghost text font sizing - TextEdit ghost text vertical alignment ## Requirements - macOS Sonoma (14.0) or later - Apple Silicon Mac recommended for on-device model inference
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