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LockIME for Mac

Input source locker that keeps the active input method fixed globally, per app, or per browser URL.

By oomol-lab. Free and open source, GPL-3.0 licence.

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LockIME at a glance

Version
1.7.1
Released
18 September 2026
Download size
2.2 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
GPL-3.0
Category
Windows and Keyboard
Developer
oomol-lab
GitHub stars
600

About LockIME

A native macOS menu-bar app that keeps your keyboard input source locked — global, per-app, and per-URL.

How to install LockIME on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for LockIME and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.7.1 from oomol-lab's own GitHub release.
  3. 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 LockIME show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's files are on GitHub: LockIME-1.7.1-arm64.dmg (2.2 MB), LockIME-1.7.1-x86_64.dmg (2.3 MB).

What is new in LockIME 1.7.1

## What's Changed
* fix(lock): detect Spotlight hosted by Siri AI on macOS 27 by @BlackHole1 in https://github.com/oomol-lab/LockIME/pull/64
* ci(deps): bump softprops/action-gh-release from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 in the github-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/oomol-lab/LockIME/pull/65

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/oomol-lab/LockIME/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1

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