swipeType for Mac
A swipe typing engine that uses dynamic time warping to recognize text input gestures.
By ZimengXiong. Free and open source, MIT licence.
swipeType at a glance
- Version
- 0.1.4
- Released
- 8 February 2026
- Download size
- 3.4 MB
- Works on
- Apple silicon and Intel
- Licence
- MIT
- Category
- Windows and Keyboard
- Developer
- ZimengXiong
- GitHub stars
- 32
Screenshots



How to install swipeType on a Mac
- Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
- Search for swipeType and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 0.1.4 from ZimengXiong'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 swipeType 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: SwipeType.dmg (3.4 MB).
What is new in swipeType 0.1.4
Automated release via CLI.
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